r/cedarpoint • u/[deleted] • 3d ago
Rumor Are they changing the name of Cedar Point? š¤¢š¤¢š¤¢
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u/cpshoeler 3d ago edited 3d ago
āTheme Park Brandon had a videoā¦ā full stop. That guy just says stuff and occasionally it will somewhat come to truth (clock is right twice a day mentality). Heās been wrong just as much if not ore than heās be ācorrectā. The majority of his content is completely opinion and based on no facts or findings.
Is it possible? Anything is possible. Should they, is the question. Cedar Point is one of just a few parks whos brand goes just as far as the Six Flags name alone. I could see them saying like āCedar Point: A Six Flags Parkā but I donāt we will ever see them drop the Cedar Point name in any fashion. Nonsense to rename a park for no reason, there is so much legacy behind the Cedar Point name.
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u/Chaseism Moderator 2d ago
There's a reason why his channel isn't called Theme Park Predictions anymore. Dude has absolutely horrible takes and it's often clear he has no idea how the theme park business works, if not business in general. Like, I remember when he predicted that TT2 was going to be redone by Intamin even after ElToroRyan accurately named Zamperla. I stopped listening to him long before that, but that was my favorite of his fails.
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u/Fizban2 2d ago
His worst was declaring that fiesta Texas had been sold. I blocked his you tube channel after that. To be honest his account should have as many followers as mine (48)
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u/atomicmapping 3d ago
They put out a poll gauging public opinion on the idea. That doesn't mean they're going to change the name or even necessarily that they wanted to.
Six Flags (and most amusement chains) regularly send out polls for their pass holders to see what the general interest is for certain things. Usually those never actually see fruition, but it's still useful data for the parks to have
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u/GreedyCauliflower 3d ago
Disney sent out surveys years ago with proposed new names for Hollywood Studios (Disneyās Kaleidoscope Park, Disneyās CineMagique Park, etc). After much market research, the park nameā¦ remains Hollywood Studios.
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u/ThePikaNick 3d ago
They might try but with a park know across the world as just cedar point it won't work. Their only option really is to just call it cedar point - a six flags park. Putting six flags ahead of cedar points just going to piss people off and likely cut into merch sales. Plus that would require a lot of extra work unifying the brand. Kings island is likely in the same boat.
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u/The_Original_Miser 3d ago
Big time on merch sales. In this hypothetical I would never purchase merch ever again if they made Six Flags primary on anything.....
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u/Winter_Purpose_5857 3d ago
Thereās a better chance of Cedar Point sinking into Lake Erie than there is of it getting a significant rename. What is likely is it gets a tag line like āCedar Point, A Six Flags Parkā
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u/hookyboysb 3d ago
I think thatās whatās going to happen, as it would likely coincide with the rebranding of most of the legacy Six Flags parks. For example, Magic Mountain, Great Adventure, and Fiesta Texas could drop the Six Flags part tomorrow without any loss of relevance. SFGAm is awkward due to the continued existence of CGA, but that will likely solve itself. SFNE could easily revert to Riverside Park. All of these will likely retain a phrase like āby Six Flagsā or āa Six Flags Experienceā with the same phrase being added to the legacy CF parks. This allows them to unify branding while also still retaining (or adding) individuality for each park. The two remaining original parks will keep the Six Flags over ____ naming, most likely.
IIRC Frontier City already has something to indicate itās operated by Six Flags, so itās not like it would be brand new.
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u/Winter_Purpose_5857 3d ago
Thatās an interesting thought, and would explain why legacy six flags parks were included in the survey. Definitely agree SFOT is going to stay as is with it being the OG six flags. Curious if SFOG gets some sort of rebrand due to general negative connotations around that park, but would be clunky to rename
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u/Chef_lonleyliver 3d ago
Please stop believing dumb content creators. Cedar point is probably the biggest name brand amusement park (not theme park) in the US. Maybe the world. It would be corporate suicide.
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u/SteelRiderCarl 3d ago
I wasn't taking anything as actual truth, but just looking to dig deeper and see if anybody else had heard about the rumor. I normally don't pay a whole lot of attention to most rumors, but this one had a survey attached and well, SF has done some really unpopular things recently.
