Cedar Fair Entertainment Company high food and beverage prices have risen to a place that makes it difficult for family's to enjoy a complete amusement park experience. Our hope with this petition is to send a message to Cedar Fair executives that we the people have had enough of poorly prepared over priced food and beverages.

Please sign this petition if you would like to voice your concern to Cedar Fair Executives about poorly prepared over priced food and beverages.
http://www.petitionspot.com/petition...HighFoodPrices

We are almost up to 40 signatures. Thank you to all the people that has signed the petition and hope that this is just the beginning. Let make sure we tell Cedar Fair to stop the price gouging over the food and drinks.

OK, before you complain to much, go to Six Flags and look at their food prices...Almost all parks at costly to eat at anymore, yet with the CF parks you at least save some money when you get to the ticket window.

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I agree, Valleyfair's food is so overpriced that I bring my own food everytime I go.

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Regardless of what park it is 17.89 for a large drink and 2 pieces of pizza is to much to spend. The theme park community needs to speak up and send a message to the park management that this is not acceptable. Yes we need to show them by not buying food there, but we also need to band together and tell them enough is enough.

^that's terible. Do parks really have to charge that much?

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Honestly, I don't find the prices all that bad.
At Cedar Point I'll usually only buy Macho Nachos, sometimes a Cheese-on-a-Stick, and sometimes the hot fries and cheese bites outside TTD, all of which aren't priced that bad at all. A good way to keep the cost of food down is by just getting water with your food. It's better for you, quenches your thirst better than pop, and is absolutely free.

And, if I don't feel like spending money on park food I'll either leave the park for about an hour and go to a fast food joint across the street (or close by), or bring my own sandwiches and leave them in the car.


Also, while you're complaining to CF, you might also want to send this petition to AMC, Cineplex, any other movie theatre company, and all major league sport venues....

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Yes you are right you pay 45.00 to get into a movies....you are trying to compare apples to oranges.

I'm not comparing apples and oranges...I'm comparing Granny Smith to Golden Delicious...same thing, different look.
You are specifically complaining about food prices at Cedar Fair parks (entertainment venues), but places like movie theaters and stadiums (also entertainment venues) also have expensive food items.

I'm just saying that if you're mad at one, why not be mad at them all?

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Because food sales pay employees to work there. Have you ever looked at the budget for an entertainment venue? Places don't make as much as you think by charging you $5.00 for a drink.

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Yes, Cedar Fair's food prices are bad, but they are in line with all other entertainment venues, as WildFyre said already. This includes movie theatres, other large theme park chains (Disney, Six Flags), random tourist traps, sports stadiums, etc.

I went to the movie theatre earlier this week and a large popcorn cost me $7.50!

Cedar Point isn't that bad at prices. $17.98 is right in line with what everyone is charging for two pieces of pizza and a sode. If you don't like it, go to the pizza place down the street and get a buffet for about $7 cheaper. But, if you are going to go to a theme park, you are going to spend more on food than you would like. That is how they make their money.

Well if you want to keep adding 20+ million dollar rides every two to three years in your park you better be up charging something out the wazoo to make up that debt.

I think what the entertainment industry as a whole charges absolutely ridiculous prices for concessions anymore. Hell, the cheap movie theater I have within five minutes of my house is ridiculous when it comes to the prices they charge. For tickets: $4.00. Soda and Popcorn: $10.

GL, CP, and SF park charges an enormous amount of money for not a lot of food. Last time I was at CP I paid well over 12 dollars for a cheeseburger, fries and medium pop. For that amount of money I had less then mediocre food! If I am gonna pay that much for a sit down lunch it better be rocking my socks off.

At Kings Island, I wanted a milkshake at Happy Days Diner. A large shake was 7 dollars. WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFF? I about died when I saw the price.

I honestly would rather go to any smaller type park and get my monies worth of food. Or go to a park like Knoebels where it has such a wide range of food that its worth the price.

Ok, I'm done ranting.

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$18 is in line!?! What?

At any mall in America you'll pay say $7 or $8 for that meal. And $18 isn't out of line?

Uh, I'm sorry but if you believe that I've got some land to sell ya.

I ate at Johnny Rockets (Cedar Point), and I think my burger, fries and drink were like $12 or $13.

And if you don't believe parks can make it with cheaper prices, go check out Holiday World. They have FREE drinks. And they don't jack up the food prices to compensate either.

