Fast Lane (Cedar Fair)

Fast Lane is Cedar Fair Entertainment Company's version of a 'two-line' system for their amusement rides. It was first introduced at Kings Island in 2011, and then expanded to all Cedar Fair amusement parks for the 2012 season.^[1]

History

It was first announced for Kings Island on July 18, 2011.^[2] The park served as the testing park for it. On January 19, 2012, it was announced that Fast Lane would be rolled out at all the Cedar Fair parks for the 2012 season.^[1] There is also Fright Lane, which is Fast Lane for the haunted attractions during the Halloween events.^[3]

In 2013, Canada's Wonderland, Carowinds, Cedar Point, Kings Dominion, and Kings Island introduced Fast Lane Plus, which allows purchasers to bypass the lines of additional rides that standard Fast Lane holders would not have access to. Dorney Park did the same in 2014, introducing Fast Lane Plus for Wildwater Kingdom attractions and free rides on a pay-per-experience attraction. Also in 2014, Worlds of Fun introduced Fast Lane Plus allowing riders to bypass the lines of additional water slides at the Oceans of Fun water park.

How it works

Visitors can purchase Fast Lane access individually or as a group, with group pricing offering a lower price per group member. Visitors would then receive a wrist band which would give them the ability to cut to the front of the line on the park's most popular attractions. Originally, it could only be used from noon to 7:00 PM, but it was soon expanded to be available all day. Fast Lane differs from a virtual queue in that there is nothing virtual, only two physical queues (lines); one for regular patrons, and a separate one for the Fast Lane purchasers. The front row is not always available to fast lane riders on roller coasters. Fast Lane is not included for Platinum Pass holders, and are only valid for 1 day. Fast Lane is sold in certain amounts per day.

Attractions

This is a list of the Fast Lane attractions at each of the parks.

California's Great America

As of April 5, 2016:^[4]

Fast Lane
Barney Oldfield Speedway	Gold Striker
Celebration Swings	The Grizzly
Delirium	Loggers Run
Delta Flyer / Eagle's Flight	Mass Effect: New Earth
Demon	Psycho Mouse
Drop Tower	Rip Roaring Rapids
FireFall	Rue Le Dodge
Flight Deck	Tiki Twirl
Flying Eagles	Vortex

Canada's Wonderland

As of April 5, 2016:^[5]

Fast Lane		Fast Lane Plus
Backlot Stunt Coaster	Shockwave	Behemoth
Drop Tower	Sledge Hammer	Leviathan
Flight Deck	Swing of the Century	Skyhawk
Klockwerks	Timberwolf Falls
Krachenwagon	Time Warp
Mighty Canadian Minebuster	The Rage
Night Mares	Vortex
Orbiter	Wild Beast
Psyclone	WindSeeker
Riptide

Carowinds

Fast Lane sign at Carowinds

As of April 5, 2016:^[6]

Fast Lane		Fast Lane Plus
Afterburn	Flying Ace Balloon Race	Fury 325
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill	Hurler	Intimidator
Carolina Cobra	Rip Roarin' Rapids	Nighthawk
Carolina Cyclone	Scrambler
Carolina Goldrusher	Surfer's Swell
Carolina Skytower	Vortex
Dorsal Fin Drop	WindSeeker
Drop Tower

Cedar Point

Fast Lane Plus wait time sign for GateKeeper.

As of April 5, 2016:^[7]

Fast Lane		Fast Lane Plus
Antique Cars	Pipe Scream	Gatekeeper
Blue Streak	Power Tower	Maverick
Cadillac Cars	Raptor	Top Thrill Dragster
Corkscrew	Rougarou	Valravn
Dodgem	Scrambler
Gemini	Skyhawk
Giant Wheel	Snake River Falls
Magnum XL-200	Troika
maXair	Wave Swinger
Mean Streak	Wicked Twister
Millennium Force	Windseeker
Monster

Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom

As of April 5, 2016:^[8]

Fast Lane		Fast Lane Plus
Cedar Creek Cannonball	Steel Force	Aquablast
Cedar Creek Flyers	Stinger	Aqua Racer
Dominator	Talon	Runaway River
Hydra the Revenge	Thunder Canyon	Snake Pit
Meteor	Thunderhawk	Wildwater River
Musik Express	Tilt-A-Whirl
Possessed	Wave Swinger
Revolution	Whip
Road Rally	White Water Landing
Scrambler	Wild Mouse

Kings Dominion

As of April 5, 2016:^[9]

