This week on the Coaster101 Podcast we’ve got an audio version of our recent 20 in 2020 article about Millennium Force at 20 years old. Nick Weisenberger joins us to talk about everything he learned researching the history of the...
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20 in 2020: Millennium Force at Cedar Point
The next stop in our 20 in 2020 series takes us to the Ohio peninsula of America’s Rockin’ Roller Coast. High above the shores of Lake Erie sits what might be the most popular roller coaster of the past two...
Continue reading...Cedar Point and Kings Island Announce 2020 Opening Dates
Cedar Point and Kings Island today announced plans for phased openings to kick off the 2020 season, which has been delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Cedar Point Tentative 2020 Opening Dates: The Cedar Point website details the...
Continue reading...Cedar Point to Honor 10 “Everyday Heroes” with Lifetime Ticket
Cedar Point recently announced that it will be awarding 10 “everyday heroes” with a lifetime admission ticket to the Cedar Point and Cedar Point Shores Waterpark. Now through May 29, you will have the chance to nominate someone for the...
Continue reading...Cedar Fair Parks Postpone Multiple Events Until 2021
Yesterday, updates were posted from all parks across the Cedar Fair Chain in regards to the 2020 operating season. While no future park opening dates were announced, the parks all provided updates on the status of multiple 2020 events and...
Continue reading...Cedar Fair Hints At What Their Parks Might Look Like When Re-Opening
Cedar Fair held their investor earnings call and released their first quarter earnings results yesterday. As expected, most of the focus was on the impact of COVID-19 on the company and the parks. A few nuggets of information on park...
Continue reading...First look at new Cedar Point book Rolling Through the Years
Looking for a Cedar Point book? There have been some good ones published over the years. Dick Kinzel’s book tells how he built the first 200, 300, and 400 foot tall roller coasters. More recently John Hildebrant’s memoir, Always Cedar...
Continue reading...Every Cedar Fair Park is Extending Season Passes to 2021
In posts to their social media and on park websites today, April 14, 2020), every amusement park owned by Cedar Fair announced that they are extending their 2020 season passes to cover 2021 as well. This a response to park...
Continue reading...Cedar Point Reveals New Details for 150th Anniversary Celebration
Back in August, Cedar Point announced that for the 2020 season, the park would be celebrating its 150th Anniversary in style. Today, we learned a little more about just what the park has up their sleeves in 2020. Ticket of...
Continue reading...Report that Six Flags Is Interested in Buying Cedar Fair, and the Reaction To It
Is Six Flags Trying to Buy Cedar Fair? If you’re a regular follower of theme park news, you may have seen this morning that a report came out from Reuters that Six Flags made a stock-and-cash merger offer to Cedar...
Continue reading...Coaster101’s Thoughts on Cedar Fair’s 2020 Announcements
As with past years, the Cedar Fair park chain (including parks like Carowinds, Knott’s Berry Farm, King’s Island, and Cedar Point) used the weekend of National Roller Coaster day to make the majority of their “new for 2020” announcements. Every...
Continue reading...Pricing Out 2020 A Cedar Fair Season Pass
Though it feels like the 2019 park season just started, we’re quickly approaching the end of daily operation, and the regular season, making way for Halloween, winter events, and then, the dreaded off-season. As the season winds down, for many...
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