Cedar Point buy 1, get 1 for Michiganders starts soon

If you haven’t been to Cedar Point yet this season, you waited for the perfect time.

The park’s Michigan Days kick off Monday, offering Michigan residents the chance to buy one admission ticket and get one free.

“Ohio kids are back in school, but most Michigan students aren’t, so we’re doing Michigan days as part of our Last Blast of Summer promotion,” said Bryan Edwards, public relations manager for Cedar Point.

Michigan Days runs Monday through Labor Day. The park closes on Labor Day but is open the following Sunday for one final push.

For Michiganders, Cedar Point “is easy to get to and close to a major highway,” Edwards said. “It’s feels like a vacation but only a few hours away.”

If you go, Edwards recommends you try the park’s newest roller coaster, the Rougarou. The sit-down, floorless ride was converted from the stand-up coaster Mantis. It pushes riders at speeds of more than 60 mph and jets down 137 feet through loops, spins and four inversions.

Response to the Rougarou’s debut has “been huge,” Edwards said.

“I think people have been presently surprised by that coaster, because they knew Mantis,” Edwards said. “It still utilizes the same support structure and track layout, so I think people might have been a little pessimistic when they heard about the change, but after they rode that ride, comment after comment is, ‘That’s awesome. I didn’t expect that.’”

He expects the Rougarou to be one of the park’s top coasters for the 2015 season.

The park’s 110-year-old Hotel Breakers also got a renovation this year.

“It’s a night and day difference,” Edwards said. “It really does look like and feel like a waterfront resort.”

After the park closes for summer, it reopens on Sept. 18 for Halloweekends with scary, adult-themed activities Friday and Saturday nights and kids-friendly activities Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

For all things Cedar Point, visit www.CedarPoint.com.

Michigan Days tickets will be available via www.cedarpoint.com/MichiganDays starting Monday.

Contact Anne Erickson at 517-377-1006. Follow her on Twitter at @AnneErickson.