Nostalgia
Since it's almost nostalgia to find my last post (I tend to disappear during football season, but haven't found time to make my way back until now), I found this list of "favorite things" at CP that I posted elsewhere about eight years ago. Some are dated, some are still around. All inspire great memories. Feel free to add your own...
- The first sight of the park from coming in from the causeway on every
visit.
- Watching the kids really enjoying the pool at the Breakers while I
anxiously await 5:00, when our starlight passes will kick into gear on
Day 1.
- Chicken and biscuits at Auntie Em's on the Frontier Trail.
- Riding the winning horse at Cedar Downs.
- An early morning walk on the beach outside the Breakers.
- The old Giant Slide.
- Seeing all the change that folks lose on the Demon Drop.
- The general feeling of security in letting the kids leave our room in
the Breakers to go to Grandma's room (in another wing) all by
themselves.
- People who actually reach out to touch hands on the Gemini... mostly
Kennywood alumni, I would guess <g>.
- Chocolate covered strawberries from the candy shop on the trail.
- The time I sent mom up to the bridge on White Water Landing "to get a
good picture of the boat coming down"! LOL
- Letting my daughter have the "driver's seat" on Wildcat.
- Breakfast at the Silver Dollar Cafe.
- The old pinball machines in the Arcade.
- The slide at the end of the funhouse.
- A cold beer at Lusty Lil's on a hot afternoon.
- The view of the park from the top of the space spiral.
- Candle-dipping.
- Zoom Flume at Soak City.
- The view from the main midway of the Giant Wheel looming over the
train station (before the laser show screen was installed).
- The Midway Market.
- Escaping all the waterfalls on Thunder Canyon (then pressing your luck
and trying it again).
- The old double ferris wheel.
- The salt water taffy stand near the Space Spiral where you could watch
the taffy being pulled.
- A nighttime ride on the Frontier Lift (probably my all-time favorite
non-coaster thing to do).
I'm sure there are lots more, but this was a spur-of-the-moment
top-of-my-head list. Feel free to add your own here.
-When Duane posted frequently and we laughed at what he had to say.
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-The night-time atmosphere, sitting on a park bench on the Oceana Midway, just "watching" everything going around you.
-4th of July fireworks
-(for the employees) a walk through a completely empty park
-The drive down the causeway (I know you said that one, but it's good enough to be repeated)
-The Cansfields and McGees
-The opening day "jitters"
-The running of the bulls
-WATCHING the running of the bulls from inside the Sky Ride station
I'm going to come up with a lot more :-).
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-The smells of burning coal along with fresh oil and grease, while watching a steam locomotive breath to life in the morning sun. :)
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Dated indeed! My how the park has changed in such a short amount of time...
-Gannon
-B.S. Civil Engineering, Purdue University
I remeber driving up to CP from the causeway... we turned onto the causeway, passed a few trees and then BAM... it was right there. It was beutiful.
-Running out of the hotel room for ERT.
-Visiting Cedar Point for the First time.
- Driving 8 hours... through two states, a province, and a two-hour traffic jam(and a little lost in toledo) to get to Cedar Point.
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-Duane’s contests! My personal fav was the Rare Entries one. I tied for seconded once;)
-I have to agree with TTD, I like the night-time atmosphere a lot.
-Friday nights durring Halloweekends.
-4th of July on the Beach.
-Walking along the Boardwalk in the morning.
-Pirate Ride.
-The old Paddle Wheel boats.
The greatest memories that I have of Cedar Point are through the eyes of my grandchildren. Seeing their faces light up when we are on the causeway and they see the park for the first time.
Riding the Magnum with one of my timid gradchildren.
Hearing the words "Grandpa you are so cool!"
Counting the number of shoes on the ground of Raptor with my Grandson.
And Finally, Spending time with your loved ones at the greatest place on earth.
My first trip in 1966 and the amazement that there were so many rides!
The Nestea Plunge
Jumbo Jet!
Hour long lines at Corkscrew
My mom spending hours playing Fascination
My first and only ride on the double ferris wheel
Pop-guns and train robbers
My first ride on Blue Streak
The slide at the end of the haunted house
EarthQuake and the Pirate ride
Friction burns from the Giant Slide
The Frontier Lift at night
Trams from the parking lot
Taking my son to CP for the first time in 1990 and hearing "I want to ride something BIGGER!" after each of the coasters until we rode Magnum at the end of the day. *** Edited 4/5/2006 1:53:26 PM UTC by OldCPer***
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^^ The Friction Burns....I forgot about those...That brings back the days...after the first time we rode those my wife always packed a new box of Band-Aids!
