Visit to Cedar Point 1968

8mm movie of my Mom, Dad, Aunt & Uncle visiting Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, 1968.

[@brainiator]

Wow, tons of comments! Quick FAQ: My Mom was 22, Dad 24 in this vid. Dad was really proud of that Mustang, and said most of the aftermarket parts he did himself and bought from the J.C.Whitney catalog if I remember his stories correctly. Edit 5/15/21: My Dad (driving the mustang) passed away in late January 2021 from complications of Alzheimer's disease & COVID-19. Mom passed away suddenly a few months later. My brother and I are sure it was from a broken heart. She enjoyed your comments and was happy her home movie brought back memories. RIP Mom & Dad, I love you.

[@connorcreasey6439]

Thank you for posting this video I recently lost my father in this pandemic as well and the times we spent at cedar point were some of the best times I spent with him so looking back at the footage of an era where all his stories come from is really nice thank you 🙏😊🎢

[@NickyD]

you need to buy a brink at the park

[@layplum]

Rest In Peace to them💜

[@lilyadams9369]

So sorry to hear about the loss of your parents. I really enjoyed watching this video! Thanks for sharing with us.

[@aaronwilliams6989]

R.I.P.

[@dave11061]

I remember those days. Back when the Blue Streak was the big thing at Cedar Point!

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

It's astounding how much has changed...and how much hasn't.

[@buffybrown1619]

I was 12 in 1968 and I know we visited Cedar Point that summer. I recall all those rides. It was the first time I’d ever been to a place like that and thought everything was magical.

[@DopeAsThePope1]

Amazing how much this park has changed 50 years later!

[@bertram46]

What an absolutely great home movie. In 1968 our family had a boat in the marina at cedar point. Pier 3, then pier 9. I was in the park Friday night, sat and Sunday every weekend. I was 8 years old. I knew almost every college kid in the park. Got to go on Blue Streak test rides before the park opened. Walked the tracks from Frontier town to mainland. Talked on ride microphones to riders. My heart is there. I feel asleep on the boat hearing the screams on the Blue Streak. Back then they did fireworks every Saturday night. Again thank you

[@visionist7]

Heard they're landing a man on the moon next year

[@tararockrevivalbebe6427]

Felice Graziano Why am I laughing so hard at your comment!! So way off the subject of the video just cracks me up. Almost reminds me, like we’re all at a bar listening to them talking about back in the day at Cedar Point we’re all buzzed then the awkward moment, that comment, followed by crickets! Funny as hell!! 👍🍺

[@visionist7]

TaraRockRevival BeBe the Titanic sinks in 24 hours!

[@tararockrevivalbebe6427]

Felice Graziano The economy is still bad, motel six won’t leave the light on anymore.

[@tararockrevivalbebe6427]

The Newb Tube Why is it so important for me to remember that cows say, MOO

[@johnfoltz8183]

And maybe in a few years, computers could start to get smaller and more affordable for anyone to use.

[@mglmill5082]

Amazing..no one glued to their cell phones and guess what? They survived just fine! Wish we could go back to simpler times..

[@rafetizer]

Of course, almost nobody would voluntarily give up modern convenience.

[@filetofish7688]

Well the concept of cell phones was barely even conceived back then, unless you count the video call device from the jetsons

[@MaarkW]

Well that brought back a flood of memories! The Fun House, the Mill Race, the River Boats and those amazing French fries. Such a simpler and happy time. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@rafetizer]

I wasn't born until 1980 but I did get to enjoy the mill race at least a few times in the 80's.

[@thereisaplace]

OMG… the French fries!. I completely forgot. Berrardies Fries?

[@robgrimm9004]

Some of my fondest memories as a kid were the family trips to Cedar Point. No matter what was going on with my life a day here was (and is) a great escape from it all. Thank you for posting this snapshot of Americana

[@imabetterdawg8918]

People looked so much happier back then!!

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

Yeah no DAMN CELL PHONES

[@Fizbin32111]

@@timothykaczmarek5871 Take away peoples cell phones and they would be miserable.

