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Read below why I think a Cedar Point season pass is an awesome deal!

 

On Saturday, May 11th, our family headed out to Opening Day at Cedar Point!  It was a chilly day but that didn’t damper our spirits at all.  After a long cold winter we were ready to start our summer early at Cedar Point!  We were beyond excited to be there!!

If you would like to visit, be sure to enter to WIN a 4-pack of tickets to Cedar Point! (giveaway over)

We are lucky to live within 30 minutes of Cedar Point and so we grab season passes every year.  If you are local to this area, I think Cedar Point passes are an awesome deal.  Here’s why.

When you get a regular Cedar Point pass you’ll get unlimited visits to Cedar Point from May 11th all the way to October 27th.  Since Cedar Point has over 150 rides, shows and attractions there is a little something for everyone.   Once you’ve made only three trips to Cedar Point, your pass is paid for.

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Your season pass even include admission to the ever popular HalloWeekends that start in September.  During HallowWeekends, Cedar Point transforms into family-friendly spooky entertainment by day and a little scarier at night.  Don’t worry, even if you have young kids you can still visit at night.

Cedar Point makes getting a season pass affordable for ALL!

Through May 27th you can get your 2013 Regular Season Pass for as low as six easy payments of only $18.50.  With the payment plan, Cedar Point is making it accessible for all!

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If you are looking for an even BETTER savings you may want to look into the Cedar Point Platinum Season Pass.  These are the type of passes my family gets each year because of all the awesome perks.  With a Platinum Pass you’ll be able to get:

FREE Parking– Parking at Cedar Point will cost you $15 a pop each time you visit UNLESS you have the Platinum Pass.  You know how I love FREE, so this perk is fabulous!

Early Entry – Enter the park 1-hour before the general public.  This special access will give you a head start on your day and even give your early entry to the rides, GateKeeper, WindSeeker, Millennium Force, Raptor, Maverick, Iron Dragon, Ocean Motion, Midway Carousel and Planet Snoopy.

Exclusive Ride Nights– Several times during the season,Platinum Passholders are invited stay after closing to enjoy exclusive rides on some of their most popular coasters

Fabulous Discounts– We all love coupons and with a Platinum Pass you’ll score some great money-saving offers on food, merchandise, games and resort stays.  To find the perks, Click Here and then click “2013 Platinum Pass Perks”.  Here are only a few:

  • VIP Show seating at some shows
  • Hotel deals
  • BOGO FREE $2 Games
  • BOGO FREE rides on Skyscraper, Challenge Racing, Challenge Golf

Admission to Cedar Point, Soak City & all Cedar Fair Parks– With a Platinum Pass not only will you get unlimited admission to Cedar Point and Soak City, but you’ll also snag FREE admission to any other Cedar Fair park!  This will save you a ton of money if you plan a family vacation!  Simply head to any of the Cedar Fair parks and your entertainment will be FREE!

A Cedar Point Platinum Pass is only a little more but is completely worth the extra money.  Now through May 27th you can get a Platinum Pass for as low as 6 payments of $29.99.  With all that’s included above, I think it’s a steal of a deal!

So have fun all the way into the fall and grab a Cedar Point Season Pass!  I hope to see you at the Cedar Point!

 

Disclaimer:  This is not a paid post.  All opinions are my own.  Cedar Point offered me free Opening Day tickets to share about my experiences.




Cedar Point Season Passes – Frugal Fun All Season Long!

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On Saturday, May 11th, our family headed out to Opening Day at Cedar Point!  It was a chilly day but that didn’t damper our spirits at all.  After a long cold winter we were ready to start our summer early at Cedar Point!  We were beyond excited to be there!!

If you would like to visit, be sure to enter to WIN a 4-pack of tickets to Cedar Point! (giveaway over)

We are lucky to live within 30 minutes of Cedar Point and so we grab season passes every year.  If you are local to this area, I think Cedar Point passes are an awesome deal.  Here’s why.

When you get a regular Cedar Point pass you’ll get unlimited visits to Cedar Point from May 11th all the way to October 27th.  Since Cedar Point has over 150 rides, shows and attractions there is a little something for everyone.   Once you’ve made only three trips to Cedar Point, your pass is paid for.

