DoinItForTheFame

Story has made front page of yahoo news. What's frustrating is how much attention this is getting. I feel like Cedar Point is getting punished for something they didn't do. Obviously they are not getting "punished" but they are getting so much negative attention because of this.

My top three are: 1.) Kingda Ka 2.) Top Thrill Dragster 3.) Millennium Force

*Double post. Sorry

No other injuries were reported according to news sites. Glad to hear that... I was thinking he was hit by the Legs of the Passengers? if Not, what caused the trauma ... what hit him? According to the press conference with the assistant police chief, who didn't go into much detail because the investigation was on-going, stated that it is their belief that he was struck by the train itself. Whether it was the bottom of the train on a pull-up or if the front row was empty, I don't know, but that's what he stated. He also reiterated that no other injuries were reported to them. We'll see as this all unfolds. Such a sad incident, but it could've totally been avoided by just not going in to retrieve items. Fill out a form and you may get it back (if the phone even survived the fall and could be located). But as long as you do it the proper way, you'll leave with your life still with you. Still, sad that someone lost their life. I really have no idea what may have happened, and I am obviously just guessing here, but maybe the riders (if there were riders in the row) saw him, and lifted their legs (even if it was just one person who saw it) and he was actually hit by the pink part of the train in the picture below. Seriously just guessing, but given that none of the riders were injured, I am guessing this is what happened. I seriously do not get this whole "I hope the family does not sue the park" thing. Why would they sue the park?? THE PARK DID NOTHING WRONG. That would be like me going, and sitting in the middle of a highway, and then my family suing the state because I was hit and killed by a car. Also, the victim's facebook (assuming it really is his facebook) said he was a school teacher at Louisville City School District. Hopefully he wasn't teaching "common sense 101."

Perfectly said. More signs are not going to change anything. There shouldn't even need to be signs to begin with. This entire accident has me wanting to strangle half of the people out there. I saw someone on social media say "Someone was hit by the Raptor roller coaster at Cedar Point. ""Ohhh. That's terr..." they were in a restricted area." Ohh."" Basically how I have seen most responses to this.

So. True.

Well, there is not currently a link to them on the website so I had assumed they had just removed them from the website due to today's events.

Amazingly beautiful photos!!! This shot looks like it belongs on a post card!!!

Even in the case of the gates it was the park guest at fault. If I remember correctly, they were trying to squeeze through the gate after it had already started closing.

I'm not seeing them either. They may have taken them down if there was a camera pointed at Raptor (Like there has been lately.)

Sure you can!! It's called R...M...C...! But then again, I don't really own Cedar Point, so I mean I don't really get to make the choice to call RMC and say "Hey... This is Cedar Point... We have this really boring, dull wooden coaster... can you take it and maybe make it... Amazing?! Thanks!!!" ... Well... Maybe some day!

Wow. People are so ignorant. That is all there is to it. There is no reason a guest should have climbed over a fence into a restricted area. It's that simple. But no, they ignore the signs, AND the fence, and not only ended up getting themselves killed, but could have possibly injured innocent riders on the train. To me, it makes no sense as to how this could even happen, even though it obviously did. Not that they should have EVER been in the low zone to begin with.. but Raptor is not exactly a quite coaster, how did the guest not hear the train coming and either 1.) Lay on the ground, or 2.) Get out of the way?? Maybe I am a bit harsh, but I have no sympathy for someone that ignorant. I do however have sympathy for the family, and friends of the person, as well as the park guest who had to witness it.

After the tour is over if you want to stay in the park you have to wait in normal lines. We were exhausted enough we did not stay after the tour. We had done everything we wanted to do, and we were exhausted and ready to go. However, what we did not know is you can schedule the tour to start at a later time like noon, or 1... and then it still last the full 9 hours. With the hour required break. So next year we are starting at one so we can get to the park and ride things before the park gets really busy, and take time to walk around and take pictures and then start the tour. I think starting at 11 am was a little early to start.

I love that you're naming your daughter Millie! I think that is amazing!! Our VIP TOUR Guide would hold loose articles for us, there was no need for us to ever get a locker!

Corkscrew at Cedar Point.

W: Worlds Of Fun!

NEMO!!

Granted: But it is plagued with problems, never opens, and is eventually removed. I wish that there was a taller and faster Kingda ka. Reaching 170mph, and 600ft tall.

YES!! Do you love Sandra Bullock?

Sadly true. Cant wait for school to start back. The person below me is NOT in school.

Be sure to ride Backlot Stunt Coaster tomorrow. One of the most under rated coasters.

Awesome photo though. Hopefully you were not up there for to long.

I think the rain policy goes back to the Magnum accident, and they are scared that will happen again on another coaster, so they have a policy in place that ensures it could NEVER happen again, on any coaster. Just a guess though.

