Cedar Point history

[@alexevanoski4588]

Nostalgia, Americana, Midwest, Summer. That’s what comes to mind When I think of Cedar Point.

[@BrutallyDigital]

Just rewatched this documentary, and so much has changed since it was being sold in the park. I miss some of the attractions and the arcades that were in the park and the hotel. I remember conquering my fear of those same rides as a kid, and now embrace them with adrenaline at times after I've indulged in the park's atmosphere with a few drinks. So much has changed. It all comes with time. I still hold on to the photos and items from my younger days with fondness while making new memories along the way.

[@robhausman2839]

It's that nostalgic feeling and the atmosphere not the rides that keeps us parents coming back to March for miles in the heat all day. Now days I'm in my forties soo we just stay longer and take our time and enjoy being together as a family. I remember going there with my friends during junior high.they all brought girl friends but I didn't have one,I would go on rides wishing I had someone special. 26 years later I made the trip from Jersey with my wife and daughter and they were shocked how awesome it was. That week was one of the highlights of my life

[@koltred]

the narration is so under rated. this is a great documentary not just monotone but interesting

[@agentpebble1094]

Put an 1890 Guest on the Top Thrill Dragster

[@rileymurphy1507]

They would have a heart attack and die

[@agentpebble1094]

dave4248 Dude, great point, I was the same way!

[@frazettebrown7867]

+Severe Silence AGAIN!!!!!

[@Strazman]

+Agent Pebble Actually, I think you bring up an interesting point, despite some of the comments here. Think about it. Think about the technologies and daily luxuries that we're used to. In my opinion, we're soft compared to the population of the late 19th century. Those people were rough, rugged, independent, and didn't rely on the technology that we have today. The only reason we think that they couldn't handle Top Thrill or Millennium or Maverick, etc, is because the technology didn't exist back then for such a ride. We don't comprehend an 1890 person riding a 170ft inverted coaster that inverts you 6 times. But I bet, if you plucked one of these people from the late 1800's and dropped them in Cedar Point, as it is now, and let them get over the initial fear and confusion of our modern culture, they would hold up just as good if not better than the rest of us on our generation of coasters.

[@agentpebble1094]

Strazman Absolutely, each generation is tough in their own ways, however back then they were all tough lmao. I was originally joking when I put this but I still think about it today

[@ally4049]

I'm so glad this is on YT, I miss seeing it in the museum every year.

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Yes! I SERIOUSLY hope they can get Town Hall done for next year. Going in there, and visiting with Ken was one of the highlights of our days. Now they got that poor man in a booth in 90° heat.

[@christophersmith311]

I asked a worker last year and they said it's not coming back it's now storage / employee brake room

[@calbob750]

Anybody remember Berardi’s French fries? They were served at Cedar Point from 1942 to 1978 when Cedar Point eliminated private concessions at the park. Berardi’s restaurant still serves the fries at its location in Huron Ohio.

[@jamesslick4790]

👍👍

[@danielboom72]

They were the best!!!!

[@Abarth-ME262]

OMG at 64 my wife and I of forty years haven't found better anywhere!

[@PureBlood42]

Those must've been those thick-cut fries, like steak fries back in the 70's. I remember they were often splashed with vinegar by some people.

[@jamesslick4790]

20:51 Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh, PA still has a "Noah's Ark" like this one. They existed at a few parks. IIRC, the one in Pittsburgh, is the last of its kind.

[@Smile-pf3iq]

I remember seeing this video on a loop in their museum. Still sad they got rid of it, I loved seeing the Knex ferris wheel and other stuff in there.

[@harukisuzukicutefunny6248]

I was so mad when they got rid of Diaster Transport. That was my favorite ride

[@dailycentral4688]

Haruki Suzuki 「cute, funny」 well there was like 17 accidents there

[@msjessicahall]

Yes!!!!! Me too!!!

[@jogofish4231]

I loved waiting in that line. It was fascinating

[@MrStiggy77]

@@jogofish4231 Best part of a super hot day at Cedar Point back in those days was the wait for Disaster Transport.

[@SharonBell6123]

I loved disaster transport!

[@robhausman2839]

I still feel the history when I walk through the light pole lined marina entrance,especially at dusk. Like a feeling of nostalgia washes over me.

