Cedar Point price increases by $10

An impromptu trip to Cedar Point will be more costly this year.

The Sandusky amusement park has hiked its gate ticket price by $10 to $85 for adults for the 2022 season.

The park does offer some discounts on tickets and packages when purchased at https://www.cedarpoint. com/.

The park’s opening day is slated for May 7.

Like other businesses, Cedar Point struggled to find enough workers and was forced to cut back on its hours and days it was open last season. It even hiked its pay to $20 an hour.

The park has already started to recruit workers for this season by offering bonuses and other perks.

The park will be down at least one coaster this summer when it does open.

The Wicked Twister roller coaster was removed from along the waterfront to make room for yet-to-be-named improvements.

And the fate of the Top Thrill Dragster

remains in limbo after an August accident seriously injured a park guest from Michigan.

Rachel Hawes was standing in line for the ride with her family when a bracket the size of a man’s hand dislodged from the coaster as it made its way over a 420-foot-tall hill and struck her in the head.

Katie Boyer, a spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Agriculture, said the state’s investigation into the matter continues.

Parts from the coaster were sent to a lab in an attempt to determine how they became dislodged after striking the coaster’s track and became airborne.

Boyer said there is no date yet for when the investigation is expected to conclude.

No one else was injured and the coaster has been closed since Aug. 15.

In the offseason, Cedar Point also removed its Antique Cars attraction in Frontier Town near the Maverick roller coaster to make way for a new yet-tobe-announced eatery.

Craig Webb can be reached at cwebb@thebeaconjournal.com.