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Your season pass even include admission to the ever popular HalloWeekends that start in September.  During HallowWeekends, Cedar Point transforms into family-friendly spooky entertainment by day and a little scarier at night.  Don’t worry, even if you have young kids you can still visit at night.

Cedar Point makes getting a season pass affordable for ALL!

Through May 27th you can get your 2013 Regular Season Pass for as low as six easy payments of only $18.50.  With the payment plan, Cedar Point is making it accessible for all!

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If you are looking for an even BETTER savings you may want to look into the Cedar Point Platinum Season Pass.  These are the type of passes my family gets each year because of all the awesome perks.  With a Platinum Pass you’ll be able to get:

FREE Parking– Parking at Cedar Point will cost you $15 a pop each time you visit UNLESS you have the Platinum Pass.  You know how I love FREE, so this perk is fabulous!

Early Entry – Enter the park 1-hour before the general public.  This special access will give you a head start on your day and even give your early entry to the rides, GateKeeper, WindSeeker, Millennium Force, Raptor, Maverick, Iron Dragon, Ocean Motion, Midway Carousel and Planet Snoopy.

Exclusive Ride Nights– Several times during the season,Platinum Passholders are invited stay after closing to enjoy exclusive rides on some of their most popular coasters

Fabulous Discounts– We all love coupons and with a Platinum Pass you’ll score some great money-saving offers on food, merchandise, games and resort stays.  To find the perks, Click Here and then click “2013 Platinum Pass Perks”.  Here are only a few:

  • VIP Show seating at some shows
  • Hotel deals
  • BOGO FREE $2 Games
  • BOGO FREE rides on Skyscraper, Challenge Racing, Challenge Golf

Admission to Cedar Point, Soak City & all Cedar Fair Parks– With a Platinum Pass not only will you get unlimited admission to Cedar Point and Soak City, but you’ll also snag FREE admission to any other Cedar Fair park!  This will save you a ton of money if you plan a family vacation!  Simply head to any of the Cedar Fair parks and your entertainment will be FREE!

A Cedar Point Platinum Pass is only a little more but is completely worth the extra money.  Now through May 27th you can get a Platinum Pass for as low as 6 payments of $29.99.  With all that’s included above, I think it’s a steal of a deal!

So have fun all the way into the fall and grab a Cedar Point Season Pass!  I hope to see you at the Cedar Point!

 

Disclaimer:  This is not a paid post.  All opinions are my own.  Cedar Point offered me free Opening Day tickets to share about my experiences.




Cedar Point: Check Out the Gatekeeper and Enter to Win Tickets!!

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Gatekeeper at Cedar Point – Win Tickets

Have you heard? Cedar Point is opening this Saturday, May 11th!  Are you as excited as I am?

Read on to find out how to enter to win a 4-pack of tickets to Cedar Point!

This Thursday, I was invited to Media Day at Cedar Point and was able to preview the new winged roller coaster, Gatekeeper.  Before even entering the park I was blown away by the new entrance.  Not only are there trendy new buildings for ticket sales, guest services, and season passes but there is also a new gate with a super sized screen above it welcoming you to Cedar Point.  I had to chuckle when I saw that one of the sayings on the sign said, “Yes, you ARE here yet”.  For those of you with little ones, you are sure to understand.

It felt great to finally enter the park after the long winter months.  We spend so much time at Cedar Point as a family, five months out of the year, that it really feels like our second home.  With season passes, we are able to visit the park from the warm days in May to the crisp cool nights during Halloweekends in October.

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As you walk through the newly designed gates you’ll get a rush of excitement as you look up at the new coaster as it zooms by overhead.  I love that this allows everyone the opportunity to a part of the Gatekeeper even if they don’t actually ride!