It's like SFOG charging $15 for parking. The park pays what for the taxes on the parking lot land...the tram...and security (maybe if they show up) and that's it. You tell me that it costs that much to do all 3 for 3000 cars? Nope. If they have 3000 cars per day, that's a take of $45,000!

They maybe spend $1 or 2 per patron and pocket the rest.

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Well the 10.00 parking fee really pays for the payroll.

First of all, I could probably do even better than that at any mall in America. However, we are not talking about a mall here, we are talking about a theme park.

When I ate at Johnny Rockets, I spent approximately $10 for a burger, fries, a shake and a soda. They are the best place to eat in the park, and it is because of the prices. If you paid $12-$13 at Johnny Rockets, you got ripped off.

If you want to the truth, you really have no idea as the why the park charges what they do. Those prices are set by upper management and is based upon different aspects of the prices. Only the upper supervision, management and upper management would know the reasons.

Any theme park realizes that their profits don't come from their parking fees or their entrance fees. It is what you spend once you get in.

Also, check out any of the big theme park chains. I normally do two pieces of pizza and a drink at theme parks (I guess I like pizza). Disney, about $16.00, Universal, about $18.00, Busch Gardens, $15.00, Kingsdominion, $16.00. Don't take me seriously though...check it out for yourself.

I think you missed the point they are priced as an entertainment venue, so prices are about what similar places/events cost. Payroll is not the only thing they have to pay for, plus they do want to profit as it is a business. This is why they have parking tickets, entrance tickets, concessions, souvenirs, games, and hotels.

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I don't ever remember Johnny Rockets being that cheap. They don't believe in Combos so everything must be bought separately. $10 sounds like you were sharing with someone else, $12-$25 sounds about right for a decent burger, fries, and a drink.
To me, the best place for a sit down restaurant in CP is either the MarketPlace since it's all-you-can-eat, or TGIFridays at Breakers.

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Disney is not extremely expensive when it comes to food. Their fountain drinks are at least 50 cents cheaper than other chains. That includes Busch, CF, SF, and Universal. A large drink at many Disney restaurants is 2.39, whereas a small drink at KI is 2.75. And their bottled drinks are 2.00. And food: chicken strips at Cosmic Ray's at MK: 4.59 if I remember correctly (with fries). Large coke: 2.39.
At KI: Chicken strips: 6.99, again if I remember correctly (w/o fries). Large coke: 3.25.
But enough about Disney. Park food is expensive (even Disney), and I pretty sure there's not really anything you can do about it. A petition with 40 enthusiast signatures isn't going to do a thing. I think you'll need at least 1000, because 1000 people not eating at their park each year is probably going to coast them about $30,000, just over 1/100 of the price of a record-breaking, technologically-advanced roller coaster. Not much of a dent, is it? Sure, I'll sign, but I don't think it'll matter.

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At Canada's Wonderland it's $4.50 for a SINGLE slice of pizza. Me being a hungry person could eat maybe 2-3 slices of pizza. $15 for THREE small slices of pizza, what a RIP OFF. Whereas, at a pizza store you can get a single slice for about $2.50.

Also, can't forget about the $3.50 for a bottle of water!!!!

Uh yes I do. They want to make as much money as possible.

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That would be incorrect. $10 was for me only. You just have to know what you're doing in a theme park. For those who do, they can get by moderately expensive. For those who don't, you get by paying for the most expensive things.

As much as Disney charges just to get in, the food and sodas should be all be free.

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CF is not that bad. A group of mine once paid over $40 for a pizza combo at Six Flags (one pizza, cheese bread, and drinks). I don't know why we did that. It wasn't very good.

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The new Panda Express' at the CF parks charge 9.95 for a 2-item combo, which costs only 4.99 to 5.49 at the malls.

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At VF it's 8.50 for a large dippin dots. And it's even that freaking big!

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You obviously have not worked in the industry because when it comes to this, you really have no idea what you're talking about. I'm not trying to be mean, but what you are saying is just simply not true.

And, let's say it is true...Cedar Point is a business and not a hobby. They are in it for the money. However, the reason they are as successful as they are is because they make enough money to open roller coasters and other rides year after year. Unless you are a member of the upper management of Cedar Point, you seriously have no idea what it costs to run that specific park.

I, for certain, am not a Cedar Point fan. I actually have more fun at other parks than I do Cedar Point. However, I do know how much it costs to run a theme park, which the majority of the income comes from food, beverages and souvenirs. With that said, Cedar Point's prices seem to be in line with the attractions that they have.