DBCahill said:
- People who actually reach out to touch hands on the Gemini... mostly Kennywood alumni, I would guess <g>.
This seems to be lost more and more each season.
my own...
- That feeling of anticipation before the first ride of the season.
- My second trip to the Point. I don't think I rode many rides that time, but I spent the entire day doing stuff with my Dad.
- Whipping through the trees on Iron Dragon.
- The Aquarium.
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John
The best Memory will always be on top of the Big Wheel and looking down at the park with the person I love. Call me a romantic, but that is always the best memory.
The most recent would be last year when I finally got the guts to ride the Millennium. The feeling of facing my fears, sitting and going up the first hill, the final feeling at the end when we got off and I turned around and looked back at the ride and thought "Wow! I just rode that and It was so much fun!!"
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The sweet smell of Lake Erie walking along the beach.
Breakfast at the Swiss Chalet BEFORE it was called the Swiss Chalet.
The smell of steaks cooking at the Marina Steak House while walking along the docks.
My first ride on the Cedar Creek Mine Ride.
Watching construction of Shoot The Rapids during May, and finally getting a ride.
A tour of the CP&LE RR engine house by the kind gentleman who ran the place.
Buying French Waffels at the end of the night to take back to the Breakers.
Getting a small, firmly inflated raft from the shack on the beach (60's and 70's), and using it to surf in while laying on the raft.
Fascination.
Riding the Frontier Lift.
Staying in the old C Section of Hotel Breakers.
The totem pole by the Sky Ride station.
Watching Gemini construction and being amazed by the size of the structure.
Train robbers.
All the bands on opening day in the 60's.
I'd rather be in my boat with a drink on the rocks,
than in the drink with a boat on the rocks.
- First Cedar Point trip
- Magnum as my first coaster; I was instantly hooked
- Taking the train
- Continuously vowing not to ride Mean Streak ever again, but always giving it another chance and regretting it
- Mason -
168.43 miles away from Cedar Point
I dont know if this happens to anyone else, but apprantly my eyes are sensitive to wind, so whemever I ride a coaster, I get streaks of "tears"...
Especially, for some unexplainable reason, on Raptor.
Continuously vowing not to ride Mean Streak ever again, but always giving it another chance and regretting it
That will be me on opening day.
- Front seat on TTD for the first time in a season
- The big Slide...I loved it!
- The "air" guns in Frontier town and making the animations come to life!
- Eating my first "gourmet pretzel" of the season
- Fries + Vinegar + Salt = Heaven
- Slamming through the doors on the Pirate Ride
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And the number one nostalgic moment of all time?
-Watching my sister throw up...on herself...onthe rotor.
Some of my memories of the park
Seeing the Giant wheel from town when it was new. My first visit
The Giant Wheel when it had a huge ine at all times.
Riding the double ferris wheel before I went home
When the Gemini ruled the world and I basically spent the whole time near that ride.
The Chicken Patio
The Frontier Lift
The original Western Cruise
The dolphins
Jungle Larry's
The Pirate Ride
Cedar Point gifts in the mall
In the old days waiting for the announcement of a new ride. In the pre internet era it was harder to know ahead of time what was coming.
My first coastermania
Fascination and the old lights on the games
Seeing what the floral display will be for the year
the old Cleveland Road sign.
The national publicity Magnum got when it opened
Finally getting a new looping coaster after 18 years.
Buying the history books and learning about some of the pre-1972 rides.
The trams in the parking lot.
The Schwabinchen and the first site of Olga.
The Upside Down funhouse
The Disaster Transport as it was originally intended to be.
Latenight meals at the Coffee Shop.
The penguins.
The IMAX movies
The views from the boathouse
Taking the ferry to downtown.
Blue Streak with only lapbars.
Buying a Magnum shirt and wearing it everywhere.
Going to the park with relatives that have passed on such as my dad, aunt Rachael, aunt Juanita and others.
Getting my mom on the mine ride
I could go on and on.
Shame on me for not remembering Jungle Larry. Does CP have any type of tribute at the park to Larry? Some of my earliest memories of the park...
Driving down the Causway
Riding the Raptor
Sitting and watching the Dragster or Wicked Twister
Eating chicken strips at the Dragon's Inn
People watching
The Frontier Trail!!!
Millennium Force in the morning for ert and seeing the empty park from the top.
White Water Landing
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Cory Marshall
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