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Jobs, News and Updates

Cedar Point to hold weekend interviews for summer jobs

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Cedar Point Press Release

SANDUSKY, Ohio, Feb. 19 — With Opening Day less than three months away, Cedar Point will be holding open interviews next Friday night and Saturday for summer jobs at the Sandusky, Ohio, amusement park/resort.

The interviews will be held on Friday night, Feb. 26 from 5-8 p.m. and on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.  The interviews will be held at the park’s Breakers Express Hotel, located at 1201 Cedar Point Drive, Sandusky.  Open interviews are also planned for March 26-27 and April 10.

The park will be looking to fill more than 4,500 positions for this summer’s operating season.

Prior to attending the interviews, all applicants need to complete an online application.  To apply, visit www.cedarpoint.com and click on “Jobs.”

Available positions include ride operator, food service attendant and merchandise and game associate.

There are more than 50 different job classifications available.  Other positions include admission employee, lifeguard, marina dockhand, parking/toll attendant and room attendant.  Many of the jobs will qualify for college credit for an internship at many schools including Hospitality Management, Culinary Arts, Recreation, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources and more.

Cedar Point offers positions starting at $7.30 per hour.  Employees under the age of 16 will earn $7.25 per hour.  Other benefits include low-cost housing for employees who are at least 18 years old and live more than 30 miles from the park, employee cafeteria, free uniform exchange, recreation center and employee activity program.

Cedar Point employees also have free admission to Cedar Point, the Soak City waterpark and the park’s sandy beach.

Cedar Point will be open daily Saturday, May 15 through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 6.  The park will then reopen for weekend operations through Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010.

With thrilling rides, award-winning live entertainment, special attractions and resort accommodations, Cedar Point is one of the most popular amusement parks and vacation destinations in the country.  It has been named the “Best Amusement Park in the World” for 12 consecutive years.

New this summer will be Shoot the Rapids, an exciting river-ride adventure that will feature two hills, rocky canyons with spraying water and a splashy grand finale.

To obtain additional information about jobs at Cedar Point, please call 1.800.668.JOBS (5627) or visit cedarpoint.com.

Deals, Events, News and Updates

Last weekend to scream

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 Cedar Point Press Release

SANDUSKY, Ohio –- Time is running out!  There is only one weekend left to ride all the best roller coasters or enjoy all the fun and frights of HalloWeekends at Cedar Point.

This will be the last weekend of operation for Cedar Point this year.  The Sandusky, Ohio, amusement park/resort will only be open on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 30-31 and Nov. 1) before it closes for the season.

During this last weekend, all nine of Cedar Point’s haunted attractions: five outdoor scare zones and four haunted houses including the new G.A. Boeckling’s Eerie Estate and Happy Jack’s Toy Factory haunted houses, will be in operation all three nights.  All outdoor scare zones will be open until midnight on Friday and Saturday.  And now, because of the time change on Sunday morning, they will be open from 6-8 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, making the entire HalloWeekends’ experience available on Sunday!

It is also $25 SuperSaver Sunday if you plan ahead.  Admission tickets for Sunday are available for only $25 at cedarpoint.com.  Tickets must be purchased before midnight on Thursday, Oct. 29 and are only valid on Sunday, Nov. 1.  Admission tickets for $29.99 are also available at cedarpoint.com.  These tickets can be used any day of the remaining three-day weekend.  But hurry, there is only a limited supply of these tickets available.  

On Friday night and Sunday, Cedar Point Season Passholders and Cedar Fair Platinum Passholders can Bring-a-Friend for only $14.99.  Tickets can be purchased at the park when you show your season pass.  Other deals on admission tickets, overnight accommodations and meals are also available.  Please visit cedarpoint.com for all the money-saving details.

During HalloWeekends, the park combines its huge assortment of rides and roller coasters with dozens of Halloween attractions that range from outdoor scare zones and haunted houses to live entertainment and children’s attractions that include the Monster Midway Invasion Celebration parade (4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday afternoon), the Magical House on Boo Hill and the Hay Bale Maze.  

This will also be the last weekend to ride Demon Drop at Cedar Point.  At the end of the season the free-falling thrill ride will be relocated to Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, Calif.  On Sunday, lucky guests who find a “Golden Ticket” can be one of the last riders on Demon Drop.  See cedarpoint.com/demondrop for all of the details.

