This was the second year that my wife and I have p...

This was the second year that my wife and I have purchased season passes for ourselves, and we definitely get our money's worth out of them. This year we also purchased the food plan, and while it gave us an excuse to head over there more often than we did the year before, I don't know that I'd buy it again. As much as we like going to Valley Fair, we love roller-coasters, the food is flat-out awful, as is the service at most of the food stands in the park. Seriously, how can you screw up pizza? Particularly at a stand that is dedicated to pizza, Mama Chetta's Pizzeria. Well, they managed to do that here. Seriously the most awful, bland pizza I've ever had. With the food plan you get two slices, and I tried it twice thinking that maybe the first visit was a fluke. Nope, seriously so bad I threw it out without even finishing a single slice. And they do have three capability to make decent pizza, they serve it at another stand, Chicky and Pete's, but you can't get it on the meal plan there.The taco's aren't terrible, but you don't get enough to really call it a meal. The burgers, at any of the stands, are hit or miss, usually a miss because the service is seriously so bad that the food often sits under the warmers until one of the disinterested employees steps away from planning what they're going to be doing after work long enough to help out a customer. I could go on and on, but suffice it to say that the food at this park just genuinely sucks! I'm writing these details because it is my hope that their management might see this and attempt to address the issue. They have videos playing on TVs while you wait in line, and one has a (Cedar Fair chef, that's right a chef! LOL!) explaining that they try so hard and offer such fine cuisine that their hope is that people will come for the food and stay for the rides. This is just laughable, at least at Valley Fair it is.
Just once, I'd love to see a manager walk in, to Coasters especially, while they're busy, and witness first-hand just how bad the service is, and how little the employees seem to care, and then DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
Okay, just one last rant and I'll stop, because I really do like the place for it's rides, hence the 4 stars.
What is up with the lifeguards in the water-park? The head-bobbing, constantly scanning the water, method is just creepy. Ice never seen this method, or the militant presence at any other waterpark. Did Cedar Fair have an incident that requires this? I feel bad for them, their job has got to be a mind-numbing nightmare, and it just makes me feel uncomfortable being there.
That's all, I love the place, I'll probably buy the pass again next year, not so sure about the food plan though.
Be sure to check out Renegade, it's the best ride in the park.