This unique coaster is unlike any other as it’s not only the longest winged roller coaster but it also has the longest drop of any winged roller coaster on the planet!  You’ll zoom up to speeds of 67 miles per hour during your over 2 minute and 30 second ride.  Since you are actually sitting on the wings of this coaster be sure to ride from both sides so you’ll get a different experience both times.  This ride is a MUST-DO for any coaster enthusiast.  Throughout the day I heard excitement from all around as they exclaimed their own love for this ride.

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Will you be brave enough to ride this 4,164 foot long coaster with a 164 foot drop?  Watch the video below and check out the ride!  It’s simply amazing!

Win a 4-Pack of tickets to Cedar Point!!

Want to try out the awesome new coaster?  Click below to enter to win a 4-pack of tickets to Cedar Point!

Disclaimer: This is not a paid post. Cedar Point allowed me free entry into their media event to facilitate my review. All opinions are my own.




Giveaway ~ HalloWeekends At Cedar Point!

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THANKS FOR ENTERING!!  This giveway is now over!  The winner is Margaret Landini!

If you’ve been around my blog very long then you know how much my family LOVES Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio!  We are blessed to live within 35 minutes of the Best Amusement Park in the World and we take full advantage with our season passes.  One of the best things about Cedar Point is that since it’s open from May to October so you can enjoy it 6 months out of the year.

Right now Cedar Point is in the middle of HalloWeekends.  HalloWeekends has family friendly fun during the day and becomes a little spooky at night. The whole park is decorated in fun characters and of course my boys want to stop and see them all!

There is so much to see and do at Cedar Point’s HalloWeekends and these can be broken down into two easy groups.  Look below to see what would fit for you!

Family Attractions:

  • Skeleton Crew— An exciting spectacle of acrobatics and aerial acts taking place throughout the day in Cedar Point’s new Celebration Plaza!
  • The Goodtime Ghouls: A Halloween Hullabaloo— An energetic musical revue featuring a mix of rockabilly, swing, pop and disco in the Good Time Theater.
  • Gypsy Fortune Tellers— Find out what’s in the cards for you as you venture into Frontiertown.
  • Charlie Brown’s Funtime Frolics— Join Charlie, Snoopy and the PEANUTS[Equation] gang for music, stories and spooky surprises.
  • The Magical House on Boo Hill— Whimsical illusions await at every corner in the topsy-turvy house just outside the Blue Streak roller coaster.
  • Monster Midway Invasion Celebration— Friendly monsters and characters take over the Cedar Point Main Midway with dancing, parade floats and music every day at 4 p.m.
  • PEANUTS™ Halloween Show and Kids’ Costume Contest— Bring your little pirates and princesses for pre-school competitions at 2 p.m. and grade-school competitions at 2:45 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday in the Blue Streak Plaza.
  • Sideshow: A Carnival of Magic— Step right up for amazing illusions and jaw-dropping suspense!


Enter if You Dare:

  • Eden Musee´— The wax museum’s longtime owner has left his children to run the family business their way, with disastrous results.
  • Cut Throat Cove— Meet the motley crews of sunken ships, left scavenging on the shores for more than 150 years in Frontiertown.
  • Blood on the Bayou— Who knows what’s lurking in the murky waters of the lagoon? Watch out for the swamp’s primitive inhabitants, who don’t look kindly on company.
  • Maniacal, Mechanical Screamworks— Step into a metallic world of science fiction full of gadgets, gears and hollow screams.
  • CarnEvil— The crazy clowns and sideshow freaks are always recruiting, whether or not you’re a willing participant.
  • Club Blood— This is nightlife like you’ve never known. Let the intoxicating sights and sounds captivate your senses, but don’t let the bloodthirsty dancers get too close…
  • CornStalkers— Make your way through a twisted maze of terror, where someone is always watching.
  • Eternity Infirmary— Pack your bags carefully— once you check into this hospital, you won’t be checking out.
  • Edge of Madness: Resurrection— Come to the Red Slaughter Saloon for 80s rock with a dark side.
  • Fear Faire— A maze of medieval mayhem!