Fast Lane	Fast Lane Plus
Avalanche	Delirium
Bad Apple	Intimidator 305
Backlot Stunt Coaster
Blue Ridge Tollway
Dodgem
Dominator
Drop Tower
Flight of Fear
Flying Eagles
Shenandoah Lumber Company
Wave Swinger
WindSeeker

Kings Island

As of April 5, 2016:^[10]

Fast Lane		Fast Lane Plus
Adventure Express	Monster	Banshee
Backlot Stunt Coaster	Race For Your Life Charlie Brown	The Beast
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill	The Racer	Firehawk
Congo Falls	Scrambler	Flight of Fear
Delirium	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Thunder Falls
Diamondback	Surf Dog	Tropical Plunge
Dodgem	Viking Fury	Rendezvous Run
Drop Tower	Vortex	Zoom Flume
Eiffel Tower	WindSeeker
Flying Ace Aerial Chase	Woodstock Gliders
Invertigo	Zephyr

Knott's Berry Farm

As of April 5, 2016:^[11]

Fast Lane
Bigfoot Rapids	Sierra Sidewinder
Boomerang	Silver Bullet
Coast Rider	Supreme Scream
Jaguar!	Timber Mountain Log Ride
Montezooma's Revenge	Voyage to the Iron Reef
Pony Express	Xcelerator

Michigan's Adventure

As of April 5, 2016:^[12]

Fast Lane
Adventure Falls	Mad Mouse
Be-Bop Blvd	Scrambler
Dodgem	Shivering Timbers
Flying Trapeze	Thunderhawk
Giant Gondola Wheel	Tilt-A-Whirl
Grand Rapids	Wolverine Wildcat
Lakeside Gliders	Zach's Zoomer
Logger's Run

Valleyfair

As of April 5, 2016:^[13]

Fast Lane
Breakers Plunge & Pipeline	Power Tower
Corkscrew	Renegade
High Roller	Steel Venom
Looping Starship	Thunder Canyon
Mad Mouse	Wild Thing
Monster	Xtreme Swing
Northern Lights	The Wave

Worlds of Fun

The Fast Lane Plus option at Worlds of Fun is a combination of the Fast Lane passes for Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun.

As of April 5, 2016:^[14]

Fast Lane
Worlds of Fun	Oceans of Fun
Boomerang	Constrictor
Detonator	Diamond Head
Fury of the Nile	Monsoon
Le Taxi Tour	Predator's Plunge
Mamba	Shark's Revenge
Patriot	Typhoon
Prowler
Spinning Dragons
SteelHawk
Timberwolf
Viking Voyager

References

1 2 "Fun Forward" (PDF). Investor Presentation. Cedar Fair Entertainment Company. January 19, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
↑ "NewsPlusNotes: Kings Island Announces Fast Lane". Newsplusnotes.blogspot.com. 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
↑ "Cedar Point 2012". PointBuzz. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
↑ "Fast Lane". California's Great America. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
↑ "Fast Lane". Canada's Wonderland. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
↑ "Fast Lane". Carowinds. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
↑ "Fast Lane". Cedar Point. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
↑ "Fast Lane". Dorney Park. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
↑ "Fast Lane". Kings Dominion. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
↑ "Fast Lane". Kings Island. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
↑ "Fast Lane". Knott's Berry Farm. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
↑ "Fast Lane". Michigan's Adventure. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
↑ "Fast Lane". Valleyfair. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
↑ "Fast Lane". Worlds of Fun. Retrieved May 14, 2015.

Cedar Fair

Amusement parks	California's Great America Canada's Wonderland Carowinds Cedar Point Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom Gilroy Gardens Kings Dominion Kings Island Knott's Berry Farm Michigan's Adventure Valleyfair Worlds of Fun

Water parks	Boomerang Bay Carolina Harbor Castaway Bay Knott's Soak City (Buena Park) Oceans of Fun Soak City (Kings Island) Soak City (Kings Dominion) Soak City (Sandusky, Ohio) Soak City (Valleyfair) Splash Works WildWater Adventure Wildwater Kingdom (Allentown, Pennslyvania)

Former parks	Geauga Lake Knott's Camp Snoopy Knott's Soak City (San Diego and Palm Springs) Star Trek: The Experience Wildwater Kingdom (Aurora, Ohio)

Other amenities	Camp Snoopy Dinosaurs Alive! Fast Lane Halloween Haunt Winterfest Planet Snoopy WindSeeker

People	Matt Ouimet Dick Kinzel

Miscellaneous	Incidents at Cedar Fair parks

Revenue: $1.16 billion USD (2014) Employees: 1,700 full time, 37,000 seasonal Stock Symbol: NYSE: FUN Website: cedarfair.com

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