Cedar Fair Pushes Park Openings and Reopenings to Mid-May

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The current COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the world for a loop, and not in the fun way that we ride-lovers enjoy.  At this moment almost every amusement facility in the country is closed, with only a few exceptions still operating.  And that's what is needed now as we all do our part to stop the spread of the virus.  We are all understandably looking forward to later in the year when we can all visit our favorite amusements parks, a bit of hope for park fans indeed.

To that end the chain of Cedar Fair parks, which originally closed operating parks and pushed off opening days for a couple weeks, has updated us once again.  The operator is now updating that parks will open or reopen for the 2020 season in Mid-May, or as soon as they can thereafter.  Both Valleyfair and Michigan's Adventure open for the year in that time period, so they have not been affected as of now.

There's still a lot of uncertainty about how this will all play out, so as the weeks go by there probably will be further updates - especially from other operators like Disney, Universal, SeaWorld and Six Flags.  We have seen some parks in China start to reopen in the past few days, which is another hopeful sign.  The time period of the parks being closed in China, assuming they all start to reopen soon, does generally match a mid-May or early June opening for parks in America.  However, that's a giant guesstimate and the health of the population is far more important at this time.  Hang in there!