This weekend, Cedar Point will be open from 6 p.m. to midnight on Friday, noon to midnight on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday.  

For more information about HalloWeekends, guests can visit the new halloweekends.com or call the park’s general information line at 419.627.2350.

Events, Halloweekends, Haunted Houses, Scare Zones

Kirk Franklin headlines JoyFest Gospel Music Festival Saturday, September 26 at Cedar Point

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Cedar Point Press Release

SANDUSKY, Ohio, – Some of gospel music’s best-known performers will take center stage at Cedar Point next weekend when the Sandusky, Ohio, amusement park/resort will host the JoyFest Gospel Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 26.

During Joyfest, Cedar Point guests will be able to watch some of the most popular entertainers in gospel music and a family-friendly comedian. The first-ever JoyFest Gospel Music Festival at Cedar Point will be held from 4-9:30 p.m. in the Soak City parking lot. (Admission to Cedar Point is required.)

Performing at JoyFest will be:

Kirk Franklin whose album, Hero, won two Grammy Awards;
Dr. Marvin Sapp, the 2008 Best Gospel Artist award winner;
Crystal Aikin, winner of BET’s Sunday Best gospel competition;
Tye Tribbett who received a Grammy Award nomination for his Victory Life! album in 2006; and
Comedian Bone Hampton, who has appeared on BET’s Comic Views and Comics Unleashed, will emcee the festival.

Combo tickets to Cedar Point and the concert are available online until 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 and at Cedar Point on the day of the show. Concert only tickets for season passholders and deals for groups of 15 or more are also available. For more information and a link to purchase tickets, please visit cedarpoint.com.

Inside the park, Cedar Point will be hosting its annual HalloWeekends festival that combines the thrills and excitement of Cedar Point’s rides and roller coasters with the fun and frights of Halloween. New for this season are two haunted houses, three live shows and the Overlord, the powerful chieftain of all the creepy monsters who prowl the park during HalloWeekends.

HalloWeekends also offers a variety of entertainment for young families that includes the Monster Midway Invasion Celebration parade, the Magical House on Boo Hill, the Hay Bale Maze and Planet Spooky and Camp Spooky children’s areas.

HalloWeekends at Cedar Point will be held Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays through Nov. 1. Cedar Point will be open 6 p.m. to midnight on Friday nights (only a portion of the park is open); noon to midnight on Saturdays; and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays. (On Sunday, Oct. 11, the park will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.)

For more information about these events, please visit cedarpoint.com or call the park’s General Information Line at 419.627.2350.

Halloweekends, Haunted Houses, Scare Zones

HalloWeekends to open at Cedar Point with more thrills than ever before

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Cedar Point Press Release

SANDUSKY, Ohio – With the addition of two all-new haunted houses, a mysterious leader of the creatures and three new live shows, HalloWeekends at Cedar Point will take fun and frights to a whole new level.

To make its 13th season the best ever, HalloWeekends combines the park’s unmatched collection of rides and roller coasters with a broad assortment of Halloween attractions that range from outdoor scare zones and haunted houses to live entertainment and themed children’s attractions.  Fall festivities at the Sandusky, Ohio, amusement park/resort have always featured fun scary by day and scary scary by night.

New this year for HalloWeekends will be:

  • The Overlord, a caped chieftain who will exhort his minions to scare guests at every opportunity;
  • G.A. Boecking’s Eerie Estate, a haunted mansion with more than 20 exquisitely decorated rooms of terror;
  • Happy Jack’s Toy Factory , a behind-the-scenes look at the world of toys and dolls that will change the way you feel about opening presents for a long time to come; and
  • Three new live shows:  The Edge of Madness, The Return of Dr. Cleaver and The Goodtime Ghouls: A Halloween Hullabaloo.

Overall, HalloWeekends will have five outdoor scare zones and four haunted houses inhabited by legions of unearthly monsters lurking in the dark recesses.  During HalloWeekends, hundreds of creatures will roam the midway in search of their prey.

