Starlight 15th, Full two days 16th, 17th

Were do I start off, me and dad left or home here in Cincinnati at 11:13am and headed north towards the point. We take 75 north all the way up pasted Dayton at 12:09pm, Went pasted Neil Armstrong Museum at 1:03pm. Our turn east at Bowling Green, then we take 6 east to 53 north up to the turnpike at 2:44pm. Left turnpike by 3:05, We hit the Fourth hour by entered the Sandusky area. We then stopped off at Breakers Express at 3:26. From our house to Breakers Express it was a 4 hours 13 min drive with no pit stops ;).

As we were driving to the park it was raining :(, You couldn't really see the park, lintel you got close. We entered the park by 4:25pm to use our starlight tickets. We headed to see of raptor was running it wasn’t, So we jumped on the sky ride to see what all rides were running. Wicked Twister, Space Spiral, Maxair, Blue Streak, Corkscrew, Iron Dragon, Millennium Force, Cedar Point Lake Eire RR, we saw was running. We went of to Iron Dragon, which was a walk-on, we could see Top Thrill Dragster wasn't running because of the rain :(. Next we hit Millennium Force, its line was up passed half way up the ramp, still a light rain. Millennium Force was a wet & cold ride, but still fun, maybe cause of the cold and rain we weren’t going that fast of the hills with little air time. We then rode Mantis, did they do something to it, cause the trains make a really loud roar now, but no complaints ?. We got a walk-on front seat two times on that. After Mantis we headed for SkyHawk, First time seeing it in person, it was again a walk-on and pick your own seat. We got going and WOW its was amazing and fun, little funning on the two back swings facing the ground. After getting off I loved it. Then we headed for Mine Ride didn't see it running so headed for Gemini, the same closed for weather. We saw Magnum running and got two walk-ons on it, again like with MF from the cold and rain we didn't get much out of your seat air time, but still fun. Then we hit corkscrew, not the best ride but ok. Then hit Power Tower both Drop side and Launch side both walk-ons. After that we hit Iron Dragon again with a walk-on. Then hit Millennium Force two more times with a two min wait. We ended the day off with Sky Ride then headed back for the hotel.
Ride Count
-MF -4
-Magnum -2
-PowerTower 1 Drop/1 Launch
-SkyHawk -1
-Mantis -2
-CorkScrew -1
-SkyRide -2
-IronDragon -2

Day 2, the 16th
Got up at 7:49am, ate breakfast then headed to the park. I brought my Cannon Power Shot A510 with a 1GB memory card, with a pair of Lithium’s. We got the number one parking spot at 9:00am. Got in at 9:30 and headed for Millennium Force, we got 3 rides on it with walk-ons wait. After that got on Mantis with no wait, then Iron Dragon with walk-on. Headed for Raptor with little wait, going up its lift hill we could see Top Thrill Dragster testing, with some roll backs. After our flight we rode Skyride. It was raining light in the morning, then it cleared up later and the sun broke out. We got off SkyRide and headed for Wicked Twister Midway, Rode Wicked Twister and MaxAir with little wait. Oh and of maxair my seat number was Nine, so we come out and get our seats and a group of five couldn’t fellow or remember what was sided to them about seats, they got my seat so I couldn’t seat next to my dad, I had to find one on the other side. Every time I ride it, it always makes me fell weird and dizzy. After that we headed for Top Thrill Dragster, there was a 45 min wait for it not to bad. When we got off I toke some video of the ride running. At that point there was a very light rain. After that it was Mangum time, again walk-on. We say Gemini running and rode that, but it wasn't racing only one side was running. Don't remember all we did ?, so at around 6:30pm we heard for Top Thrill Dragster. The line was so short that it was a walk-on two times for the back seat in load station 2. We rode it 5 times in a row our last ride was at 8:15 from a short break down and little rain delay. The line was in the station, the ramp was empty. After that we headed for the exit and Hotel.
Ride Count-
-MF - 7 (Three walk-ons in morning)
-TTD -8 (Five rides in 90 mins
-Mantis -2
-Raptor -3
-MeanStreak -1
-Magnum -2
-CCLERR -1
-WT -1
-Giant Wheel -1
-Sky Ride -1
-Blue Streak -1
-Iron Dragon -1
-Gemini -1
-PowerTower-0 Drop/1Launch
-MaxAir -1
-SpaceSpril -1

