Cedar Point 6/4 & 6/5/2010

[bobbinbop20]

So, this trip came out of nowhere, me and my sister woke up and were like you know what, I think I want to go to Cedar Point today! So were like "Mom do you wanna make a quick trip to CP?"

Naturally she said yes, because if she said no well then this PTR wouldn't be possible.

Anyway, Cedar Point is still a pretty fantastic park. It really just feels like you've escaped when your on a trip to CP because your out in the middle of Lake Erie surrounded by water, very nice atmosphere for an Amusement Park if you ask me.

Since we've been to Cedar Point a few times we knew all we really wanted to ride were Dragster, Maverick, and Millennium. It's so hard to pick a favorite out of these 3, there all just so unbelievably good, and they shine the best when ridden in the front rows.

We also rode a few of our other favorites at CP like Wicked Twister, Gemini, Power Tower, and Magnum

Millennium Force - (4 rides) The line for MF was about 20 minutes both friday night and saturday so we took full advantage because were used to waiting more then an hour for it! As for the ride experience, holy hell my opinion on this ride has taken a complete 180 since my first ride back in 2008 when I though it was dull, a ride in the first or second row is full of nice floaty airtime and vision loosing positive forces, not to mention it's incredibly fast! RIDE IN THE FRONT OF THE TRAIN, THE BACK ISN'T ANYWHERE NEAR AS GOOD!

Top Thrill Dragster - (3 rides) - I've always loved Dragster and always will, the launch is full of such power it feels like your rocketing to the moon, RIDE THIS RIDE IN THE FRONT ROW! It's an incredible experience and makes the ride 10x better, I could almost call it my favorite coaster of the 157 I've rode. Dragster also was performing superior, it didn't break down once, and we never waited more then 10 - 20 minutes, awesome!

Maverick - (2 rides) - Mavericks line was a bit longer, which only allowed us to get 2 rides in, it's ok though because they were good rides! If I had to pick a favorite out of the 3 I would probably choose Maverick, the quick transitions and second "Mr. Freeze" type launch are just the icing on top of the cake, plus it has some of the best airtime I've ever experienced on any roller coaster! I must warn you however, ride in the front row of Maverick otherwise you get slammed against the shoulder restraints many times because of all the quick transitions, it begins to sting after a while but the ride is still fantastic, Cedar Point sure proved that bigger isn't always better!

Coastermaina was going on this weekend, but personally I could careless about a bunch of chubby, smelly, dorky "green tags" as we called them, marching around like they were the $hit when we all know their not. (they wore those stupid Coastermania tag things around their necks and they were green)

Anyway, enough of that ramble... onto the few pictures, I didn't take any Friday night because it was already dark by the time we got to the park and I didn't feel like lugging the thing around.

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Personally my first time going through the main gate at CP (This was the first time we didn't stay on the property, because we have Kings Island Platinum Passes we were still able to get the hour early entry)

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A little MF to brighten your morning

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Everyone has this picture, moving on..

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Shoot the Rapids was well, kinda just sitting there. I didn't see them doing any work on it either of the days.

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Famazing 300ft drop

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Heading to the back of the park for the real show stealer

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Revenge of the GREEN TAGS!!!! NERDS!!!!!

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Awesome food

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I love this part of the ride

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If you love Maverick, well then go ride it! And take a picture in it's station like we did!

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Random wheel, but ride is it from?!

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Dragster with a minimal line :eek:

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Why are Ninja and Flight Deck so awesome, but Iron Dragon stinks?!

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Dragster riders having fun

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S&S towers are a personal favorite of ours

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Something about this picture is just cool

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Pink flower....

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10 years old and still awesome!

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If you know me, you know I love B&M's, but I dont know what it is about Cedar Point's 2 B&M's, Raptor and Mantis just don't do it for me.

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It's all smiles on the brake run

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your typical MF seats

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The guy in the second row if flicking us off. nice dude. nice

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There he is again.

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This needs to be cleaned

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blah whatever

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And now a selection of Maverick photos without captions. It's late..

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This one needs a caption, check out that hairtime!

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This is a good spot to get a nice picture showing everyone's reactions to the ride.

