I liked the fastpass at disney world… no extra cost but the downside is you had to reserve a time. Aka get the ticket at 10am to ride at 1pm, and can’t reserve another one until the first is used.
It works, and the waits weren’t too bad inbetween fastpass tickets.
How far is the drive from here to Cedar? Back home was about 4 hours, I’d assume a little less since Buffalo is about an hour closer than my hometown.