There Will Be Singing, Sailing and Screaming Next Weekend at Cedar Point
September 13 2009 - 8:07AM
PR Newswire (US)
SANDUSKY, Ohio, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Cedar Point amusement
park/resort, recently voted the "Best Amusement Park in the World"
for a record 12th consecutive year, will host a wide variety of
special events next weekend that are sure to thrill guests of all
ages. Christian Music Concert On Saturday, Sept. 19, Cedar Point
guests can rock out to an all-star lineup of Christian music
artists as the park debuts its' first-ever PointFest festival.
PointFest will allow fans of contemporary Christian music to see
and hear some of the biggest names in the industry up close and
personal at Cedar Point. The PointFest lineup includes Bluetree,
Family Force 5, multiple-Dove Award winner Brandon Heath and
Christian music icon TobyMac. The festival will begin at
approximately 4 p.m. and will run until after 9 p.m. and will take
place in the Soak City parking lot. Combo tickets to Cedar Point
and the concert are available online and at Cedar Point. Concert
only tickets for season passholders and deals for groups of 15 or
more are also available. Admission to Cedar Point is required. For
more information and a link to purchase tickets, please visit
cedarpoint.com. HalloWeekends This weekend will also mark the start
of Cedar Point's 13th-annual HalloWeekends event. In addition to
all of the thrills and chills that guests have come to expect from
HalloWeekends, Cedar Point will introduce two new haunted houses
this season! Happy Jack's Toy Factory will be located in the
Disaster Transport building and will feature a wide variety of toys
from days gone by and many of them are no longer suitable for this
world. Just off the Main Midway, next to Planet Spooky, G.A.
Boeckling's Eerie Estate will have more than 20 rooms of
scream-inducing terror! HalloWeekends at Cedar Point will be held
Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 18 through Nov. 1.
Cedar Point will be open 6 p.m. to midnight on Friday nights (only
a portion of the park is open); noon to midnight on Saturdays; and
11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays. (On Sunday, Oct. 11, the park will be
open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.) For more information, including hours
of operations and pricing, please visit halloweekends.com or call
the park's general information line at 419.627.2350. North American
In-Water Boat Show The 37th annual North American In-Water Boat
Show is set to drop anchor in the Cedar Point Marina, Wednesday
through Sunday, Sept. 16-20. The Cedar Point Boat Show is the
largest boat show on the Great Lakes and features hundreds of the
newest power and sail boats and accessories. This year, visitors
will be able to enjoy the Boats Under $15,000 and Boats
$15,000-$25,000 Pavilion, the Brokerage Pier and the Demo Dock and
Sail Pier. New this year, guests can climb aboard two LCM-8 Landing
Crafts! A wide variety of other activities and the always-popular
Party Barge will also be available. Regular admission is $9 for
adults, $7 for adults age 60 and older, while children, age 12 and
younger, are free. Hours for the boat show will be noon to 7 p.m.,
Wednesday through Friday, Sept. 16-18; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 19; and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20. For more
information about these events, please log onto to cedarpoint.com
or call Cedar Point's General Information Line at 419.627.2350.
DATASOURCE: Cedar Point Amusement Park/Resort CONTACT: Robin Innes,
Director of Public Relations, +1-419-627-2226, Web Site:
http://www.cedarpoint.com/
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