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Lots of royal blue Intamin track

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Magnum has it's good days and bad ones, unfortunately today was a bad one... sigh

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oh no, everyone flew out and died

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This ride really towers over Soak City, but doesn't get much praise because of its successors.

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So, get this. It drizzled for maybe 3 minutes and EVERYONE left dragster's queue and station, so were walking past right when it we see this empty station and then they open the ride, we immediately make a 180 and sprint to the entrance, 5 minutes later were in the FREAKING FRONT ROW, which was crazy awesome because last October we had to wait an extra hour once we already waited an hour to get to the station just for the front row. So, in the end 5 minutes >>>>> 2 hours!!! What a steal, and then right after we got off they launched 2 more trains and it started pouring rain so they shut it down for a while. I felt so accomplished after that experience, not to mention Dragster in the front row is probably they best experience I've had in my entire life. period.

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So right after we go to Millennium Force.

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We wait about 15 minutes and are in line for the second row (best spot besides the front, because the stadium seats make it possible to pretty much see over whoever is in the front and make it like the front row without the extra hour wait) Anyway, there was a single in the front row and they asked if anyone wanted to ride in the front, this is the part were I started jumping up and down screaming meeeeeee! I ditched my sister and then had my very first front row ride on Millennium Force, incredible, you have got to try this ride in the front row, it's unlike anything you could possibly imagine!!!! Two back to back front row rides that I would usually have to wait a very long time for, I got within a half hour, can you say best day ever?!

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Took a few pictures of Mantis

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It was cool seeing a test seat for a standup

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Finally got my wildcat credit, pretty fun ride!

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Headed back to the front of the park

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Took a few pictures of Raptor..

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And after that it was time to head 4 and a half hours back home.... goodbye Cedar Point, I love you!

[Changsucks]

Ahh I wish I could just drive over to CP randomly like that. It's such an awesome park... The entire experience the park gives is just incredible. Unfortunately I don't know how long it'll be till I get back there.

[bobbinbop20]

^Yeah, we had such a blast! Cedar Point gets better and better everytime I go back! Have you only been there once?!

[Changsucks]

Yep, and I only had a day and a half. I got all 18 credits and a couple re-rides, but I was still very rushed. I got to do Maverick in the front, but not Millennium Force or Top Thrill Dragster. I still loved them all though.

[bobbinbop20]

I hate being rushed at parks for the credits, If I know it's somewhere I'll for sure be back at I'll just take my time, like it took me 3 visits of about a day and a half or less each to get all the credits.

Going back to parks you've been to always is so much better because you don't have to be rushed and can spend your day the way you want to. Much better experience

[nitrofan]

Wow, I wish I could just go to Cedar Point a first time, let alone just randomly drive there. Probably the only way that I'll ever get to go to Cedar Point is if I do their summer work program, which I'm seriously considering.

Do your parents like coasters, or do they just put up with this?

[bobbinbop20]

Do your parents like coasters, or do they just put up with this?

Haha, no not at all. They like to travel and my mom loves shopping so she always finds some new outlet mall or something nearby, It works out well

[nitrofan]

Haha, no not at all. They like to travel and my mom loves shopping so she always finds some new outlet mall or something nearby, It works out well

That's kind of what I'm starting to have to do. This season, if I want to go on a trip, I have to find cheap tickets, a cheap hotel, and a good mall (which I'm appearently not very good at).

[bobbinbop20]

oh, I'm very good at finding malls, and there usually located right next to/near the parks.

As for the cheap tickets thing, we have SF and CF passes so I don't need top worry about that as much, cheap hotels are usually pretty easy too

[palmer]

oh, I'm very good at finding malls, and there usually located right next to/near the parks.

As for the cheap tickets thing, we have SF and CF passes so I don't need top worry about that as much, cheap hotels are usually pretty easy too

You want to convince my parents to bring me to other parks? The furthest park I've been to excluding Disney was KD.

[Changsucks]

Haha, no not at all. They like to travel and my mom loves shopping so she always finds some new outlet mall or something nearby, It works out well

Haha, that's what my parents do. At local parks like KBF or SFMM, or even the Northern California parks, they'll just drop me and my friend out and shop/see movies/go out to eat while we're at the park. It's an expensive day but also a win-win for all of us. :)