Love love love going back to this time, my high school friends and I only lived 35 minutes away. We'd get passes since '81 when we were old enough to drive and it was something we could afford to do a few times a week after work. I loved going on the pirate & earthquake rides back then, my boyfriend (husband still today in 2024) and I would steal a few kisses in the dark riding back then. (OMG the fun times we and our high school friends had. Thank you for sharing the rides and some of the park attendee looks of our time.

Tube socks galore in this video! Love it!

Am I the only one here who thinks dolphin shows are more fun to watch than the BMX show?? Nothing against it but it gets repetitive after a while…

Only thing i dont get is why i see all these old school c.p.vids yet they film dumbest shit ..like plants..an aquarium..a consession stand..a snottynosed kid..an aquarium..a consession stand a snottynosed kid..etc..wheres the earthquake? And really the calypso? For half the vid? Only the outside of pirate ride? BOOOOOORRRRIIIINNNGGG

Having a bunch of family attractions, dark rides, animals etc. Would definitely make a better theme park as a whole. But they can't market that, or at least they don't know how. In order to get people from around the country they have to have the "craziest" of some non family ride. Which does work, but as a whole, the theme park disappears

Awesome footage. 16:00 I love the no line concession stand in July. Never forget.

0:04 it’s like they knew Six Flags was coming down the road

Like a time machine! My mom used to sit up front with our cooler of food and drinks. We'd check in every 4 hours or so and gone to next adventure.

I WAS MOLESTED AND MK ULTRA AT CP *CEDAR FAIR STOCK SYMBOL FUN

A by gone era that was so much fun! Glad I got to experience those times and back in the 70’s to! People today have no idea what CP used to be like. I have so many memories from that time,and will always cherish them!

At that time, a seat belt was the only restraint on the Blue Streak...Rode that coaster many times with my butt off the seat

I looked for my parents sister and 3 year old self.. I can't be alone lol. Thank you for the memories

The race horses, log ride, merry go round, bumper cars, coal mine ride and antique car ride were some of my favs.

Wow this looks fun

12:30 that's one of my favorite rides! its so weird seeing people from over 40 years ago ride the same ride i ride today, I knew it was a really old ride but it really puts it in to perspective

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1983 was about the time I started going to CP, before that is was Geauga Lake

No cell phones and everyone is still having fun!!

Those were the days in america.... no mass shootings.....church attendance 70 % of population..American presidency respected.

The covers over the calypso cars are awesome I’d love to see them return

Wow if the timestamp is right I was there the last week of 83. Could have been this day. Not sure. Thanks for this. It was a beautiful day in any event.

Hey, I know this was the 80s, but why was everyone dressed like Rainbow Brite ??

12 year old me thought that working at Cedar Point would be a dream and 53 year old me thinks it would be a nightmare.

The shorts were really short for men in the 80s. I noticed some men in crop tops too

i miss the Mill Race. would rather have that instead of Raptor. 😊

The Midway Carousel’s #153 Wurlitzer Band Organ playing in all its magical glory! I do miss hearing those rolls!

Hardly any fat people back then. Now it’s hard to find any skinny people there. Sad

This is the Cedar Point I remember. Many good memories. Thank you for posting.

I was born in 1996. Honestly wish I could experience this video IRL, even though some of my favorite rides were made after the 90s. Just think all the kids in this video are in their 40s and 50s.

I remember riding the calypso ride with my dad. He passed away when I was 15. Miss him, that was always a great memory of him. I remember the sky slide and kid Arthur’s court. I would spend hours there!

I was 16 years old when this film was shot. Good job!

Omg cedar point in the 1980s

Wow 1983 I was 18. When we where younger are parents would take us every summer. I forgot about the pirate ride. What’s funny is seeing the men/ boys with those knee high socks with the colored stripes 😂😂😂

This is so awesome! Makes me long for the good ol days!!

Start on modern Amusement Parks here. Cork Screw 1976, Gemini 1978. Wildcat 1979. And this yr: Demon Drop 1983.. Cedar Point always been one the Great Ones! Been going there since 1975. Still love old rides, too bad they get retired, sold...

I remembered that water log ride. I loved the aquarium also. I was sad when closed it. I also remember that they had a zoo.

It's funny. Time is a thief. You don't realize how valuable this sort of family video is until time has done what it does. Parents and grandparents grow old and pass on. Children grow up. Culture changes. Old beloved rides and attractions are torn down and replaced with new ones. Thank you for this trip down memory lane. This was the Cedar Point of my childhood and although I miss so much of what I just got to see again in your video, my kids love going to Cedar Point and hopefully their kids.

Was there that year. A young man of 21. Been going from 74 to 2019. Sad what it is today. I love coasters but to constantly take away free perks like the picnic garden etc. Its just too money driven now. And since its cashless i have no desire to go back. I will I'm sure with my kids and grandkids, but my time there is coming to an end. I used to buy season passes and go 3 or 4 times a year. I'm just not down with places going cashless and i don't go to them. The price is too high, the waits too long, the no cash, and just focusing on coasters and not much else has turned me off. Good video though.

Growing up in the 80’s, I remember my parents saving all the money they could to take us to Cedar Point. It was our yearly family vacation, and I loved every minute of it. A few weeks ago at my dad’s memorial service, in the slide show my dad was with us as kids at Cedar Point. Such fond memories!!!

We are reminded of a once great park that is no more, what exists now is shell of its former self.

Brings back memories going there when i was a teenager 😀

Look at those operations!

Thank you very much, for providing a window to the past, to remind me of what Cedar Point was, and to show my children what they're missing now...

Awesome video I gotta say! What great action!

1983 was the first year my mom went to Cedar Point. Nice to see what it was like for her as she was only 10 that year. :)

This is the Cedar Point I remember! So much better before all they cared about was roller coasters.

Thank you SO MUCH!!! I worked in Oceana in '82. Best job ever 😊

Great video. Thanks!

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