[@Fizbin32111]

What a dumb comment. So if you went to ceder point today you would see frowning faces?

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

@@Fizbin32111 You mean more miserable than they are already?!?!?

[@patricksottek5913]

@@timothykaczmarek5871 Turn the power off.

[@johndef5075]

What a wonderful trip back in time! Ty.

[@kj9093]

It's crazy to think that the Blue Streak was the biggest thrill ride there at that time, compared to the crazy roller coasters we find at Cedar Point today!

[@billyidol2115]

That's what I was saying. I remember being about 12 or 13 our first trip ever from middle Michigan we drive down. And I mean we thought that Blue Streak was some kind of a monster we were going to die on that thing. But you look at this video and people were grabbing on for dear life on those rail cars😅😅 and now you look at the stuff they have it looks like a little baby kids coaster. I think it's actually been removed and made room for some other type of raptor or something. But I'll never forget it was far less crowded and it was basically the only real roller coaster on the whole park? I think the next real roller coaster they got was the corkscrew? And people literally had to wait in line for 2 or 3 hours to ride that thing when it first opened. I'll never forget it. But it seemed worth it! LOL you were going upside down in a big loop and then screwing around like a cork, and directly down through the Steam and the water pond. It was nuts

[@nickh7777]

​@@billyidol2115blue streak and mine ride are still there. Railroad still running, but last year was the final year of the paddle wheel boat ride (I'm glad I got to go on it one last time, I'd forgotten that I had been on it 40 years earlier)

[@johnnygymrat4335]

i said to myself "i'll watch a minute or two just to see how the park was different back then", but then i watched the whole thing because it was strangely haunting. great footage

[@thechannelofrandomness6814]

Fr tho

[@BuildingMan98]

Nostalgic, not haunting.

[@chrisb3976]

How was it haunting?

[@beannamated]

​@@chrisb3976 I obviously can't answer for the original commenter, but each family is so different. For me, these are nostalgic to the point of being very difficult. I'm the only one of my family still alive, no kids or nieces/nephews. Cedar Point and the islands were a huge part of my life. I also worked there in the 80s. It's hard to have nobody left who knew me or was there as a kid and teen.

[@ShaunRajewski]

Very cool footage. A lot of interesting scenes, like the Frontier Lift, bits of the Scamper, the original Shoot the Chutes, etc. Crazy to think that Cedar Point only had two coasters at this time (Blue Streak and Scamper) and that Cedar Creek Mine Ride would be brand new the following year.

[@PatrickRyan150]

Oh man, brings back memories of my first vist as a young kid. We ran from each ride to the next because we wanted to make sure we got on every ride! We didnt bvb want to stop riding, but faithfully met our moms for food and drink breaks. I remember they played fascination most of the day, and took in the shows. What great times!

[@CoasterBob62]

Thank you for posting this wonderful footage! Brings back lots of memories of the park when I was a kid.

[@davebillnitzer5824]

I remember those days. It was quick to get in and out of a ride. No two-hour waits. No long winding queues to make it look like the lines are short. You had a choice of either buying ticket books, or paying the all-day fare for which you'd get a string wrapped around your wrist and a stamp on the back of your hand. Besides the Blue Streak, there was the Wild Mouse at the far end of the midway and the Fun House where you exited via the spiral slide. And you could actually run your way through the Fun House, you didn't stand there with a crowd of people all hot and sweaty and jammed together.

[@coastermaniacs]

This is awesome as a theme park vlogger seeing cedar point look so different back then to now is amazing

[@techpappee]

Amazing to see how much has and hasn't changed over the years. Thanks for sharing

[@amusement420]

Very cool! Surprised I never saw this. Good to see a lot of the Frontier Lift.

[@billheber2416]

Enjoyed that blast from the past. The best of times. Thank you for sharing. Excellent job of capturing a magical place. Sometimes less is more.

[@mattman237]

That is fantastic footage for 1968! Thanks for posting.

