Tuesday, June 01, 2004
CoasterCon
This is usually the week where Cedar Point holds its annual coaster enthusiast event. It is open to members of many different coaster clubs around the world, from ACE to clubs that are just part of a website. CoasterMania features exclusive ride time on their biggest coaster plus a question and answer session with park management plus FREE LUNCH! I have gone the past two years and I must say it was fun. Wake up at 6:00am to be at the opening at 6:30 to be the first on the rides. And then the fun doesn't stop until 1:00am the next day.
This year however, there is another beast. The American Coaster Enthusiasts (of which I am a member) are holding their annual convention-CoasterCon-at Cedar Point and Geauga Lake. A full week of days like I just described above... plus a lot more "non riding" events. Except this time it is only open to ACE members, not any other clubs. And so naturally, many people are not happy.
How dare Cedar Point host ACE's event?! How dare they! For the first time ever! In ACE's twenty six years it hasn't been at Cedar Point before! How dare they do this for one single year?! They should be catering to us, not them!
And it is not like these people are not getting their CoasterMania. It is just that instead of this week the event will not be held until early September. HOW DARE THEY?
The rage has died down since the first announcement that CoasterMania wouldn't be held at its normal time. But every so often you see a person on some message board who is insulted that Cedar Point would give better treatment to ACE for this one year.
So my message to them: Get over it. Next year will be back to normal.
