Saturday May 24, 2008

We went to the Point on Saturday May 24, 2008 (Memorial Day Weekend Saturday). I thought this would be a relatively crowded day, but much to my surprise, the lines were not bad at all. Here is our ride count...

• Magnum XL-200 - 5 minute wait. There was only a station wait for this ride.
• Skyhawk - 5 minute wait. Unloading/loading crews were fast and quick...hats off to the morning crew!
• Millennium Force - 45 minute wait. Quick moving line as usual.
• Gemini - 5 minute wait. They finally opened the blue side at about noon, so this changed the 30 minute wait into a 5 minute wait.
• Magnum XL-200 - 10 minute wait.
• Top Thrill Dragster - 45 minute wait. Dragster was running efficiently and didn't suffer any major breakdowns while we were in line. Line was moving quickly.
• Power Tower (Space Shot) - 5 minute wait. This side doesn't really thrill me, but it only had a 5 minute wait compared to the green side's 15 minute wait.
• Blue Streak - 10 minute wait.
• Wicked Twister - 30 minute wait.
• Magnum XL-200 - 5 minute wait.
• Millennium Force - 45 minute wait.
• Top Thrill Dragster - 30 minute wait.
• Power Tower (Turbo Drop) - 15 minute wait.
• Millennium Force - 35 minute wait.
• Top Thrill Dragster - 40 minute wait.

Overall, it was a good day with fantistic weather, a great ride count, and a small crowd. There were some good/bad points we came across on our trip...

GOOD:

-Quick moving lines
-Planet Snoopy looks nice and fits the area
-New signs are put up on the "Extreme Sports Stadium" which makes it look more bright and vibrant than it used to.
-The new Toft's ice cream barn fits the atmosphere. It's great to see that ice cream back at the Point where it belongs!
-Despite the lines at the season pass center, picture taking and pass distribution went by quick.
-Top Thrill Dragster was running efficently all day (or so it seemed.)

BAD:

-Maverick seems to be Cedar Point's new problem child, as it was having problems in the early morning.
-Raptor suffered periods of downtime throughout the day.
-After the long off-season, wouldn't you think the lights on the rides would be fixed? Power Tower wasn't fully lit up and Corkscrew had a lot of lights out.
-Front ride cars at night = a lot of bugs in the face.
-The prices at Panda Express were through the roof! $13 for a plate with 2 small sides? That's Cedar Point for ya!

I spent $11.27 I believe at Panda express for a plate of rice and chicken. Reasonable for theme park food, another side costing $3 or something really adds up as you can tell.

Bugs on the face should be no surprise.

P.S. That 11.27 included a drink.

Sounds like you had a good day. I hope that the lines are that short for Magnum when I go! :)

i went on saturday too. an amazing day! short lines and i went with a group of 10 people and normally for me that means a not so good trip but this was the best trip ive had yet.