[@ScratchGlass9]

I was 8 in 68. Mom and Grandma got lost going there !! I remember the double ferris wheel being by the entrance ?? And the funhouse with the slides to exit ! Don't remember the zoo animals. The log ride was brand new to the world. And the cable cars in the air was something !! We stayed in a Holiday Inn right by railroad tracks.

[@chrishiggins7353]

Always took the boat ride. It was so much fun back then. All the animals, jungle Larry, lion tamer. Alot of things to see and do. It has changed alot. Not a bad thing but different. Love both as a kid and now.

[@TravelingMan63]

When there were sooo many tress in the park. When the park had more flat rides and dark rides.

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

And it was more fun as well. No fast lane system no line jumping no cellphones.

[@andyvasquez6688]

First went in the mid to late 70s, I can almost taste the fries! great memories.

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

Notice the Brown Blue Streak? That was without all the seatbelts and stuff. Buzz bars and the old PTC trains. What a GREAT ride.😂

[@kenrafferty2347]

lol. You felt like you were going to fly out of the seat

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

@kenrafferty2347 That's why that ride was one of the most popular until they over safety overhaul on it. It ran without incidents just the way it was.

[@kenrafferty2347]

Absolutely

[@afridgetoofar1818]

Even without all of the roller coasters, it still looks like a wholesome good time.

[@brianlewis5022]

Damn I was born that year. Went there 14 years later.🙂

[@markkuhar3540]

OMG THAT's the Cedar Point I remember from my childhood. This brings back amazing memories.

[@markfitzpatrick6692]

I went to cp in 1975 for my 11th birthday. It is great to be the same age as the blue streak . Lots of fun with my grandpa in the 70’s and going myself in 1990 up to 2012

[@williamgibson9553]

Those are great 8mm videos. I had a Super 8mm but it was kind of expensive to develop a 50' reel so I took shorter clips and my shots were not so good. 1968 my wife and I graduated from Tiffin Columbian HS and then married in October. 1969 we went to Cedar Point while I was on leave from the USN. I went in my whites. I have photos of that. It is hard to believe that was 55 years ago.

[@mmesimon]

LOVE this... brings me back to my childhood @ Cedar Point.

[@victorgasior]

Been going there since I was 9 in ‘81. Love seeing how it looked before all the coasters. Also, your dad seems like he’d of been a blast to hang out with.

[@Ach9716]

My dad worked the Blue Streak I forget exactly what year, but he was born in 58. He is now 64. He grew up going because of his father who was in the navy he ended up finding this spot then my dad worked there for a year or so & then they went as a family tradition every year… then my dad carried that family tradition on with our family, my mom & brother. We went up every Fourth of July week & enjoyed it. Now my man & I’s family we are starting, we are also doing the same still. We all are going up together even with now my own new family I’ve created. It’s so special & love seeing more realistic videos of how cedar point looked back in the day.

[@deefrash9806]

I was one year from being born when this movie happened. Love seeing the way the park used to look, especially the old sign and the 2nd set of crossing cars that are long gone, not too mention, the double ferris wheel, which they should have kept!! The first time I was there was when I was around five, so much of this was still simular, but looking at it today, wow, it's still has some of those rides from then, but so many new ones, mostly coasters, but that's what makes it the BEST park!!!!

[@KeithFox]

Oh wow what a gem of footage. Somebody better have a backup copy of this just in case

[@cedarpointyoutubevideos6807]

Adding this video to a playlist on this channel.

[@miked6426]

Take the Ohio turnpike...what great memories best corn dogs in the world and footlongs

[@theIIIamigos]

I love how your mom and aunt have matching oufits! It's the thing to do when you go to Cedar Point! Cool footage!

[@donjuan2421]

Wow this is crazy.. Imagine the guests back then walking into Cedar Point as it is today.. Their minds would be BLOWN

[@fredmertes7077]

Brings back some memories.... Our family spent a couple days up there each summer every year in the mid to late 60's.... Seeing those poor animals being cooped up in those small enclosures is so sad.....

[@jamesreese4170]

What an amazing quality of video from that time. Ive seen videos from the 90's with far less quality.

