Last Monday I went to Cedar Point. My family stayed at Sand Castle Suites. The main reason we stayed there was for the early entry and the discounted tickets. The nice thing about the hotel was that was it is right on the beach and you can walk to the park or the reasurants down at Hotel Breakers. So you dont have to drive anywhere once you arive. The day we got there it rained most of the day. We swam a bit and took a walk and the beach. For dinner we went to TGI Friday's at breakers and had a great view of the beach from our table.
Now to my day at the park. I dont have any pictures until later in the day because at the start I wasnt thinking about it. We got at the gates just before 9, we where planning on going straight to Millennium but for some reason Dragster was open early. Last time I has checked it didnt open early but we got on with only a 20 minute wait so I was complaining. Then we hauled over to Millennium Force. We got on in a half hour in the back row. By the time we got off this and over to Maverick it was 10 and the park had opened. We got on maverick with only a 40 minute wait even with them only running 5 trains. After this we stated towards the front of the park. We it up Magnum and Corkscrew. I love the crazieness of old arrow coasters Then we headed over to Mantis and Pictures!!!
The Loop I need to build....
The took the time to take one train off the track and switch to single train operation for about a half hour. This means the line doesnt move at all and takes and hour and a half!!!
After that we got on raptor. Only about an hour wait for the front row! Its not as good as batman but it still packs a punch!
We went over to V2s big brother Wicked Twister. The twist sprial on the back side is actually alot of fun if you sit on the left side becasue you can see straight to the ground!
Windseeker, not working....
Heading back to the back of the park to go on Mean Streak and Maverick. And theres Epic Top Hat lookign Epic.
Half hour for thus one. I think all of the tree huggers died a bit the day Mean Streak was built becasue thats a lot of wood. And the ride still sucks. The trim on first drop just kills it.
I love how Maverick looks up againist the lake. They where only running 4 trains now so line was very slow...
I love Maverick layout. Its and awesome ride. I think it might be my new favorite.
We starting walking towards the front again and Windseeker opened up! We waited an hour for it and it was a lot of fun. Its a lot taller then it looks. My only complaint was I wish it was longer...
It was about 8 by now so we went on Wildcat just for the lulz.
Its a fun coaster. Better than Dark Knight
After this we went on Millennium Force. The line took about an hour and instead of riding in the front we just got on it and then hauled over to Dragster.
Windseeker looks like a UFO at night. I love how they light it up. Its there you just have to find it!
Dragster's top hat continues to look awesome even at night. We waited about an hour. The ride op with the microphone clearly did not want to be there. But he did tell me to watch out for bats or I would get all covered in blood. Which brings up the question. Has that ever happened?
Sorry for the crappy pics. They were off my phone... And how is this for my first trip report?
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Posted 19 August 2011 - 12:34 PM
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Posted 19 August 2011 - 02:18 PM
Looks like you had fun and made a pretty good trip report. I have to disagree with you however, I think that Raptor is better than Batman. However I do agree with you about Mean Streak, It really is rough IMO and the trims do kill it, I prefer Gemini even if it isn't really a woodie .
Great Report,
-AsM
Great Report,
-AsM
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