The power outage occurred around 1:45 p.m. on Memorial Day in certain portions of the park due to an automobile hitting a pole. Cedar Point released a tweet about 40 minutes after the incident.
Shortly before 4 p.m., power was restored in the vicinity.We’re currently experiencing a power outage in a portion of the park. Ohio Edison is currently addressing this and will restore power as quickly as possible. Thanks for your patience!
— Cedar Point (@cedarpoint) May 28, 2018
Power has been restored and rides are opening as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.
— Cedar Point (@cedarpoint) May 28, 2018
Despite some long wait times, no one was injured during the incident, and all rides came to a safe stop.
An abundance of park goers took to Twitter, expressing disappointment about the power outage.
Cedar point update : power went out park wide. Got stuck on top the Windseeker for over 20 minutes. Going home and never leaving my couch.
— Jared Sargent (@Large_Sarge59) May 28, 2018
Stuck on rougarou at cedar point today. Eventually got us over the top. All rides shut down due to power failure. pic.twitter.com/CVvP7XfvtZ
— Stephen Howard (@plopbellie) May 28, 2018
Got stuck on millennium force today @cedarpoint for nearly 2 hours lol #cedarpointpoweroutage pic.twitter.com/bDE4DFamlN
— Mark Ehrman (@TheMarkEhrman) May 28, 2018
@cedarpoint spent $1200 between fast passes and admission for 6 people. Lmfao thanks for nothing
— manda (@amandashelby121) May 28, 2018
However, this incident is not the first snafu Cedar Point has experienced since reopening its gates May 5. When Cedar Point's newest roller coaster, Steel Vengeance, made it debut, two of the trains on the ride collided into each other, and the ride was shut down. The ride is currently running with one car. More information about this incident can be found here.