But for family fun, the Monster Midway Invasion Celebration Parade is a “must see.”  With floats, friendly monsters and marching bands, the colorful parade will be a hit with everyone in the family.  The Monster Midway Invasion Celebration will be presented at 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays (weather permitting).

Other family favorites will include the Magical House on Boo Hill, the Hay Bale Maze and Planet Spooky and Camp Spooky children’s areas.  There is also a magician, witches, gypsies, friendly monsters who dance along the midway and the Peanuts Halloween Show and Kids’ Costume Contest on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

To create the proper atmosphere, the park does a complete makeover for the start of HalloWeekends.  This transformation is completed with an infusion of tombstones, cobwebs, skeletons, spiders, bats, hundreds of corn stalks and bales of straw and tons of pumpkins.

HalloWeekends will be held on Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays, beginning Friday, Sept. 18 through Sunday, Nov. 1.  The park will be open from 6 p.m. to midnight on Fridays (limited ride availability); noon to midnight on Saturdays; and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays.  On Sunday, Oct. 11, the park will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.  Excluding Sunday, Oct. 11, the outdoor scare zones will be closed on Sundays.

For more information about HalloWeekends, guests can visit the new HalloWeekends.com or call the park’s general information line at 419.627.2350.

Events, News and Updates

There will be singing, sailing and screaming next weekend at Cedar Point

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Cedar Point Press Release
 
SANDUSKY, Ohio, – Cedar Point amusement park/resort, recently voted the “Best Amusement Park in the World” for a record 12th consecutive year, will host a wide variety of special events next weekend that are sure to thrill guests of all ages.

Christian Music Concert
On Saturday, Sept. 19, Cedar Point guests can rock out to an all-star lineup of Christian music artists as the park debuts its’ first-ever PointFest festival.  PointFest will allow fans of contemporary Christian music to see and hear some of the biggest names in the industry up close and personal at Cedar Point.  The PointFest lineup includes Bluetree, Family Force 5, multiple-Dove Award winner Brandon Heath and Christian music icon TobyMac.   

The festival will begin at approximately 4 p.m. and will run until after 9 p.m. and will take place in the Soak City parking lot.  Combo tickets to Cedar Point and the concert are available online and at Cedar Point.  Concert only tickets for season passholders and deals for groups of 15 or more are also available.  Admission to Cedar Point is required.  For more information and a link to purchase tickets, please visit cedarpoint.com.

HalloWeekends
This weekend will also mark the start of Cedar Point’s 13th-annual HalloWeekends event.  In addition to all of the thrills and chills that guests have come to expect from HalloWeekends, Cedar Point will introduce two all-new haunted houses this season!   

Happy Jack’s Toy Factory will be located in the Disaster Transport building and will feature a wide variety of toys from days gone by and many of them are no longer suitable for this world.  Just off the Main Midway, next to Planet Spooky, G.A. Boeckling’s Eerie Estate will have more than 20 rooms of scream-inducing terror!

HalloWeekends at Cedar Point will be held Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 18 through Nov. 1.  Cedar Point will be open 6 p.m. to midnight on Friday nights (only a portion of the park is open); noon to midnight on Saturdays; and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays.  (On Sunday, Oct. 11, the park will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.)

For more information, including hours of operations and pricing, please visit halloweekends.com or call the park’s general information line at 419.627.2350.   

North American In-Water Boat Show
The 37th annual North American In-Water Boat Show is set to drop anchor in the Cedar Point Marina, Wednesday through Sunday, Sept. 16-20.   

The Cedar Point Boat Show is the largest boat show on the Great Lakes and features hundreds of the newest power and sail boats and accessories.  This year, visitors will be able to enjoy the Boats Under $15,000 and Boats $15,000-$25,000 Pavilion, the Brokerage Pier and the Demo Dock and Sail Pier.  New this year, guests can climb aboard two LCM-8 Landing Crafts!  A wide variety of other activities and the always-popular Party Barge will also be available.

Regular admission is $9 for adults, $7 for adults age 60 and older, while children, age 12 and younger, are free.   

Hours for the boat show will be noon to 7 p.m., Wednesday through Friday, Sept. 16-18; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19; and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20.

For more information about these events, please log onto to cedarpoint.com or call Cedar Point’s General Information Line at 419.627.2350.