Sandusky, OH Cedar Point Sports Tournaments

[Anonymous]

Has anyone been? My son's team is going this summer and they recommend staying in their very expensive hotel partners for Wednesday through Sunday for games that start Thursday. Does anyone know what time the games usually are in a Thursday - Sunday baseball tournament?

[Anonymous]

Oof looks like 8am Thursday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone been? My son's team is going this summer and they recommend staying in their very expensive hotel partners for Wednesday through Sunday for games that start Thursday. Does anyone know what time the games usually are in a Thursday - Sunday baseball tournament?

Yes, I have been there a number of times for sports-related reasons (although we live in Michigan). Do you have to stay in those hotels? Think of Sandusky as the Jersey Shore of Ohio, summer is $$$$ there. There are more reasonable options a little outside of the city and also a lot of AirBNBs if that's possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone been? My son's team is going this summer and they recommend staying in their very expensive hotel partners for Wednesday through Sunday for games that start Thursday. Does anyone know what time the games usually are in a Thursday - Sunday baseball tournament?

Yes, I have been there a number of times for sports-related reasons (although we live in Michigan). Do you have to stay in those hotels? Think of Sandusky as the Jersey Shore of Ohio, summer is $$$$ there. There are more reasonable options a little outside of the city and also a lot of AirBNBs if that's possible.

Yes, we are required to stay in their partner hotels.

[Anonymous]

You need to switch to a new travel program pronto.

My kid has never played for a program that mandated kids stay at partner hotels. What's comical is we have attended the same tournaments as friends and they were perplexed as to why "we didn't have to stay at mandated hotels like their program required"?

It's because some programs try to squeeze every last buck out of their player families...and they get a commission on those hotel rooms.

Decent programs don't try to nickel-and-dime their player families.

[Anonymous]

The tournaments get the hotel $ kick backs, not the travel baseball organization.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to switch to a new travel program pronto.

My kid has never played for a program that mandated kids stay at partner hotels. What's comical is we have attended the same tournaments as friends and they were perplexed as to why "we didn't have to stay at mandated hotels like their program required"?

It's because some programs try to squeeze every last buck out of their player families...and they get a commission on those hotel rooms.

Decent programs don't try to nickel-and-dime their player families.

Stay to play prevelant in lots of sports.

[Anonymous]

Therr are tournaments (more and more each year, it seems) that will only allow teams to play if they stay at the official hotel. Its endemic in hockey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Therr are tournaments (more and more each year, it seems) that will only allow teams to play if they stay at the official hotel. Its endemic in hockey.

+1

It isn’t the fault of the sports team/program. It is required by the tournament director.

It is annoying for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what time the games usually are in a Thursday - Sunday baseball tournament?

Ha. Haha. Hahahahahahahahaha

Welcome to tournament baseball, where you don’t know the times (or sometimes even the days) of the pool games until a day or maybe two before. And there’s always a risk they will change, generally to accommodate a last-minute team coming in from hours away. From there, bracket game times are dependent on how the team did in the initial pool play. Have a rough couple outings, and you’re the lucky winner of a spot in the 8am Sunday game. Get really hot, and you’re now spending all Sunday afternoon and into early evening at the field.

Pro tip 1: Just because a tournament says it’s close to the beach, an amusement park, etc., doesn’t mean you’ll actually have time to spend there.

Pro tip 2: Make sure to look a map. Your definition of “close to” may not be the same as the tournament organizers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what time the games usually are in a Thursday - Sunday baseball tournament?

Ha. Haha. Hahahahahahahahaha

Welcome to tournament baseball, where you don’t know the times (or sometimes even the days) of the pool games until a day or maybe two before. And there’s always a risk they will change, generally to accommodate a last-minute team coming in from hours away. From there, bracket game times are dependent on how the team did in the initial pool play. Have a rough couple outings, and you’re the lucky winner of a spot in the 8am Sunday game. Get really hot, and you’re now spending all Sunday afternoon and into early evening at the field.

Pro tip 1: Just because a tournament says it’s close to the beach, an amusement park, etc., doesn’t mean you’ll actually have time to spend there.

Pro tip 2: Make sure to look a map. Your definition of “close to” may not be the same as the tournament organizers.

Sounds like you're familiar with Sports at the Beach

[Anonymous]

Usually would stay to play tournaments there is some sort of requirement as to a minimum number of rooms taken by a team. Once you reach the minimum, it doesn’t matter really if the rest of the team stays there. Or at least that’s how it works for soccer.

As the parent who often had to work with the hotel and tournament travel service, they always had a minimum number of rooms we had to take. Beyond that, it doesn’t really matter and people can stay elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what time the games usually are in a Thursday - Sunday baseball tournament?

Ha. Haha. Hahahahahahahahaha

Welcome to tournament baseball, where you don’t know the times (or sometimes even the days) of the pool games until a day or maybe two before. And there’s always a risk they will change, generally to accommodate a last-minute team coming in from hours away. From there, bracket game times are dependent on how the team did in the initial pool play. Have a rough couple outings, and you’re the lucky winner of a spot in the 8am Sunday game. Get really hot, and you’re now spending all Sunday afternoon and into early evening at the field.

Pro tip 1: Just because a tournament says it’s close to the beach, an amusement park, etc., doesn’t mean you’ll actually have time to spend there.

Pro tip 2: Make sure to look a map. Your definition of “close to” may not be the same as the tournament organizers.

Sounds like you're familiar with Sports at the Beach

Nowhere near the beach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Usually would stay to play tournaments there is some sort of requirement as to a minimum number of rooms taken by a team. Once you reach the minimum, it doesn’t matter really if the rest of the team stays there. Or at least that’s how it works for soccer.

As the parent who often had to work with the hotel and tournament travel service, they always had a minimum number of rooms we had to take. Beyond that, it doesn’t really matter and people can stay elsewhere.

Doesn't your kid want to stay with the team?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what time the games usually are in a Thursday - Sunday baseball tournament?

Ha. Haha. Hahahahahahahahaha

Welcome to tournament baseball, where you don’t know the times (or sometimes even the days) of the pool games until a day or maybe two before. And there’s always a risk they will change, generally to accommodate a last-minute team coming in from hours away. From there, bracket game times are dependent on how the team did in the initial pool play. Have a rough couple outings, and you’re the lucky winner of a spot in the 8am Sunday game. Get really hot, and you’re now spending all Sunday afternoon and into early evening at the field.

Pro tip 1: Just because a tournament says it’s close to the beach, an amusement park, etc., doesn’t mean you’ll actually have time to spend there.

Pro tip 2: Make sure to look a map. Your definition of “close to” may not be the same as the tournament organizers.

PP who has been to Sandusky for a youth sports event - we were there last summer and I told DS ahead of time, many times, that in no way would be have time to go to Cedar Point. So despite the fact that for 6 days he could see it all day long, it was just going to have to stay in the background. Luckily we live close enough to be able to go to another time, but it was a bummer for a lot of kids when they realized there wouldn't be time to go.