One Cedar Point Dr.
Sandusky, OH , 44870 Phone: (419)-627-2350 Website Updated 9/16/24: (Thanks JNM)
The park opened in 1870, and is the second oldest amusement park in North America. It is a 364 acre amusement park on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. Cedar Point is the only amusement park with four roller coasters that are taller than 200 feet. As of 2010, Cedar Point has more rides (75) than any other amusement park.
It also has a mile-long white sand beach, an outdoor water park (Soak City) and an indoor waterpark It has six resorts (Hotel Breakers, Sandcastle Suites, Lighthouse Point, Camper Village, Breakers Express and Castaway Bay), two marinas, and Challenge Park, which features attractions such as go-karts, miniature golf, Ripcord and Skyscraper. Known as "America's Roller Coast", Cedar Point has been deemed "Best Amusement Park in the World" by Amusement Today for the past thirteen years.
Cedar Point has substantially reduced and rearranged its penny press machines. I found 5 machines on September 8, 2024, a reduction from the 15 machines previously listed.
Cedar Point regularly moves its penny presses and switches dies.
While the park’s season was winding to a close in September 2024, we are assuming these changes are permanent rather than temporary adjustments before the park hibernates.
These are Eurolink 3-die machines with segmented dies, which enables individual designs to be easily switched between machines. jnm
Cedar Point's normal operating season runs daily from early May through Labor Day, then for nine weekends following Labor Day. Operating hours vary throughout the summer, but on most days the park opens at 10:00 a.m. and closes at 10:00 p.m. However, on July 4, the park stays open until 1 a.m.
Machine 19: is now located at the entrance to the Coliseum Arcade. Designs:
1) Planet Snoopy with Snoopy dancing (V); 2) Linus sucking his thumb w/ Snoopy on his blanket (H); 3) Snoopy holding a heart (V).
Machine 20: is also at the Coliseum Arcade entrance. Designs:
1) Snoopy as camp guide (V); 2) Lucy moving football from Charlie Brown’s kick (H); 3) Snoopy on top of doghouse (V).
Machine 27: new combination of old dies located at Coliseum Arcade entrance. Designs:
1) Vertical Cedar Point skyline (ex-machine 26) (V); 2) Horizontal Cedar Point skyline (ex-machine 25) (H); 3) “Cedar Point on Lake Erie” with chair and beach umbrella (ex-machine 26) (V).
Machine 28: new combination of old dies located at Coliseum Arcade entrance. Designs:
1) Gatekeeper logo (ex-machine 17) (H); 2) Millennium Force “The future is riding on it” (retired single from machine 11) (H); 3) Valravn logo (ex-machine 12) (H).
Machine 29: located on porch of Frontier Town General Store/Trading Post. Designs:
1) (H); 2) Cedar Point word logo on one line (ex-machine 22) Maverick (ex-machine 22) (H); 3) Steel Vengeance (new design not found previously) (H).
It is unknown if these Token machines are still here or not. Any information would be appreciated!.
Also, need scans of the rear of them, one scan per machine, on a plain white background.
Token Machine 1: is located at Snoopy Boutique
1) Snoopy lying on house, 2) Snoopy & Woodstock, 3) Snoopy walking, 4) Charley standing.
Token Machine 2: Inside Main Arcade
1) Maverick, 2) Millennium Force, 3) Top Thrill Dragster, 4) GateKeeper.
Token Machine 3: is at the exit of Dinosaurs Alive (4 designs)
1) Tyrannosaurus Cretaceous Period, 2) Spinosaurus Early Late Cretaceous Period 3) Diplophosaurus Early Jurassic Period, 4) Apatosaurus Late Jurassic Period.
Retired Machines:
Machines that are retired: 1 to 18 & 21 to 26.
Retired 1: 1) Snake River Falls, 2) Oval Logo, 3) ???,
Retired 2: 1) Snake River Falls, 2) CP Winged Shield logo, 3) Mean Streak,
Retired 3: 1) CP Diamond Logo, 2) Dragon ride, 3) CP Logo with sailboat,
Retired 4: 1) Snoopy with Golf clubs, 2) Baseball Snoopy, 3) Snoopy walking left,
Retired 8: 1) Get to Cedar Point, 2) What's Life if You Never Get to Cedar Point, 3) ???
Retired 9: 1) Snoopy with Woodstock in his food dish in his mouth, 2) Joe Cool Snoopy, 3) Pilot Snoopy,
Retired 10: 1) Snoopy with Woodstock in his food dish in his mouth, 2) Ranger Snoopy, 3) Tennis Snoopy.
Retired 11: 1) Magnum Force, 2) Magnum 200, 3) Rougarou (Newest design in this set).
Retired 12: 1) Windseeker, 2) Raptor, 3) Valravin.
Retired 13: 1) Cedar Point shield logo, 2) Cedar Point Coaster Wings, 3) Power Tower.
Retired 14: 1) Millennium Force, 2) Magnum 200, 3) Raptor.
Retired 15: 1) Cedar Point flame logo, 2) Top Thrill Dragster flames, 3) Top Thrill Dragster checkered flags.
Retired 16: 1) Cedar Pont logo, 2) America's Playground Cedar Point, 3) Cedar Point coaster logo.
Retired 17: 1) Cedar Point wings logo, 2) GateKeeper, 3) Maverick.
Retired 18: 1) Ride Warriors, 2) Get to Cedar Point, 3) What's Life if You Never Get to Cedar Point,
Retired 19: 1) Planet Snoopy w/Snoopy dancing, 2) Linus sucking thumb w/ Snoopy sleeping on blanket, and 3) Snoopy holding a heart.
Retired 20: 1) Snoopy as camp guide, 2) Lucy moving football & C.Brown missing his kick, 3) Snoopy on top of doghouse.
Retired 21: 1) Pteranodon, 2) Diplodocus, 3) T-Rex.
Retired 22: 1) Snake River Falls, 2) Cedar Point word logo, 3) Maverick.
Retired 23: 1) GateKeeper bushes, 2) GateKeeper car and riders on coaster, 3) GateKeeper car and riders on top of the coaster, middle rail empty
Retired 24: 1) Magnum Force, 2) Rougarou, 3) Cedar Point logo with stars, 4) Top Thrill Dragster with dragster
Retired 25: 1) Cedar Point Shores Waterpark, 2) Horizontal Cedar Point Skyline, 3) Cedar Point 150 Years
Retired 26: 1) Vertical Cedar Point Skyline, 2) Horizontal Cedar Point Logo, 3) Cedar Point on Lake Erie
Retired Designs:
From Machine 11: Mantis design retired,
From machine 12: Millennium Force design retired,
From Machine 17: Mean Streak design retired,
From Machine 22: Shoot the Rapids design retired
9/8/2024: all 5 machines were rolling well, except machine 29 pennies are misaligned about 25% of the time, and machine 19’s Camp Snoopy design was rolling short almost all the time, cutting off the bottom of the design. jnm |