[@billrogers1740]

Great old home movie of Cedar Point. Went there alot growing up. We went there that same year in 68. Loved the old skywheel missed it when they took it out. And other old rides like Earthquake and The Pirate Ride. Alot more they took out to make way for all the new coasters. Thanks for sharing the memories.

[@pointx171]

Omg wow! So different back then

[@cynthiapickett7403]

Went to Cedar Point a couple of times in the mid-1980s (the beginning of the current park; not unlike what was happening to Knott's Berry Farm and Six Flags Magic Mountain). Even before the mega-coasters were even created, it was a great place to spend the day.

[@billyidol2115]

I thought by the mid-80s they had the corkscrew already going? I remember when they were just opening up we would go and we were like high school grads maybe into our early twenties which would be early 1980s

[@ff29h2]

Thank you for this. The quality is amazing!

[@dennisburdue5052]

Love the early Mustang with custom tail lights and chrome reverse rims!!

[@brainiator]

My dad had great taste in cars!

[@VanHalenFan1964]

VERY COOL, Grew up here in Northwood, OH

[@ThemeParkAvenue]

Is Blue Streak the only coaster in this video that's still at Cedar Point? That's insane.

[@stevekov6740]

Yeah, the Mine Ride came a year later.

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

It's still THE BEST RIDE IN THE PARK. 😂❤

[@PhilVilardo]

Wow. Fantastic video. Our family went every summer in those years. Fantastic variety and filming for that era with I guess 8 mm. Remember it all including the cedar point sign. Thanks.👍

[@bwc1976]

Thanks for sharing this with us! Your mom and dad seem like they were very sweet and fun people.

[@caroteminofficial3633]

My grandpa was acting like an absolute goofball throughout the whole entire video lol.

[@SharonBell6123]

Thank you so much for this trip down memory lane, this is priceless

[@jimbuist]

Thanks for sharing that. It brought back some great memories!

[@AirtimeThrills]

I love this, this is so cool

[@jefferysmith9320]

The park as I remember it. Thanks Brian. Glad you all enjoyed yourselves.

[@billyidol2115]

I literally remember those early 70s Cedar point. The first time we went we thought the Blue Streak was going to kill us literally. And I think it may have been removed by now. But just 10 years or so ago it was still there and the first climb up that first Hill looks like a little baby coaster to us now. Compared to what they have out there. But back when we were only 11 or 12 years old that thing looked like it was colossal and we were almost scared to get on there what great memories of the Blue Streak

[@jimewen19681]

Great beautiful footage of a great time period! 55 years ago when i was born in 1968. The smiles on peoples faces are priceless. Cedar Point has changed a lot over the years but is still a great park even though its filled with mega coasters. Nice footage with beautiful parents having fun in their youth! Thanks for sharing beautiful memories and may your parents rest in peace!

[@williamschirmacher6526]

Awesome. I finally went in 2005. I wish I lived closer

[@thrasher3222]

Yeah , remember when you could stay in a Motel and there were no crackheads, drug dealers and prostitutes around? Those were the days. This is great stuff, brings back memories.

[@AngelaBuyck]

LOL thanks I was a baby when this was made lol I do remember the oldschool Cedar point it was fun to look back.

[@mmcfly2791]

I absolutely Loved the home movie of Cedar Point in 1968 Wow! I was 4 years old that summer and 1st went to Cedar Point the next year in 1969 with my brother, sister and Mom...I think my grandma and Uncle came too...I still love Cedar Point and have my own home movies of Cedar Point from the 93 - 2013 on one 88mm cassette...I have to get transferred to dvd and upload. My God Bless you ❤

[@rollertoaster812]

Amazing to see so much that has changed and so much that hasn't!

[@ChrisPBacon-ok7ir]

Great video. Looks like the Blue Streak was the big thrill ride in '68! Too bad there is no audio but thanks for not ruining it with music.🎢

[@jcat3409]

I road Steel Vengeance for the first time at the age 0f 50.. and OMG! You got to put that coaster on you bucket list!

