Cedar Point's Arcade is HUGE!

[@nv_spartan1771]

That's what she said! I remember when the coliseum was filled with video games and pinball machines. It was glorious. They also used to have a room filled with fascination games.

[@DaneMarshall56377]

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[@garylucas637]

If you travel to Northeast Ohio, near Youngstown, check out Past Times Arcade In Girard. It has over 600+ games to choose from, ranging from mechanical, to pinball, to video. It is superior for people like yourself that love the vintage games.

[@tia-light]

Great video! Thank you!

[@SarahB1863]

8:50 the area next to the turnstile is so wide, just about anybody could fit through it and not have to pay. Right?

[@notyournormalg1]

I suppose… but there is always someone there watching you. So when you come out, they would have you pay anyway. 🤷‍♂️

[@TheThirdeYe1337]

I remember going here in the 90s and it was filled with tons and tons of actual video game cabinets, newest in the front and lots of vintage arcade machines and pinball machines toward the back dating back to the 1950s and probably earlier. Looks like a glorified dave and busters now with all of the generic games :(

[@garylucas637]

You need to check out Past Times Arcade in Girard, Ohio. It is the superior fanstastic arcade for the games you are looking for. Over 350 Pinball Machines, About 50 to 75 Mechanical Games and about 250 vintage video games.

[@evanbader2756]

Did u ever look at or hear the prize area has the big ticket book which has bigger prizes with big ticket amounts?

[@danielwirth8388]

They should add the old school arcade games like Donkey Kong ect...

[@notyournormalg1]

especially at the back where it's now empty, I would love it if they would add classic games!

[@notyournormalg1]

I'd take a ms pacman game in a hot sec.

[@danielwirth8388]

@@supersanic1254 that really sucks

[@dasmg]

not a single vintage coin-op game in either of those arcades... my heart is broken. there used to be so many cool machines in there, from the 70's all the way up.

[@PlayCONtent]

I'm mad for an arcade (some say I'm mad in general- I'd like to think it's limited to arcades....and everything else) I genuinely might opt for a cedar point trip one day. THEY'VE GOT RECORDS AS PRIZES, my former statement about a trip has become even more valid.

[@notyournormalg1]

You get that Harry styles record!

[@notyournormalg1]

Also. I love it that I heard that entire comment in your voice.

[@notyournormalg1]

And if you come here, you and I NEED to collab SO HARD.

[@PlayCONtent]

@@notyournormalg1 I actually haven't listened to enough Harry styles to form an opinion, I'm kind of neutral about the hits....but it being an arcade prize adds so much alure

[@notyournormalg1]

@@PlayCONtent I want a gif of Stevie from Miranda saying “I have the allure”

[@fractions]

PIANO KEYS! When I went in there early on, I thought they got rid of it. My fave!

[@hillorisartin6129]

If you do the morning boardwalk tour, they take you upstairs to see the ballroom. Another youtube channel showed it.

[@notyournormalg1]

Ohhhhh….

[@coletrickle-km7cl]

I remember walking thru there back in the 1980's and it was crammed front to back with arcade pac man style cabinets. And some were very old for the 1980's. they were anolog arcade games. It looks not even half full of games now. You'd think there would be more 1980's pac-man style arcade cabinet type games than what is in there.

[@kira3194]

My all time favorite game is Skee ball!

[@nearandfarexplorers5125]

Miss the shooting range they used to have there

[@melindazikursh8825]

Huge but so much empty space. I thought the random old couch in the back was weird

[@notyournormalg1]

Oh. Without a doubt.

[@kaylamyrice-smith8309]

Looks like a lot from the back are gone.

[@notyournormalg1]

I think they went to the new arcade now.

[@kaylamyrice-smith8309]

@notyournormalg1 no they were the older games like from The 80s and pinball games.

[@notyournormalg1]

@@kaylamyrice-smith8309 I’m not sure when they got rid of them. But that must be recent? Cuz a lot of people are mad about it.

[@TheXringgirl]

Hi Trent! I have a question about Halloweekends. Is there early entry for that as well? I will be staying at the Express so I know early entry is granted during the summer but havent seen anything about Halloweekends

[@notyournormalg1]

Yes! Throughout the year, early entry is a thing. And yeah… for the hotel, you’ll get that access. It’s always an hour before park opening (regardless of when that time is) So if the park opens at 5 on a Thursday then early park entry will start at 4 (or at least, that is how they have done it in past years I have covered)

[@TheXringgirl]

@@notyournormalg1 Great, thanks!😃

[@DoodleTheThoosie]

I doubt they are ever gonna, but if they get rid of it I might cry

[@DoodleTheThoosie]

@@supersanic1254 I don’t think you understand how big of a money maker it is for them. Sure it’s expensive to run. But people who don’t like rides and roller coasters spend up to $75 per visit in there

[@kennethboozer6148]

My goal is to meet up with you one day and chill at cedar point

[@MrKsanders1985]

I always thought this should be removed. Perfect location for a dark ride. They need a dark ride badly.

