Awesome Cedar Point Trip !!!!!
7/30-8/2
Magnum-Used to be my favorite coaster. The best Magnum ride I got was on Thursday the first night at the park. It was my mom’s and sister’s first time ever on the coaster and my mom screamed louder than I have ever heard her the whole way. My mom never rode it again but my sister did again on Saturday. Friday night I got two great night rides in and on Saturday morning breakfast included a Kripsy Kreme and the first two magnum rides of the day.
Overall: 10-12 rides, including 3 night rides, 2 morning rides, a freeway (which saved me about an hour) and a great onride photo.
Gemini-This is one of the most underrated coasters. I didn’t have a single bad ride on it. On Saturday both sides opened with the park which made the front a walkon for about a half hour. On Thursday and Friday the 2nd side opened at around 11:00. The air in the front is great, numerous times I came off my seat high enough to be dropped down onto the seat divider.
Overall: 18-20 rides, including 4 at night, 10-12 in front, 4 rides without trims.
Mine Ride-Rode it only once, it has a good layout and I like the end helix. The worst part is the restraints.
Iron Dragon-You have to ride in the front to have a good ride. The first drop actually gave me butterflies, something I haven’t had in a long while. The fly-by dragster’s station was cool and gave some good visuals. Good coaster
Overall: 3 rides, 1 in front, 3 Dragster fly-bys
Disaster Transport-Waited around 15-20 minutes for the only ride I got on it. The AC was welcome relief from 83 degrees outside. The themeing isn’t great but was more entertaining than staring at cold steel walls. I don’t hate the coaster like everyone else, it rounds out Cedar Point’s roller coaster collection nicely.
Mean Streak-I was hesitant to ride, because I have bad knees and everyone says it is the roughest coaster ever. I said heck with it and got my first ever ride, it wasn’t too bad at all. The worst part was droping out of the MCBR, that is the only time I was really rattled around. The neutered drop wasn’t very fun but the coaster is long and is thrilling.
Overall: 1 ride, planned a second but skipped it for more Gemini.
White Water Landing-A good traditional water ride. If you have to wait any longer than 15min I would skip it though. Oh and if you don’t want to get wet don’t sit in the back and remember to duck at the bottom of the drop, I forgot.
Now until this year I had only ridden the magnum 3 times, and that was because I didn’t have the stomach for more. After 10 rides the over the three days I finally dragged myself onto the Millennium Force.
It was about 10:40pm when we got into line on Saturday the last day we were in the park. The sign at the entrace put our wait at an hour and a half, which turned out to be very accurate. There were four of us in line, me, my dad, aunt and cousin. My cousin had ridden MF earlier this season but only got on once. I didn’t really start to get nervous until we got to the Freeway Merge point, which was at about 11:45. I watched train after train scream past us, my cousin began to say "I have already ridden this, why am I doing it again", which made us laugh but not any less nervous.
Once we got to the station we were told to pick an open lane, I grabbed a nice and safe spot in the middle of the train, in a front car. I had never been on any moder intamin coaster and was new to the restraints and had some difficulty, the op checking belts quickly came over and helped me. Before I could thank him we were pulled out the station and up the lift. I wasn’t prepared for how quick the lift was, we just kept going higher and higher, it was so quiet because no other coasters were still running. Then the lift jerked and we sped up and were dumped over the lift. I tried to follow the track with my eyes like you can do on the magnum but all I could see was this tiny toothpick size piece of blue surrounded by darkness waiting for us at the bottom. The first overbank was a blur but the tunnel was loud and the Magnum hill threw me off the seat. The next two turns flew by like the first. The hill into the tunnel again threw me off the seat and the tunnel exploded with light from the cameras. The next pop of air cam on the mini hill, the final overbank is the only one I remember. As we hit the brakes I asked if the line was still open, of course it wasn’t though.
The reason why the Magnum is no longer my favorite roller coaster is because the Millenium Force blows it away. MF is and incredible ride! It’s glass smooth, has great elements (at least the ones I remember), and has an awesome first drop, absolutly incredible!!
Crew wise I had some dissapointment, the Gemini crew was slow and just dead. They nearly stacked up the trains eventhough they were only running 2 trains. The exception was a blonde girl who interacted with the riders, I didn’t catch her name. Last year the Magnum crew seemed to be having more fun than the riders. This year they were lifless and constantly stacked the trains. They were the biggest dissapointment for me.
On the opposite side of the spectrum the WT and MF crews were awesome they were quick helpful and wanted to help. Both rides had great ride ops that did their best to help me into the restraints, unsuccessfully on WT, but the I greatly appreciated the extra help the ops gave.
Overall I, and my family, had a fabulous time, and can’t wait till next year!!
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*** This post was edited by Fury 8/5/2003 4:19:00 PM ***
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When you visit CP, visit my Mill, est. 1835
Riding the Millenium at night is wonderful! There is nothing like being at the top of that hill when all the other rides in the park are closed and you see the park at rest on one side of you, and Sandusky Bay on the other side.
However, I am still partial to riding Magnum at night. It makes me feel like I'm going to plumment right into the abyss of Lake Erie. Either way, night rides are the way to go: the lines are always short, and it definitely heightens the excitement of any coaster!
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I'm the product of a summer romance: My parents met at CP in '75!
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