Berenstain Bear Country
1985-1998
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Berenstain Bear Country was a family experience designed to entertain the entire family, mostly young kids.
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Berenstain Bear Country was located on the Main Midway between the Coliseum Arcade and Pagoda Gift Shop.
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Berenstain Bear Country replaced the Earthquake dark ride that opened in 1965 and closed in 1984.
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The Berenstain Bears were created in 1962 by Stan and Jan Berenstain. Over the following decades, they would become wildly popular.
The Berenstain Bears were first introduced to Cedar Point guests in 1983. The park had a meet and greet area that was set up in Kiddieland where park guests could meet the bear family. |
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In 1985 guests would enter into the world of the bears with Berenstain Bear Country.
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Berenstain Bear Country featured several different activities that educated and entertained its guests. The attraction was highly immersive.
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Berenstain Bear Facts:
Opened: June 29,1985 Expanded: 1992 Type: Interactive area Location: Main Midway Cost: $500,000 Closed: October 11, 1998 |
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In 1992 Berenstain Bear Country was expanded to feature an outside section.
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The Berenstain Bear Country expansion was located outside the Coliseum. The new expansion was 6 times the space of the original indoor attraction.
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The outdoor portion of Berenstain Bear Country replaced the Sky Slide and Cedar Classic Minature Golf.
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The outside portion of Berenstain Bear Country was a giant interactive playground! You could even ride the Spooky Old Tree!
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Berenstain Bear Country had a train running around the perimeter of the outside area. This train made the area closed off to where guests would only have two entrances to the area. To experience Bear Country, guests would have to enter by the train station or enter the inside portion by the Main Midway.
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The Berenstain Bears were so popular that they were expanded to ValleyFair! in 1994, Dorney Park in 1995, and Worlds of Fun in 1997.
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After adding Berenstain Bear Country for the 1985 season, Cedar Point would add more attractions including: Thunder Canyon (1986), Iron Dragon (1987), Soak City Water Park (1988-2016), Magnum XL-200 (1989), Disaster Transport (1990-2012), Mean Streak (1991-2016), Challenge Park (1992-2016), Snake River Falls (1993-2024), Kiddy Kingdom (1993), Raptor (1994), Cedar Point’s 125th Anniversary Celebration (1995), RipCord (1996-2016), Mantis (1996-2014), Chaos (1997-2011), Swan Boats (1997-2003), and Power Tower (1998). All of these new additions gave the entire family something new to look forward to!
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On December 29, 1997, Cedar Fair L.P. bought Knott's Berry Farm in southern California. Knott's Berry Farm had the Peanuts franchise as their mascot since 1983.
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Berenstain Bear Country at Cedar Point closed on October 11, 1998. Cedar Point was the first Cedar Fair Park to close a Berenstain Bear Country attraction.
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Inside
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In 1999 the inside portion was transformed into Snoopy Boutique, a gift shop that featured Peantus merchandise.
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It closed in 2021.
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In 2022 Snoopy Boutique was remolded and it became Peanuts @ The Point!
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Outside
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In 1999 the outside potion was rethemed and renamed to Peanuts Playground.
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Peanuts Playground retained all of the elements from the original Berenstain Bear Country, they would just look different.
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The area would have a very generic feel, and it lost popularity in the coming years. It was like there was a random playground just sitting inside the massive amusement park.
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Bear Country Railroad was renamed Peanuts Express Railroad.
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After transforming Berenstain Bear Country into Peanuts Playground Cedar Point would add: Millennium Force (2000), Lighthouse Point (2001), Wicked Twister (2002-2021), Good Time Theatre (2002-2014), Top Thrill Dragster (2003-2021), Castaway Bay Resort (2004), maXair (2005), Skyhawk (2006), and Maverick (2007). These attractions would give Cedar Point guests experiences that they had never done before.
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Peanuts Playground closed on Sunday, October 28, 2007. There was no announcement that Peanuts Playground was going to be removed.
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On January 10, 2008 Cedar Point announced it was going to open Planet Snoopy for the 2008 season. Planet Snoopy completely replaced Peanuts Playground.
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Planet Snoopy would become Cedar Point's 4th kids area.
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Planet Snoopy featured 7 rides designed to entertain the entire family. The rides in Planet Snoopy were relocated from Geauga Lake.
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Planet Snoopy retains the original bear cave fountain. It is in the middle of Planet Snoopy to this day!
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Last Updated: 05/01/2025
Photo Credit: Andrew Borgen, Cedar Point, Jake Hamons, and Ron Hintze