Impromptu, Half Day Trip to the Point 3/18/14

We had discussed going to the park this day a few days in advance, but no solid decisions were made. So Sunday morning I slept in until around 11, saw how nice and sunny it was outside, and asked my mom if we could go to Cedar Point. She said she'd love to and that it would be a great day so we got ready and were on the road a around 12:30. We got to the park at 2 and were surprised how many people were getting there around the same time. Usually by that time during the day, not very many people are just arriving at the park, but many were. There was a cool breeze but the sun felt great. The parking lot was a little busier than last Sunday but still wasn't bad. First stop: Millennium. Waited just about 45 minutes, maybe a tiny bit less, including the wait for the front row. Had a great ride as always, and I love the view when riding in the front. I definitely think you can feel the rattle more in the back of the train versus the front, since I had one of the smoothest rides ever on this coaster. It was so great.

Next we decided to go to Dragster, but as soon as we were walking past the launch area, it went down. Not wanting to wait around for it to open back up, we went to the front of the park. Raptor only had a 15 minute wait and we rode in the front. This was my first Raptor ride of the year, and it really made me excited for Banshee. I love Raptor, but I've heard that Banshee's way better.

Then we went to GateKeeper which had about a 10 minute wait. We rode in the back row on the left side, my favorite spot. I didn't really feel like marathoning this ride (I'm not really sure why, I was just ready to move on) but I had a great, smooth ride on it. So we walked right over to Wicked Twister and got in in 5 minutes. This really is an underrated coaster. It packs a punch and is more intense than it looks, and I love it so much.

We saw Dragster running so decided to go there, and waited for about a half hour. I'll never get tired of this ride (or really any ride) no matter how many times I go on it. That adrenaline rush during the launch is just incredible. Both my mom and I were getting hungry so we each got an order of fries from Happy Friar and sat along the Gemini midway while eating our vinegar-drenched snack. Pipe Scream was down again, just like it was when we were in that area of the park last week. I'm not sure if this is a reoccurring issue with this ride, but so far whenever I have gone by, it has been closed. Hopefully it's just my bad luck.

After our little break, we wanted to go on Mine Ride. I really do love this little coaster and got on after about 10 minutes. It would have been sooner, but the main ride op had to answer 2 phone calls that each lasted several minutes. During these short, minor delays we were talking to the employee giving the spiels. He was a really nice guy and I caught his nametag. His name's Jacob and is pretty nice. I heard him say that he will mainly be on Mine Ride this season but might be with the CP and LE Railroad at some point due to under-staffing. He also had everyone waiting in the station play a little trivia game and I was the only person to get "what is the park's oldest ride" question right: the Main Midway Carousel. Not before long we were on the front row and enjoyed our ride. I love how out of control Mine Ride feels. I know many people would disagree with me, but I still think it's a lot better than Adventure Express at KI.

I had heard that Mean Streak was running better this year so we wanted to go there next. Only waited 5/10 minutes and I still thought it felt like riding a jack hammer. I didn't need any Advil afterwords (thankfully) but it was nowhere close to smooth. I would LOVE for it to get work done by RMC.

Since it around 7, we chose to go to Millennium to end out half day at the park. We were amazing to see that the line ended on the ramp just before the station, and rode twice. Then before leaving the park we tried out the new Starbucks. My only complaint from the entire day is that this Starbucks was having issues with their systems and could not accept any type of credit card including Starbucks Rewards Cards which we had planned on using. But my Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappucino was still delicious.

Once we got out to our car we ate the food that we had packed before leaving our house. It had been a fun, relaxing day and I was happy it worked out that we could go. Sometimes these spur of the moment trips are the best.

Throughout the day we came across several...unique guests who told some interesting stories and "facts" about some of the park's coasters. All you can do is just smile and nod. I'm not the type to constantly try and correct everything the GP says, so it was pretty amusing just to listen to them. Later in the day we had to explain to a woman that Dragster didn't go underground, too. I sure do love the things some people believe is true about amusement parks and rides.

5/18?

Probably... One would not have gotten on much on 3/18. It was rather cold that day:

http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KPCW/2014/3/18/DailyHistory.html

Oops, had no clue I did that. Is there any way to change a thread title on here?