[@rustyshacklefordrefined5756]

I miss the town hall museum myself.

[@CheckThisOut77]

Great documentary. A very good history. Missed: Why it was/is called “Cedar Point”. Answer: The point was filled with cedar trees in its earliest days.

[@djlrgw]

This is my favorite narrator ever

[@PandaBearTrails]

David Loch lmao right he sounds really sarcastic

[@deepvoodoo]

One minute in and I'm really digging this bass line.

[@MrKillerRC]

I was just at CP today. I love it’s history. It’s amazing how it’s changed. I love this video.

[@annebartells777]

I grew up going to cedar point in the 60's. Wow, this brought back memories. Than you

[@____xD]

I wish someone would would post a video of the old funhouse and pirate ride. I miss them so hard.

[@Beatlesfanize]

+Doug D. And The Earthquake ride, That was my favorite ride growing up.

[@Sueb18631]

+Beatlesfanize I believe there's footage of the Pirate Ride somewhere around...

[@____xD]

Fun, kid friendly, not too grandiose... Cedar Point needs to recapture that.

[@Beatlesfanize]

Doug D. Amen!

[@AngelaBuyck]

Went there since akid

[@derpman7056]

I wonder if cedar point will ever make an updated version of one of these

[@angiebartrom6873]

Derp Man There taking away the mean streak and turning it into steel vengeance like all western themed and it looks amazing 😉

[@moist5530]

The only thing that’s close to a museum is frontier town

[@Spike-sk7ql]

@@moist5530 I REALLY wish they'd bring that back too.

[@kwhardin]

Lmfao. Imagine someone from the 1890s on Millennium Force or Top Thrill Dragster.

[@dailycentral4688]

Kyn Hardin ah ha

[@petehuckleberry5068]

So where is your ass now, you say it's gone? You youngest are so I don't even know, but it's not good

[@robhausman2839]

That magical place makes me proud to be from lake county Ohio!!!

[@JustSteph532]

Lucas county here!

[@apieceofhair8449]

I love history and cedar point so this is my type.

[@cedarpointyoutubevideos6807]

Added this video to a playlist. Thank you for sharing.

[@beneachus4901]

What an awesome Documentary!

[@davidmcaninch4714]

HAPPY 150th, CEDAR POINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAY YOU BE AROUND FOR YEARS TO COME!!!!!!!!!!!! TRUE THAT I ONLY VISITED YOU ONCE, BUT YOU GAVE US A PHENOMENAL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAY YOU HAVE A SUCCESSFUL 200th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF SPOCK, “LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!!!!!!!!” 🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖

[@BLUEOHIO]

Cedar Point WE LOVE YOU GOOO OHIO

[@dragracegurl1]

the upside down house and the delicious thick cut fries are what I miss most =(

[@lukepederson6128]

Kathy Goforth They still have the fries

[@kwhardin]

Kathy Goforth they still have the thick cut fries. I always go there and right after I get ice cream from Tofts to dip the fries in ;)

[@7b7BenGazing]

Put an 1890 guest on Steel Vengeance.

[@ericbible9086]

This makes me feel like my home park six flags magic mountain is crap. Lol

[@ohnoflicks]

Excellent! We loved this!

[@ScootamonCoasters]

Oh, so much has changed. Lol

[@briangray8113]

Wow Top Thrill Dragster opened in 2003

[@samryan5753]

I feel like Cedar Point and Blackpool Pleasure beach was on the same level (rides wise) all the way up to the 90's, after The Big One and Magnum XL 200 BPB just stopped expanding.

[@nickwerner7983]

35:07 Can I see some Hype for TTD’s Return next year?

[@agoo7581]

Making Cedar Point the "Coney Island of the West". Coney Island has since fallen into relative irrelevancy, while Cedar Point has become maybe the greatest Amusement Park in the world.

[@lamaripiazza5226]

And that’s important how?

[@lamaripiazza5226]

You just hate Coney Island don’t you dumb

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Ohio actually had a Coney Island too, down south. It flooded a lot, and was given up on, and now we have Kings Island. An even better park than CP. Granted, CP has the better rides, but KI is the better park. Actually voted #3 park in the US, while CP voted #6.