Wes, this is not a personal attack on you, it is just a response that further explains my last post and why I respectfully disagree with you.

This thread fails so bad it deserves to be pissed on. Seriously.

First off, all the major theme parks have high prices for food and beverages. That's why it's silly to single out one chain when they're all guilty. A similar example would've been the movie Supersize Me which singled out McDonald's when there are plenty of fast food chains that are just as fattening if not worse. It was just obvious that McDonald's was used since it's the biggest chain.

Another big problem I have with this stupid thread is that Cedar Fair sint even the biggest offender. Keep in mind that it costs more to enter a six Flags park than a Cedar Fair park. This is comparing parks of similar standing. So it wouldn't be fair to consider a smaller SF park to a bigger CF park like Cedar Point.

So now that you've already paid more, it costs more to buy food at Six Flags. Like I said, prices were already high on food at all parks but when Snyder took over, their food prices wanted to make me puke and that had nothingto do with the quality either. Oh, I also forgot to mention the increased parking prices too at Six Flags.

So in conclusion, how can someone name Cedar Fair when Six Flags is obviously is more expensive all around, including food and beverage prices.


Wes, I understand your feelings and it's great that Holiday Worl offers free soft drinks and lower food prices. Although it's not a fair comparison to bigger parks. Holiday World is great from I can tell from my visit last year. What we're talking about though isn't the level of fun or lack thereof but money. Voyage cost $6 million and I'm sure that Raven and Legend didn't cost more than that. I want to say I've heard they were maybe $2-3 million each? The rest of the park consists of small flats and the biggest is a mere 80ft tall Double Shot from S&S. Their waterpark looks great from what I've heard of it (I didn't go into it) but individual rides and slides aren't huge multimillion dollar rides.

This brings me to my point on Holiday World. They have far fewer rides than a bigger park. This means they have to spend considerably less on maintanance and staff with fewer rides. Also, they've spent a far less amount of money on aquairing rides over the years. Their rides and coasters are fewer and farhter in between than most big parks. For those main reasons, they have less expenses and could of course afford not to charge as much on some things and give free soft drinks.

I'll admit it's a great thing they do and gives the park some nice charm but I can see why bigger parks charge so much although some chains (Six Flags) are getting a little too carried away.

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Just went to Carowinds yesterday....good god, brought 20.00 for food, every last penny was gone. all I bought was a burger basket with a drink (there goes 10.00), chicken wings (6.99),and french fries (3.75) I had $2 and some change. it's crazy. But any time I eat at CP I usually go to Game Day Grille, best deal I think.

Several things to keep in mind while I was reading this thread.

First, are the prices more expensive? Yes. Why? First, yeah it goes to help support all the other things that have been mentioned (rides, payroll, profit, etc...). Secondly, it is the free market society at work...you know, supply and demand? Think about it, people generally show up early and leave 8 hours later. How many people will actually want to leave the park, or go to the car to picnic? I mean, give yourself 5 min to get to the gate/car (and that is being generous), and you still have to get to the place, or do the picnic thing, then get back in. You could lose at minimum 30-60 minutes from your day. So the question becomes at what price is the consumer willing to pay for that approximate hour of lost time in the park? It is a matter of what the customer is willing to pay for the product, that saves them time. It is the same general concept with why convenience stores are more expensive than Wal-Mart or any other grocier.

As for the $2.50 for a pizza slice...this is all relative to the size of the slice, which depends on the size of the pizza and so forth. But did you know that the actual costs for a large pizza varies a bit, but it can be made successfully for between $1-$2 for an ENTIRE pizza?

And as for the $3.50 for a bottle of water....yeah it is expensive, and they do offer a low cost alternative (every park I have been to will give out water, just not the bottled variety for free), so the question comes back to basic economics...if the consumer is willing to pay $3.50 for a bottle of water, then they will sell it for $3.50. If consumers would pay $4 for bottled water, that would be the price ultimately. If not, then prices will drop.

Well maybe they are expensive as well, but at least Six Flags is showing an improvement in their day to day operations. You definitely can't say the same thing about Cedar Fair, they're in the same position Six Flags was in the year they were having all those financial problems and ended up having to get new ownership. Not to mention most of their parks look like complete crap, but none of that matters because it's Cedar Fair, the BEST amusement park chain in America and owners of the BEST amusement park in the world.