May 15: Physics Day, aka "Top Thrill Dragster platform is NOT A RESTROOM."

After finishing typing this I realize that it is very long winded, so you can just skip to the bolded part for the in-line-urination action, if you're not interested in reading my thoughts on other stuff.

Went to the point on Thursday with my senior physics class for physics day. Arrived about 9:00, and I got in immediately with my platinum pass while the rest of my class had to wait for the park to open at 10. Hardly anyone was in the park for that first hour- I rode raptor twice, once as a walk on, once after a one train wait for the front; MF once, with a 3 train wait; and Maverick twice, which was almost a walk on. Some notes on these: Raptor was amazing as always- I remember hearing some reports about it being rough last year, I personally didn't get to it on my only visit, but it seemed fine to me. MF was great as usual. This was my first time riding Maverick- it's not my immediate favorite, but it was fun. Got some Dippin Dots for breakfast and met my friends at the exit to Maverick (which they sprinted to from the front gate) at about 10:15.

From Maverick we did a tour across the back of the park. First we hit Mean Streak; my friends insisted upon it despite my warnings ("but it looks so sweet!"). Line was a walk on, and trains were going out half full. Rode in the very back because it's sort of a tradition for me, and i guess I like abuse from coasters. Ride was far rougher than I remember it being ever before, even in the back- train was noticeably bouncing on the straights.

From there we did Gemini, which was roughly a 4 train wait, and was pretty much a usual ride for that coaster- I've always found it a little rough. Ride op seemed a little bitter that people weren't getting excited- after only two people cheered for "are you ready," he made a comment along the lines of "so we're doing all this hard work for two people? Awesome." Hard to tell if he was joking or genuinely irritated.

Magnum was next. Waited two trains for the ejector seat- my friend Jon's first ride in that seat, and it was amazing as always. This remains my favorite coaster in the park, just because of the always short line and amazing ride.

After this we headed for Dragster, but saw a very long line (marked as 2 hours, all the way back past the vending machines) so decided to wait on it. Most of my friends went to Mantis, which I can't handle- my one ride on it resulted in me laying on a bench for an hour trying to recover from the motion sickness (which I sometimes have problems with). My friend Jon and I went over to the Blue Streak, where we had our longest wait of the day- about 30 minutes. They seemed to be having a LOT of trouble with the new belts on this (they would lock up and not pull out at all), which was the reason for the long wait. I just don't see why the old non retractable belts weren't good enough- how is it any safer now than it was last year? It was a great ride, though- Blue Streak is still one of my favorites in the park.

After this was lunch. I had a double cheeseburger basket from the stand near Blue Streak- food was overpriced, underwhelming, and food service was very rude, as always (although I can't blame them, seems like that would be a miserable job), and I was reminded why I always leave the park to eat. I also couldn't find a Pepsi machine that would take any bills in the front half of the park.

Here's where the main part of this story takes place.
After lunch we headed back to Dragster. Since it was around lunch, there was barely any line- it was all the way up to the divider between stations. We decided to wait for the front car, which was a 28 train (14 from our station) wait from when we got in line for it. While in line a very drunk couple gets in line behind us- they're already visibly drunk, and still carrying cups of beer and smoking. When we're at the corner of the platform standing in line, the woman walks over behind me and squats down, and the man gives her his leather jacket. At this point I just figure she's really drunk and kneeling to keep from passing out, or whatever it is really drunk people do. Then I notice the look of absolute horror on my friend's face, and the enormous puddle forming beneath her, and realize what she's actually doing. After I recover from the shock, I tell the ride op (who i'm next to at this point) about it. The conversation went something like this:
Me: Hey, the woman behind me dropped her pants and peed in the line, and I am definitely not okay with that.
Him: ...what?
Me: She squatted, dropped her pants, and peed.
Him: ...okay, which woman was this?
Me: The one right behind me. The really drunk one.
At this point he notices her smoking and holding empty beer cups.
Him: Ma'am! You cannot smoke or drink here in line at cedar point.
(a train goes out, he talks to the other ops)
Me: You might want to get that cleaned up so people don't have to walk through it.
Him: yeah, where was it again?
Me: Oh, about five feet back.
Him: Wait, she did this on the PLATFORM?
Me: Yep.
Him: (look of shock) ....okayy.
(another train goes out)
Him: Ok, we'll have security here when you get off the ride, if you want to talk to them.

At this point, we rode (in the front seat, which was AMAZING). We saw security up on the platform after we got off, with the two people pulled aside off the ride, but I didn't want to go up there and get in the way or get involved, so we just walked to the main security office, which wasn't far anyway, and filed a report. It should be noted that the Dragster crew and security handled this as well and as smoothly as they possibly could, given the circumstances.