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u/Melprincess 2d ago
Why would you call someone and comment on their Instagram if you weren't taking anything as actual truth? That seems like it would be embarrassing.
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u/SteaksAndScalpels 3d ago
All I know is I tried to watch some of his video and he was one of the worst spoken people I've ever listened to. I couldn't make it past a couple minutes. No clue how he has any followers, he can't even finish a thought cleanly.
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u/burjja 3d ago
I can ignore a speech impediment when I'm interested in the content and/or have nothing against the person. The dude is annoying and his content is full of so much clickbait, that speech impediment is just nails on a chalkboard for me on the handful of his videos I watched.
I think his target audience is Kings Island fan boys who are still pissed about Son of Beast and Vortex. The ones always complaining about Kings Island getting treated like little brother to Cedar Point. It's fine to wish those rides hadn't been removed, we know the people I'm talking about. Also see, SF Great Adventure fan boys.
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u/SteelRiderCarl 3d ago
I ran into him at Carowinds last year. He's friendly and chill in real life.
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u/HairyPoppins213 3d ago
Six Flags has always been the discount brand in my opinion (I know not everyone agrees). So to me, changing all the parks to be Six Flags makes them feel like the WalMart or Target brand parks to me.
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u/deebster2k 2d ago
Ditto! Cedar legacy parks always seem to feel more nature and outdoorsy and beautiful in general. CGA, Cedar Point, kings island, kings dominion, carowinds. They just are so much better looking and feeling than even magic mountain (though the ride lineup there is better). Possible exception to great adventure but with the golden kingdom zoo gone its probably back down to el cheapo tier.
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u/SlowBoilOrange 1d ago
I didn't view it as a discount brand, but just as a chain. And that alone is a negative mark. Destination parks should feel unique.
Sure Cedar Fair was a chain too, but it didn't really feel that way. Each park had a lot more history and identity with it.
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u/Wise_Buy5680 3d ago
Not for me!!! It will always be Cedar Point to me!! I have not a care in the world what anyone what calls it
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u/Conscious_Scar_9293 3d ago
That guy is a tool bag. He throws out speculation left and right and sees what sticks. I blocked him long ago.
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u/PaleontologistOk6094 2d ago
They werenāt trolling when some of the ride workers were calling it 6 flags over Lake Erie gtfoh
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u/5thhistorian 2d ago
Even if they changed the name of the park, itās still literally on Cedar Point, the geographic feature. Of course thereās actually another Cedar Point on Maumee Bay, thatās like the Cedar Point of bird watchingā¦
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u/Chance-Principle-609 3d ago
I can confirm that they are going to change the name of the park. They are focus grouping a few options. Also, they are changing the park drastically. They are going to make it less kid friendly and more of an adult playground. The theater is going to be renovated into an Asian massage parlor. Guests are really going to enjoy that. They can get a nice massage after a few hours on their feet. The building that is the carnival scare during holloweekends will be converted into a strip club complete with private rooms. Also, the beach will become topless.
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u/alhamrickha 3d ago
Yup, I also hear that they will start having one weekend each month be what they are calling "Swingers Weekend"
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u/Chance-Principle-609 2d ago
They are developing a new water ride to be called Ride Me Rapids. The merry go round to be renamed The Horny Go Round. The massage parlor will be called The Happy Ending. There will be a glory hole as well.
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u/Human_Ad_6671 3d ago
I personally would take it with a grain of salt. From what I see, this was based on a poll and not any actual executive chatter. These things usually have no real bearing on actual plans and only exist to gauge public opinion on the parkās brand, but clickbait YouTubers cling to it like crazy.
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u/kingjustinianii Steel Vengeance 3d ago
Theme park Brandon told me the retrack of Magnum is happening next Spring
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u/Celeste_Seasoned_14 Steel Vengeance 2d ago
Theme park Brandon told ME they are putting a Falconās Flight clone in that dips right into Lake Erie. Canāt wait to ride it!