Day 3, 17th
We arrived at the park at 9:28am (we used our hotel ERT passes both days 16th 17th)and saw Raptor running, so we got on that. The station was emptied, we got a picture perfect front seat flight, it was still a little chilly but still a great flight. I wanted to go again but my dad wanted to get on Millennium, We got on it two times in the morning with walk-ons. Saw Top Thrill running so headed for it next, with a 10 min wait. After that we rode Power Tower both sides. Then headed for Magnum it was warmer so we got some BIG air time on it. Around that time the sun broke out and was warning up everybody. At around 3:20 we ate at the Big Govrmet Twists topped Soft pretzels, we both thought the pretzels were going to be small, but no there were huge, warm and salty, they were good to. It was almost like a small meal, after that we were full. So we head for Disaster Transport, it was really dark in the line and ride, there was a short 9 min wait. After that it was the first time we rode the Midway Carousel, it was fun and gentle. After that we rode the rough and painful Demon Drop, it was alright. We headed for Cedar Downs, that was fun to, then headed for the Cadillac Cars. We then went back to Top Thrill and Magnum again with little wait for both of them. I've never been on Witches Wheel so we rode that to. Then we went back to ride Gemini and SkyHawk again. Later we rode Wildcat to get in 14 coasters for our trip. We ended the day off by trying to get in 5 rides on Top Thrill again, we only got one in. We got loaded in the trains and were setting there waiting to go, then they said to open gates and unload trains. Then they said the rides closing for Weather. So we left, and headed for Disaster Transport again, but it really started to rain hard so we just headed for the exit and left. Dragster closed at 7:08 and we left the park at 7:13.

Ride Count for the day,
-Midway Carousel-1
-Demon Drop-1
-Raptor-1
-Disaster Transport-1
-IronDragon-1
-Mantis-1
-Millennium Force-3
-SkyHawk-1
-Gemini-1
-Magnum XL 200 -3
-Power Tower- 1 Drop/1Launch
-WildCat-1
-CedarCreekMineRide- 1
-CadillacCar's-1
-WictchesWheel-1
-TopThrillDragster-3
-Paddel Wheel-1
-SpaceSprial-1
-CedarDowns-1
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Coaster Count for trip
-TopThrillDragster-11
-MillenniumForce-10
-MagnumXl200-5
-Mantis-5
-Raptor-4
-MeanStreak-1
-BlueStreak-1
-WickedTwister-1
-DisasterTransport-1
-CedarCreekMineRide-1
-Gemini- 1 Red/ 1 Blue
-CorkScrew-1
-IronDragon-4
-WildCat-1
-Project 2007-0 ;)
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Ride Count
-PowerTower- 2 Drop/3 Launch
-SkyHawk-2
-SkyRide-3
-CedarPointLakeEireRR-1
-MaxAir-1
-SpaceSpriel-2
-Midway Carouse-1
-Cadillac Cars-1
-Wictches Wheel-1
-PaddelWheel Excursions-1
-DemonDrop-1

Notes
All in all, a great trip. Crowds were low, for the most part. There wasn't that many cars in the lot, but there was ALOT of bus's both full days. I counted around 30+ bus's, school buses and greyhound style ones. And yes I did miss the autospiels on WT, MF, and TTD. But the live mic ride ops did a good job. The one guy on TTD I think his name was Alex, he was good. *** Edited 5/19/2006 11:58:35 PM UTC by Daniel Smith*** *** Edited 5/20/2006 12:13:37 AM UTC by Daniel Smith***

It sounds like you had a good time, but this was very hard to read. You should copy it into Word, run spell check on it and re-post it.

Is that better? And for those of you who have a digital camera. I used a pair of Energizer Lithium's in my Cannon PowerShot A510, and the two lasted the hole trip, with the LCD screen on to. I did like the live mics for TTD and Magnum, the one for MF was turned down or low so it was hard to hear it at times. And the ones for Iron Draogn and Corkscrew were wired, what sounded like two kids talking? I may post some of my Favorite pictures that I toke, on my photo website.

Wow, that sounds like an awesome trip, you got so many rides in, very nice trip report. Please do post the photos in your "photo website", I'd be interested in taking a look at them, and also, post your website url. :D

ShawnCP said:
Wow, that sounds like an awesome trip, you got so many rides in, very nice trip report. Please do post the photos in your "photo website", I'd be interested in taking a look at them, and also, post your website url. :D

Sure I'll post them, I'll get around to it on sunday, after work.

Your trip coaster counts are wrong for MF and Magnum.

Great report. Sound like you and your dad took advantage of the light crowds...

Well heres some of the pictures I updated to my site, here they are enjoy. Here it is got it up again-http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v466/topthrill/?start=20

*** Edited 5/23/2006 3:33:10 PM UTC by Daniel Smith*** *** Edited 6/4/2006 4:47:38 AM UTC by Daniel Smith***