[@KeithFox]

Is this the video they play in the Town Hall Museum inside the park next to Skyhawk and Snake River Falls?

[@FunkDitch]

Yes

[@michaelwise7752]

Yea

[@coastercloudy]

Keith Fox I guess

[@brennangames1874]

"10 miles per hour or so..."

[@apieceofhair8449]

The space spiral should of stayed. It looked cool. It’s at 30:11.

[@sisterghoul2898]

Jonathan Black I went on it when I was little with my parents and brother.

[@apieceofhair8449]

Corky B Roll from Jersey cool!

[@jp-hh9xq]

The only thing I walked past in Cedar Point during the early 70s to present, maybe I walked through once, is the museum. There was a museum right, down the the back of Frontier town? I hope my memory isn't failing me. What I wonder is, if I would have hung out in there, instead of trying to get on coasters, was were they playing this video? Maybe old aunts wanted to go in there and cool down and watch some TV. Anyway, maybe that's not where this came from, but pretty kool either way.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

33:58 "stood up to their fears" aaaaaahahahaaahaaa KEKW

[@kwhardin]

Since Kings Island is building the tallest and fastest giga coaster now, would be cool to see Cedar Point make a 500+ft tall coaster and reclaim tallest/fastest in the world especially since these 2 parks are only s couple hours drive away.

[@freddymacwilliams4263]

Kyn Hardin it isn’t the tallest or fastest

[@m_a_s_o_n2337]

Were you tripping when you typed this out?

[@aMondayMorning]

lmao

[@Spike-sk7ql]

My second favorite place in the state to be. Very slimly second to Kings Island.

[@christophermichael.w.7577]

My father loves Cedar Point.I went with my ex-wife.We had a good time,but I got these marks on my neck from the indoor coaster and another ride failed because a guy couldn't pull the bars into the locking position and they tried to shoot it off out of the Volcano anyway.It fell backwards and got stuck right at the beginning where you are shot out of the Volcano.

[@beannamated]

No mention of Oceana and the Aquarium?

[@bigjuice7020]

Cedar Point is truly a special place. You ever get a chance to go. Don't back out!

[@beccaj7978]

They need to redo all their documentaries

[@nickwerner7983]

YES!!! For the Modern Cedar Point!

[@askjeevescosby2928]

"During the depression of the 1930s cedar point had a great idea when they added the most popular ride of all time Your Grandma. Your grandma gave over 200 million rides and her offspring still work as ride operators to this day!

[@SaraRinger]

I love looking at the fashions of the past but I can't begin to imagine how hot those people are with no air conditioning and all those clothes. Funny today how formal those outfits would be considered and definitely not something you'd wear to an amusement park.

[@robhausman2839]

Hey cutie the reason everyone is so well dressed is because co used to be a place where wealthy men from Cleveland used to go for weekends or for vacation and local women would get cute,dress up and hang out near the beach and try to snag a rich hubby. No bullshit. They sell a great book about CP history in the park which actually admits that used to happen all the time. Where there's rich men women will follow

[@Xyz123-w3m]

@@robhausman2839 you are weird. Thats what majority women wore. It wasnt a whore palace. Even starting out the comment as "hey cutie" was creepy as hell

[@shawnspencer2001]

RIP Wicked Twister.

[@angrybirdsswagplush]

Wow this must be the world’s first theme park in the world

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Geauga Lake was actually older.

[@jp-hh9xq]

2:56 How things have changed. Looking at this still frame, the only way I can see to get up there is to climb a latter!! (On the right, the wider column. If there is another way, let me know! But I can't see it.

[@johnskowronski4906]

This is great thanks awsome

[@cdubz265]

The Narrator’s voice is a staple in the Cleveland/Northeast Ohio area.

[@mayday-nl8565]

Do you also see a ghost in the picture at 10:08 by the top right table on the bottem left corner? It's problably my imagination

[@kennywilliams7469]

I saw the ghost in the photo at 10:08

[@ScootamonCoasters]

Just 1900s special effects. XD

[@jayMaze5]

+Dennis Veenma Well shes a very rude ghost shes standing on peoples food and they have no idea

[@edwardlind1492]

I also saw the ghost

[@ricedabbahxd355]

I saw it

[@Strazman]

3 people haven't visited Cedar Point yet.