From there we went to Power Tower, since we noticed it had a short line. We went for the shoot up side, since that line appeared shorter- this was deceiving though, since they were only running one of those towers, but running both of the shoot down towers. It was still only about a 5 minute wait though.

Next we did Wicked Twister. The wind off the lake sure was cold waiting in line- thankfully we only waited about 10 minutes for the back car. Not much to note here, the ride can't really change from year to year, it was just a lot of fun like it always has been.

From here we headed back to the Blue Streak, which at this point was a two train wait for the front car. From there, we saw that the wait for Raptor wasn't long, so we did that with about a 10 minute wait. In line for the Raptor, I told my friend Jon about how awful Disaster Transport was, due to its (lack of) theming, and we decided to try that next- however after walking there we saw a 45 minute projected wait, and decided it wasn't worth it. Since we were in the area, we rode Wicked Twister again, which was about the same wait as the first time. We walked from WT to Dragster, stopping at Power Tower (shoot down) on the way, which was a 10 minute wait. Dragster was only about 25 minutes in line.

At this point we only had an hour left, so decided to ride Millennium Force to finish off our day. The line for it was pretty short, almost up to the slanted path part, so we decided to wait for the front car. Total wait, even waiting for the front seat, was still only about half an hour. The ride was absolutely amazing- it's like a whole new coaster when you ride it in the front... and I love the ride to begin with. We had 25 minutes left after the ride, and even though we could probably have gotten on MF again since the line was so short, we decided a front seat ride was a perfect end to the day, and didn't want to spoil that. We got more Dippin Dots, and headed for the exit.

Overall it was a great day at the Point, even with the Dragster incident and awful food service. Through a combination of luck and good timing we managed to not wait more than half an hour for any ride, and as a result, got more done there in one day than I ever have before.

Some notes:
Dragster was to my knowledge up all day. It was barely clearing the top hat, but I didn't witness any rollbacks.
Maverick broke down at the very end of the day. Some people from our group were on it at the time, and we were half an hour late leaving as a result, as they had to be walked off it.
Millennium was down at some point during the day

Sounds like you had fun for the most part. What that woman did was disgusting and wrong. She should have just gotten out of line! But I guess when you are drunk you don't think things over!

Well, I think this marks the end of the beer in line policy.

^ - and that's not true at all, you do think things over when you're drunk. Its just that ideas usually sound better than they actually are.

Hehe. I bet they do, I wouldn't really know though. I'm a little young to drink...

lol That is gross but actually pretty hilarious. I agree with JuggaLotus, I think that this will not be the last time an incident happens like this and they are going to get rid of the beer in line policy. Because at least when people get drunk at the park they have time to sober up in line. But if they start drinking and continue in each line and out of each line and just keep on getting more drunk, CP will have a lot of problems.

There are a lot of mature people who can handle there alcohol. But I think that these days, there are a lot more of people who cannot, and just drink until they drop.

I'm just glad I wasn't in the area when that happened. On opening day someone vomited at the bottom of the stairs on MF's exit, and the employees were very fast on cleaning it up. Not that I really minded too much though. At least on an exit ramp you can just walk past it. I think the loading platform for TTD might be the worst possible place to have that happen...

That is awesome.

I've wanted to piss in line so many times. Now that someone has knocked that wall down...

Just kidding guys, I won't be pissing in line. But if you get wet while on the ride do try and keep fluids from getting on your eyes, mouth, or nose.

I would not recommend ingesting this foreign liquid.

Jk I won't piss on the rides either.

I know it's unlikely a woman so vulgar would be hot but I want to ask anyway. Was she attractive?

It makes a big difference in this story.

Even though that is outrageously disgusting and down right wrong to pee on a platform of a ride, that is pretty dang hilarious. Stupid drunks make me laugh :)

^ I know! lol. That's what I said. It is realllly gross, but could you imagine standing there and witnessing that? I remember when we were little it was raining outside and my friend had to pee so we dared her to do it right there, and that was funny. But come on. Watching a very drunk person decide "Hey I gotta take a pee. This is a good spot!" and just sit down and do it right there!

It is sick though. I'm glad that they took action. I wonder if she was banned from the park. And if so if it was just a day or forever?

And Factory81...All I have to say is ew! lol.

Wow lol. This made me chuckle.

I wonder if she was related to this guy. ;)

That picture isn't ever going to go away. :)

Well, not at least not until we have another construction site with a webcam...and a construction worker with the guts to relieve himself in front of said webcam...

If you're drunk at the park how much would that set someone back considering the cost of adult beverages at the park? $50, $75?

Perhaps she was there on Physics Day and wanted to test the physics associated with urinating.