[@notyournormalg1]

I would love a dark ride. But I think this building is being grandfathered in right now. One major renovation or change and they would have to probably raze the whole place.

[@MrKsanders1985]

@@notyournormalg1 That's fine, let them remove it. Allegedly, there is structural damage to the building. It was constructed in the late 1800 i believe..

[@CutiePie-ux1cr]

Awesome video! The new arcade needs a sign. 🙂🎢

[@MrTjp1906]

I have not been in the Arcade in years, but after watching this, next visit im definitely gonna drop in for a game of Air hockey 😊

[@jenniferlynch135]

Squishmellows 😍

[@hatless_spider]

I think it's safe to say the broadcasting kit you can win with tickets is probably not great except for very entry level video making 😅

[@salesm6882]

Me and the kids were at cedar point yesterday, I looked for you but didn't see you...😊😊

[@SarahB1863]

You can actually go see the ballroom any time you want. Just use the stairs on the side of the Colosseum. I think the door is unlocked.

[@riskydevil6486]

Sorry to say but this is so much worse than what it used to be imo, I remember how glorious it was before they auctioned all the vintage cabinets away…

[@notyournormalg1]

That might be, but I think it makes them a lot more money now. I would love to see what it used to look like though,

[@TheThirdeYe1337]

I remember the old arcade fondly as well. It was sad to see it like this :(

[@DaneMarshall56377]

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[@Popsicleman313]

The arcade empty .... i miss the 2002 Arcade .....

[@amusement420]

I don't play redemption ticket or claw games. I don't think I 'd be good at it. Even though there's some fun prizes. The grand prize redemption tickets book behind the counter had Lego prizes. There was an MSRP $500 grand prize Hogwarts Express Collectors' Edition. I think that's gone. That must be 500,000 tickets. Last Season was 3 MSRP $800 Millennium Falcons. There's some wierd prizes in the book. If they aren't busy you can ask to see it It's a large 3 ring binder. The employees can play off-duty but they cap them out at something like 20k and then it's on to gift cards. There's people who are really good at games. They give prizes away. The ladder game by MF has a daily cap at I think 3 wins per day. They're putting mini golf in the back of the main arcade. I'd have to look it up but I think it's $10 (is what it amounts to) like the Mirror Maze. When I was taking pictures when that opened the girl let me go thru part of it. It'd be fun with a little kid. The Johnny Rockets arcade was a quick & easy 'we gotta put something in there we don't even have a sign for it' after JR's didn't renew their lease. It's basically a larger Hotel Breakers arcade.

[@amusement420]

​@@supersanic1254 That's what I figured. For the people who are really good at the games. It's probably the 'Thrill of the hunt'. "Family Entertainment Group" that's the name I was trying to think of. I knew it was something generic-sounding. We'll see how the miniature golf goes over. People do play the nice boutique bowling lanes. CP didn't give the maintenance guy a budget to maintain the old 80's arcade games before they auctioned them off a few years ago. He put in a new Nintendo joystick in the unbelievably great-condition Doneky Kong machine I was good at. when the other one stuck so bad Jumpman/Mario would hardly move. He just happened to have one. He put the old one in the cabinet. Zaxxon had a Nintendo joystick bolted into it because the flight stick broke. It was actually easier to play lol There's arcade sites with plenty of parts. And one down the street for where I live. I've seen a multi-cade (80's arcade games in a single cabinet) in a truck stop in 2008. They could have some of those cabinets but they won't. They could rig them so you used credits not quarters or tokens. My friend builds 60-in-1's he sells. He used to ride Magnum and Maverick all the time. Was an appliance repairman at Maytag. Lived across from Sandusky Mall. He'd go to CP after work. But he moved out of state to start his own appliance repair business. (he even drove the Aamboni at the Red Wings games a couple times). He's old school 80's arcade so he has an aversion to redemption ticket games lol. CP had some rare pinball machines they got rid of in the back that no one ever really played... To put a leather couch back there lol

[@rocky-xp4we]

Definitely not like it was in the day. They used to have a awesome arcade

[@misterreason486]

Screw Cedar Point for doing away with the classic, nostalgic arcade they once had. I guess you are clueless about that?