[@PSIVOLOB]

+Strazman one of them is us

[@coastercloudy]

And me

[@captaincartoonia9536]

And me

[@nickma71]

I took my family in 2013 and stayed at The Breakers.

[@francescoprotasi2909]

I'll bet anyone that the people at Silverwood saw this, heard Mean Streak being referred to as "Timber Terror", and that's how they got the name

[@loganburde2838]

where you find the trip to rock away picture

[@zacharylunsford2]

at 26:17 Schiff Wild Mouse at Cedar Point footage.

[@TerrisaVenus]

So interesting. Thanks:)

[@UKThemeParks2013]

Do a 1989 person on mean streak

[@PianoMan-hx3ev]

Bathing suits...FOR RENTAL???

[@beannamated]

😂😂😂

[@alexanderhamilton6249]

Song @ 27:46 ?

[@griffinwayne]

how did i get here

[@robinrichardson7729]

Griffin R. asking the same thing.

[@vonniebeth]

3000 bathing suits for rental? Yuck! 🤢

[@robhausman2839]

They had full time employees washing those suits all day long

[@Obi-Ralph-Kenobi]

I thoughthe same thing. I wonder who was in this suit just before ......lol ......I'll pass!

[@lukepederson6128]

Why'd they get rid of the bucket cars to frontier town

[@stevel8847]

I believe it was because they built Iron Dragon

[@littleblackbird_au]

you wouldnt have the complete 1922 Jehovahs Witness Video would you?

[@ellexking9136]

Just bypass The Jumbo Jet and Wildcat. Those Rollercoasters were a part of Cedar Point's history. Cedar Point acts like those 2 attentions never existed.

[@caitihemmings9091]

wasn't cedar point going to be in Clinton, Michigan?

[@Sophia-io4sb]

Maybe but im happy it is not because i live ten minutes for cedar point

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Was it? Do y'all have a marvelous peninsula with a bunch of cedar trees for which the place got its name?

[@georgefremd1802]

I feel like I'm touring the titanic

[@kizziegarcia566]

😊

[@wolfgangedur5923]

Skips over the major addition of White Water Landing. 😢

[@RomeGunnLeaf_36710]

Fun fact, cedar point likes cedar trees (jk)

[@brennangames1874]

And I stayed at a hotel breaker before

[@jesscutnup11]

AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WHY DO THEY MAKE SO TALL ROLLER COASTERS

[@angiebartrom6873]

Jessica Packie lady because there fun!!!!!😅

[@stephentobias1683]

Thanks, but I’ll pass on the rented bathing suit.

[@pittsburghpaul7565]

Poor Disaster Transport

[@zachalderton2057]

i never been to cedar point

[@Spike-sk7ql]

You should come to Ohio then. Not just for CP, but take a trip south to Kings Island while you're here too.

[@brianroose1149]

You now George Roose his is my great great Uncle not a big deal we should get free passes but nooo

[@LoserBroProductions]

Brian Roose I don't think you are entitled to that.

[@jessieleech9805]

It's a 15-minute cities come in Cedar Point's going to die cuz all the other places

[@stlouisflix1]

What are you even trying to say 🙄 Makes zero sense 🤔

[@jessieleech9805]

@@stlouisflix1 they are doing 15 min. City Cleveland has 4 places after a 15 minute drive you have to pay carbon tax.their are other places that start it too

[@beannamated]

I want to live in CP's 15 minute city.

[@beannamated]

​@@stlouisflix1 He's correct.

[@nicklall4285]

Any one here from Jon Levi

[@MsJinkerson]

I went there 5 times

[@Sophia-io4sb]

I went like a billion times

[@Spike-sk7ql]

A week?

[@awhite1212]

4:53 That bush is looking a little sus o.0 a lil nazi action in ohio?

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Yep..... we're all super secret NSDAP members here in Ohio. Y'all should stay away. Filled to the brim with super scary Nazis.

[@BLUEOHIO]

EVER DISNEY WAS OWN Cedar Point BUT OHIO SAID NO

[@Obi-Ralph-Kenobi]

English, Ed. English

[@markangelotti5007]

E-its Fayn tastic

[@stephanielane3165]

CEDER POINT IS OVERRATED

[@marsbars2633]

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