Cedar Point

We had fun just because of the enjoyment of the rides generally. However, there was a lot of cons. -First issue was we went this past weekend (May 18-19) and apparently Saturday was a popular field trip day. There were many and I mean many groups that were such as band kids and "junior trips" and such. Which made for the park to be very crowded. There needs to be a capacity limit to make it more enjoyable for guests. We went on 4 coasters in 8 hours. Luckily we bought the season passes, but had we only been there 1 day I would have been very upset to get on only 4 rides the whole day especially since ticket prices are so high. Fast passes are not affordable for families especially after having to pay for admission on top of it and the expensive prices of food.We had 5 people in our group. I think the website and the front gates should notify the public when there is a mass amount of large groups and schools/school activities attending. We waited 2.5 hours for the Raptor. -Next issue was for many of the big coasters you have to buy a locker for each ride if you brought anything like a draw string back pack. It was like $3 each locker. When you do that 5 or so times...that's $15 on just lockers. It's also very time consuming to have to walk over and pay at the kiosk. Some kiosks are broke. When the park is so crowded those few extra minutes matter because many people are getting in line while you are trying to get a locker and can add a extra 20 to 30 mins to your wait time on the ride. A few select rides have bins you can put things in at the top where the ride is. I don't understand why ALL the rides do not have this option. Just seems like another way for the park to get your money. I recommend trying to take as less as possible and trying to fit anything you may need into a fanny pack. As fanny packs are allowed on most rides. On one ride I tried to put my phone in a bin and I was told I had to keep my phone in my pocket instead which I thought was odd. I thought they usually do not want phones on your person at all. -They of course price gouge all the food and drinks. Especially since they don't allow any outside food or drinks. Therefore, you almost have no choice, but to buy their crazy priced things. It was $100 to feed 5 of us chicken strips and fries and that was with 3 kids sharing 2 chicken strips meals and they each got 2 strips because they are big. We ended up having a lot of chicken that got thrown away because everyone was full. I would recommend to share a meal between every 2 ppl. Drinks were over $5 a piece. If you have the time to go out to your car and eat I would bring a cooler and do that instead and try to eat something large before arriving so you are full the better part of the day.Not many food options corn dogs,pizza and chicken strips or the diner. All food places were a 45min wait or more -I am not sure this would work, but I think as soon as you get there go to the back of the park and work your way to the front. That way you're in the back while everyone is up front and then you're heading to the front while everyone is doing rides in the back. -Saturday about 45 mins until close they shut down the tall swings and "Gatekeeper" for maintenance and said it wouldn't open back up the rest of the day. That was disappointing as there wasn't much else in that area we wanted to ride and we didn't have enough time to walk over to another part of the park to ride something else. Sunday we had about an hour before we had to leave (before close. Around 5pm). We got in line for Steel Vengeance which said a 75 min wait. We stood there about 10 mins before a voice came over the speaker that they were having "maintenance issues" and the wait time was going to take longer. We ended up wasting our last hour on the park just waiting in line for the train and walking back to the front. -lastly at closing time there needs to be people in the parking lot directing traffic and getting exit lines to move smoothly. We waited an hour at a stand still in the parking lot before we finally made it to the exit.