Lines and Crowds at Cedar Point

Going to Cedar Point for the first time in two weeks. Thanks for all of your help convincing my parents. I'm just wondering what the crowds are normally like on the rides. Second, what rides have DJ's in line, and is the music good? Third, is there anything interesting to do or look at in the lines? Fourth, if I have a small backpack on my back, can I keep it there while riding? Finally, can someone explain what some of the flat rides are and what they do, as the brochure/magazine mentions nothing. Thank you!

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"Is Millennium Force a coaster... or a god?"

There is a DJ everynight for MF and Magnum and Raptor have booths but not always DJ's.

We've talked about what to do in lines befor and the winner was checking out all the girls.

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GO SHAMROCKS!
GO WOLVERINES!

not just any girls, girls with unibrows
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3 Force rides:
3-2, 5-1, 9-2

Isn't that one of the characters from "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me"?

Well, you sure asked a lot in that post, but I'll try to manage

1.) It can very anywhere from a walk-on to 2+ hours. (If you are going to be there all day, and go when the gates open, I would start in the back. Skip Raptor, Mantis, and MF. Head for Magnum for a walk-on, then Mean Streak, and head up Frontier Trail and THEN hit MF, Mantis, and Raptor.)

2.) Magnum, MF-very few goods songs unless you like R&B, and Raptor have DJ's. They moved the booth in the Raptor line for some reason-Anyone know why? And Mantis has a music video system running all the time, but they have the screen covered. So just sit back and enjoy classics from 1996 like "Love Shack", "Ironic", and "Hold My Hand".

3.) In the MF and Mantis line, you can watch the ride. On Mantis, you will get used to the trains screaming past and hurting your ears. On Raptor, you can watch Blue Streak's trains go down the lift hill and returning to the station.

4.) On Magnum, Gemini, Wildcat, Cedar Creek Mine Ride, Iron Dragon, and Blue Streak, I think you can take your backpack and sit it down where your legs are

Mantis, Raptor have boxes you can put your stuff in on the other side of the station, so when you are ready to get on, go across and put your stuff in there. MF is VERY, VERY strict. You can NOT have anything taken on unless in can be put in you pockets-except a hat which you have to put in your shirt, whcih I do until we get out of the station, then I take it out and snap it to the lapbar. Glasses need a strap on them if you want to wear them on the ride.

5.)I'll just name a coupl. MONSTER is the same as the Spider at your local fair. CHAOS spins around while it tilts up, and your car can spin freely-altogether a very disorientating ride. TRIOKA is like the Orbiter at your local fair, but not as intense. WITCHES WHEEL has the tallest height restriction at 60". It spins fast as it gets up to 90 degrees, so you are going straight down and straight up.

Hope there answers help you.

I've made three trips so far this summer, two on weekdays and one on a weekend. If you avoid it, stay away from the park on Saturdays, it is by far the most popular day of the week and you will stand in line for at least an hour on almost all of the coasters. However, my two weekday visits were altogether different. Went on a Wednesday earlier in the year and had a great experience, longest line was maybe 30-45 min., rode every coaster in the park and had time to go back and catch our favorites again, including 2 rides on MF. The other weekday trip was on a Tuesday and it was a bit more crowded but still the lines weren't too bad! Enjoy your trip, one vist and I'm sure you'll be hooked...