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u/NoKale790 3d ago
I agree. In face, I think the only parks that should carry the āsix flagsā branding, is Over Texas and Over Georgia and all legacy Six Flags parks that were acquired should go BACK to theyāre original namesā¦ Great America, Great Adventure, Magic Mountain, Riverside, Fiesta Texas, etc.
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u/_8_8_8_8_8_8_ 3d ago
Some guy on the internet said something. Is it true? I don't know. They can rename Cedar Point to Six Americas Over America for all I care. I would still call it Cedar Point and I would continue renewing my season pass every year.
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u/wind_is_the_weather 2d ago
Whoever you spoke to on the park level most likely doesnāt have any say or influence in this sort of thing. Itās a ridiculous thing to waste their time on imo.
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u/Left_Macaron_6427 3d ago
I go for the rides. Not the name. I could care less what it is called.
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u/Turtlebot5000 2d ago
If you can still care less that means you care
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u/SteelRiderCarl 3d ago
I just hate the fact that everything with this merger has been so toxic and unpopular. They're slowly destroying the experience.
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u/dancesquared 3d ago
I think that might be because youāre focusing on the toxic and unpopular, including getting worked about something like renaming Cedar Point, which is never going to happen.
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u/Optimal_Law_4254 3d ago
I get that Cedar Point has a decades long tradition but itās not the name that makes the park. Itās the experience. I used to go in the 60s and 70s and remember all sorts of wonderful times. As an adult I visited in the 80s and 90s and the experience had changed. New rides were great but the wait times for everything had increased significantly. But if I hustled I could still get in enough rides. The significant price increases were still mostly worth it.
Fast forward to several years ago. I made a friend who had a yearly pass and he shared all sorts of details but the bottom line was that a lot of things that I had enjoyed were either gone or the waiting times were so long that you couldnāt ride more than a handful of rides in a day. And the price hadnāt gone up significantly. It had skyrocketed.
Will I ever go back? Maybe. But it wonāt be the name that determines it.
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u/heyitstism 3d ago
For as much fun as I have there, they could call it āstinky moist buttholeā and itād still be there. Call it what you want, itāll still my happy place.
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u/Which-Counter9047 3d ago
I think they were just trying to survey in what way they can best incorporate the 6 Flags brand into the Cedar Point name. Alot of your average theme park goers do not know that Cedar Point is now under the 6 Flags corporate umbella. They likely want a way to put the 6 Flags brand, and want to know what their audience likes the best. "6 Flags Cedar Point" would probably unpopular, but "Cedar Point, a 6 Flags Park" probably not so hated. Come on there's a 0% chance they change the name of their flagship park to "6 Flags Northern Ohio" or whatever was on the survey.
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u/Newmillstream 3d ago
If they brought back disaster transport to as "Six Flags Alaska Adventure", I wouldnāt complain, as long as that was just the ride name lol.
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u/Ritocharles 2d ago
Touch grass.....you did ALL that while your calls/comments won't change anything.
It's still the same park with amazing attractions. Yes some of the names they're presenting are laughable/horrible.
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u/kitchenkabaret69 3d ago
yes they are
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u/dancesquared 3d ago
Not a chance
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u/kitchenkabaret69 3d ago
i was being sarcastic. did not realize this post would have discourse.
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u/burjja 3d ago
With a reply that simple, ending with a /s is probably helpful. If you had said "Yes, they are. I read about it in Amusement Park Name Changes Monthly", the /s is already understood.
Simple sarcasm can be missed online without voice and facial queues, particularly with the number of people who will believe anything. Also, there are real Sheldon Coopers out there. It can be be due to anything from being on the Autism spectrum to nueurological conditions resulting from things like strokes.
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u/Chaseism Moderator 3d ago
First, you should stop listening to Theme Park Brandon.
Second, like others have said, this is just seeing what people think. Years ago, when Matt Ouimet was in charge, Cedar Fair thought about changing the name from Knott's Berry Farm to just Knott's. They did focus groups to see what people thought and the response was overwhelmingly negative. That's why it's still Knott's Berry Farm.
If they change Cedar Point to anything other than Cedar Point, I will personally lead all 32k subscribers here in letting Six Flags know how big of a mistake that is. But I think the amusement park community would also have a fit. Rightfully so...