Oh lordy yes. My family used to go in mid-August (due to school seasons, being the son of a teacher). The heat, humidity, and crowds are intense, lines are long for everything, nobody’s happy. There isn’t as much of a ‘down season’ as there used to be, but January is much more tolerable.
Absolutely agreed, there’s really nothing else like it, and I hope that even with the new rides, it keeps its unique flavor as much as possible. Per Cedar Point, I think the friends-of-friends were just extreme coaster guys who thought anything but ultra-fast coasters were kiddie rides. They really didn’t get why people enjoyed things like Haunted Mansion or Spaceship Earth.
