Post your ride-day story
Use your own TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook account so the content reaches real park communities.
Cedar Point beta challenge
Join the First Ride Crew.
PairQueue is recruiting real Cedar Point riders for beta testing. Post your solo ride-day plan, ride-buddy story, or PairQueue meetup moment on your own TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook account, then submit the link for challenge review.
Use #PairQueueContest and tag PairQueue where the platform supports it. If tagging is unavailable, include PairQueue in the post text and submit the public URL.
Entries close June 15 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Finalist review and outreach begins June 16.
PairQueue will be in-market June 18-20, with Cedar Point park-day testing, content capture, and the Founder Ride Day Experience centered around June 19.
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How it works
Post natively. Submit the link. Help shape the beta.
Submit the public URL
PairQueue stores the link, source details, consent, and prize eligibility in the campaign registry.
Get reviewed for the challenge
The strongest authentic Cedar Point stories can be featured and considered for the park-day prize.
What we are looking for
Real Cedar Point stories, not polished ads.
Strong entries help PairQueue understand the moments where ride-buddy matching matters: solo trips, split groups, big-coaster plans, and real park-day coordination.
Solo ride-day stories
Tell us where riding alone works, where it gets awkward, and where a match would help.
Big-coaster intent
Steel Vengeance, Maverick, Millennium Force, GateKeeper, Valravn, Gemini, or your own ride plan.
Cedar Point context
Passholder status, upcoming visits, group splits, Fast Lane use, or real day-of timing.
Feedback and content comfort
Selected finalists may be contacted to confirm June 18-20 availability, age eligibility, contact details, timing, and comfort with photos or video.
Dates and prizes
Clear timing, capped rewards, judged entries.
The First Ride Crew challenge is a judged beta-community campaign, not a random drawing. Entries are reviewed for authenticity, Cedar Point ride-day relevance, PairQueue usefulness, and creativity.
Entry window
May 21 - June 15, 2026
Entries open May 21, 2026 at 12:00 a.m. ET and close June 15, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Finalist outreach
Begins June 16
Selected finalists may be contacted to confirm June 18-20 availability, age eligibility, contact details, park-day timing, and comfort participating in photos or video.
Founder Ride Day
June 19, 2026
Grand prize and runner-up selections are planned for June 16, 2026. The selected grand prize entrant must confirm availability for the June 19 Founder Ride Day Experience.
Grand prize
Founder Ride Day Experience
One selected entrant may be invited to join the PairQueue founders for a June 19 Cedar Point ride-day experience, including eligible park-day reimbursements and PairQueue-selected ride-day perks capped at $500, subject to eligibility, confirmation, weather, park operations, and final scheduling.
Review-period prizes
2 x up to $250
Two Fast Lane, park-day upgrade, or similar reimbursement prizes, each capped at $250.
Runner-up awards
4 x $50
Four runner-up digital gift card or park-day credit awards. Total public prize pool is capped at $1,200.
Challenge entry
Submit your native-platform post.
The content stays on the original platform. This form only records the URL, campaign source, consent, and eligibility details so PairQueue can review entries and contact finalists.
Post must be public or accessible to the PairQueue team during review.
The challenge is judged on authenticity, ride-day story, PairQueue relevance, and creativity.
Selected finalists may be contacted before June 18 to confirm June 18-20 availability, age eligibility, contact details, park-day timing, and comfort participating in photos or video.
Ride-buddy matching is for public park coordination, not dating. Comfort preferences are used to support safer, lower-pressure ride matching.
PairQueue is independent. Cedar Point, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook are referenced only so entrants know where the challenge happens and where posts are reviewed.