One of our favorite attractions is The Magical House on Boo Hill.  This attraction allows you to walk through a kid-friendly “spooky house” where you can rest assure that nothing scary will be jumping out at your kiddies.  Best of all, kids receive a little treat bag with candy at the end.  I can not confirm or deny that we went through more than once 🙂

In this same area your little ones will be able to have a chance to meet characters, dance with some “monsters”, see a Peanuts show, and walk through a haymaze.  This is also the area where the costume contest is held.  The winners get to be in the afternoon parade that goes down the midway!


Looking for something with a bit more fright?  Well for those of you who dare, there are 10 spine-tingling walk-through attractions in addition to nearly 70 thrilling rides on America’s Roller Coast!  New this year is the Eden Musee´ Wax Museum and Chamber of Horrors.  In a forlorn corner of Frontiertown, the museum’s owner has died and his children have taken over, using their own haphazard methods for creating wax figures that don’t always stand still. Guests will see the nightmarish assembly in the boiler room and hear the cries for help in the Chamber of Horrors! YIKES!

If you have kids of different ages (and heights) you may want to grab a Parent Swap pass while you are there!  With this pass one parent would wait in line while the other waits with the younger children.  Once the parent rides they can give this pass to the ride operator and the parent waiting with the kiddies can walk in the exit gate and right onto a ride!  How neat is that?

During HalloWeekends, Cedar Point will be open from 6 p.m. to midnight on Fridays; 11 a.m. to midnight on Saturdays; and noon to 9 p.m. on Sundays from Sept. 14 through Oct. 28. For more information about Cedar Point’s HalloWeekends or to purchase tickets, visit Cedar Point online!  Save up to $10 per ticket by buying online!

Cedar Point wants you to experience the FUN too and has graciously offered 2 FREE tickets to my readers!  To enter this giveaway, simply enter a comment below (while appreciated, comments left on Facebook won’t count).  This giveaway will end at noon on Friday, October 12th.  One comment per person, duplicate comments will be deleted.  Winner will be picked randomly via random.org.  The winner will be contacted via email and must respond within 24 hours.

Disclosure:  This giveaway is NOT associated with Facebook in anyway.  Cedar Point is offering FREE tickets to my readers in an exchange for my review.  I received no compensation or personal tickets for my review.  All opinions are my own.




Our Day At Cedar Point!

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Standing outside Planet Snoopy!
Since my husband works on the weekdays my mom and I take the boys often.

We love Cedar Point!

We live in Northeast Ohio and are blessed that we are so close to the best amusement park in the world!  I’m amazed, as I chat with people waiting in line, how far some have traveled to spend just one day at Cedar Point.  I definitely take it for granted that it’s only a short 40 minute ride from our driveway to the entryway of Cedar Point.

Before having kids, I remember standing in lines anxiously waiting to ride the highest, fastest and most unique coasters in the world.  Now that we have young children, we have a different experience at the park but we have just as much fun!

Top Thrill Dragster – A very popular coaster here at the park!

 Since my 3 boys are 6 year old and under we get to spend quality time together on many of Cedar Points family rides.  The Skyride, Space Spiral, and Ferris Wheel (all pictured below) are a few of our favorites.  We can all ride them together while also getting a view of the park from up above.


The park has three main kiddie areas that we spend the majority of our time at.  Two are located at the front of the park while the third is towards the back.  Many of the kids rides have the option for an adult to ride along so it’s a FUN time for the whole family! My kiddos can ride these rides over and over again and we are able to spend hours and each kiddie area.



A wonderful feature in Planet Snoopy is The Family Care Center.  This air-conditioned building offers restrooms, cold water, a changing table, bottle warmers, rocking chairs, private nursing rooms, and a small play area for kids.  When I was nursing my babies this area was a God-send!  This building is also one of the first aid centers at the park.

We are so excited that our oldest child is now tall enough to start riding the big rides.  Once he gets up his courage, our Snoopy Land days will be numbered!


Not only did we venture to Cedar Point, but we also spent a few hours at Soak City.  Be sure to look for that post where I’ll share some pictures and one of Cedar Point’s secret gems.   Stay tuned!

Disclosure:  This post was not sponsored by Cedar Point and the opinions are mine.  My family has season passes to Cedar Point and I was not given any tickets to faciliate my post.




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