[@theMoerster]

The summer I was born. Went to CP the first time in 1975.

[@StevenKelley]

To be honest I watched this entire video looking for a time traveler. You look so much like your mom! #GreatScott

[@philiprichards2010]

The last time I was at Cedar Point, was in the summer of 2011. Before that ,I was at Michigan's Adventure park with my younger sister and her family.

[@john172867]

I'm much older now and I love to see the animals. A couple of years ago (2019) they had llamas and camels.

[@JMReid1220]

Outstanding footage. That’s how the park would have looked when I started going back in the early 70s. Thank you!

[@glenn2226]

Great footage.....didn't know the next year ('69) I'd be working there as a ride operator on the Mill Race and Sky Wheel! Park looked empty in the video! I also noticed that to get on the rides, you had to have your hand stamped and a colored string worn on your wrist.

[@Brandi.Nicole]

S Do you remember a women who used to work in the gift shop around that time? She hung clothes, sorted records - went to the parties 🤪 They called her Annie? Slender pretty lady?

[@zachcoastercrazy4032]

Was it a pay per ride park at the time?

[@bradk7653]

Cedar point used to do either an all ride pass or pay per ride, we would go as a family, we would get the all ride pass with the hand stamp and wrist string, and my grandma would get the pay per ride, I remember her riding the carousel, but usually she held our stuff when we went on the rides. Great memories.

[@lisapublixhas1539]

That’s so cool. I was 6 in 1968. My daughter and I have been going to CP since 2009. It started our quest to see how many different coasters we could ride together. At 129 now. Plan to ride our 150th in 2020 at the 150th anniversary....assuming they have a new coaster....fingers crossed! Heading to Canada’s Wonderland in May.

[@davidmorton4936]

Kindergarten is awesome!!

[@thechannelofrandomness6814]

Blue streak was probably the steel vengeance to them.

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

Blue Streak was the most popular ride as the lines had to be cut nightly by the Midway sweeps at closing time.

[@mr.nibblenips4231]

This is long before they started adding roller coasters that went mach 1 speed.

[@allenperreault7825]

Great video. I was about 6 months old when this video came out.

[@MeMyselfAndUs903]

Reading all your comments is the most fun for me.

[@blondie4512]

I loved going to Cedar Point as I was born and raised in Ohio... funny part, I was born in late 1968... Thank you for sharing this video :)

[@lancecluster]

Neat, I remember going there shortly after that, I remember those rides and the animals. Has been a long time since they had animals

[@LydiaStarz]

My 8 yr old self could have been there this day!

[@DjFischerAirwolf]

Amazing video. Thank you. Now I need to crack time travel...

[@TheExvangelicalCat]

It's so weird seeing the park without roller coasters

[@mamaost1996]

This is amazing. Thank you for sharing 🎢

[@cjpreach]

1968? The Blue Streak, Scamper , Rotor, Mine Ride. A great era!

[@ShawnWard-rh1uu]

Amazing footage thank you!!

[@josephknurek7795]

Thanks for the memories, tears. :-)

[@scottlowman.1044]

Great footage! Thanks for sharing.

[@TheJustinRothShow]

This is awesome to see how different it looked back then! Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@adreamalways14]

All I can say is wow this says a lot in where Cedar Point is at then and now

[@jille4391]

Love the matching outfits. Cool video!

[@djs2356]

perfectly enchanting!

[@dannydaw59]

Interesting video! There was more forest back then. I went there for the 1st time in 1984 and don't remember the river boats.

[@uttermanbo]

When a show like "That 70's Show" is like Star Trek.

[@spencerrebosmax7915]

Great video!

[@TheLightningStalker]

Probably the most striking thing about this is that it's almost as though it could have been taken yesterday.

[@Yzerman1991]

holy shit, look how many tries there were!!! I can't believe they've managed to jam. 20 or so roller coasters on that island

[@sting1111]

This was the beginning of the greatest era of the parks history. It only lasted about 10-12 years before they started the transformation to 90% coasters and a one dimensional strategy.

[@jennmurphy3952]

This is so cool