Sorry for the double post, but time for out Cedar Point trip Report!! We were at Cedar Point on a Saturday. Knowing we only had one day at the park, (and mainly because I really hate waiting in lines) we booked a VIP Tour. My partner didn't think that we needed a VIP Tour, he said "We can just get Fast Lane Plus" and we will be fine. Well, I pushed and pushed for a VIP Tour until he gave in! To me it was worth every penny. We opted for the 9 hour tour with a required one hour break. How did my partner like it?? We will find out at the end of the report. Cedar Point: So it has been a while since I was last at Cedar Point, and my partner had never been. Considering this is the holy grail for any coaster enthusiast, I was really excited to not only get back to the park, but to get to experience it with him. We stayed about an hour away from the park, and I drove to the park in the morning. The entire drive my partner kept looking to see if he could see Top Thrill Dragster above the trees. He finally found it... Sadly we were still about 20 miles from the park. That might have been the LONGEST 20 miles of my life. We got to the park at about 9:15am since our VIP Tour got us early entry! When we pulled onto the Causeway the traffic was already back up about halfway down the Causeway. At that moment we knew it was going to be a busy day at the park. We finally made it to the parking booth area around 9:30am. Thankfully our VIP Tour included preferred parking, they scanned our pass, gave us a little pink thing to hang from our review mirror, and we were off to find our parking spot. Once getting to our spot we got our ID's and our VIP Tour tickets, and we were off to the front gate. After scanning our tickets, and getting through the early entry area, we headed straight for Top Thrill Dragster. We got to TTD, and there was already about 50 people inline. At this point it was about 9:45am, and TTD was suppose to be opening at 10am when everything else opened, so we figured we would just wait it out, and make this the first ride of the day. . . I don't know if Top Thrill Dragster was just being moody, or if they were having issues with the coaster but it didn't start testing until 10:15am. I have study this ride for a long time. I have rode it at least 1,000 times, and I have watched hundreds of 1,000's of videos about this coaster. I was beyond surprised when the first train they launched cleared the tower with no problem. I remember back in the day when every train would roll back at least 2 times each during testing. Well, none of the trains rolled back at all. They tested each train twice, then put test riders on it. Tested each train once with test riders on it, and then tested each train empty again twice, then they opened the ride! At this point the Fast Lane guest had formed a separate line away from the standby line that was against the black fence. I was incredibly surprised when they opened the ride that they let in every single person that had been waiting along the black fence before letting in any of the Fast Lane guest. We ended up getting on about the 3rd train out, and in the front row! After TTD we had a little time to kill before our VIP Tour started at 11am, so we went and got our unlimited drink wristbands, and our unlimited food wristbands (both included with the VIP Tour) We walked around the park rather quickly to get some pictures in, and then we met our VIP Tour guide at 11am! Upon meeting our VIP Tour guide talked about our plans for the day, gave us a list of places our unlimited food wristbands worked, and what they would get us, and then asked us what we wanted to ride first. Having met her by Top Thrill Dragster, obviously we decided to ride Top Thrill Dragster again! Just like last time at the end of each coaster rating there will be "X/10" that's my personal rating given to the coaster on a scale of 1-10. 1 being the worst, and 10 being the best! With that being said, onto the coaster ratings! Top Thrill Dragster: Since the first time I rode Top Thrill Dragster it instantly became my favorite coaster on the planet! I remember the crazy anticipation sitting there waiting to launch, the force of the launch feeling like your body is literally going to melt because it can't take the forces being put on it, and right before you pass out from acceleration the train climbs the 420ft tower, crest nice and slowly to give you a nice look around, and the drops you straight back down 400ft, and smoothly slows you to a stop. Having been on it as many times as I had, and having been as long as it had been since last time I rode it, would I still feel the same way? Would the coaster still be as amazing? More importantly would the coaster live up to the expectations I had set for my partner, and trust me I set the expectations really freaking high. . . Well it turns out... Yes, the coaster is just as amazing as it always has been, and my partner absolutely loved it. He was literally left speechless by the ride. He could not put into words how much he loved the coaster! The average wait time for the ride while we were in the park was 2-1/2 - 3 hours, (Not including the wait time for the front row) Thanks to our VIP Tour we got to ride TTD 5 times (Could have been more, but I will get to that later.) TTD was just as amazing as always!! 10/10! After Top Thrill Dragster being as close as we were we headed over to Power Tower, to get in a ride on Drop Side. Power Tower Drop Side: I HATE Drop towers, but there is something about Power Tower that I love. I think it is because the "Drop Side" goes up fast enough I don't have time to mentally freak out. Also, you get some amazing views from the ride. The anticipation sitting at the top waiting for the drop is amazing. The airtime on the way down is awesome! Seriously one of my favorite S&S Towers ever! We got in 4 rides on Power Tower. 3 on Drop Side, and 1 on shot side! 10/10! Leaving Power Tower we headed over to Millennium Force. Millennium Force: So I am sure everyone on here knows that I have never been a huge fan of Millennium Force. Or as I call it Millennium Forceless. Regardless we got in the front row, and I prepared for another typical ride on the worlds most over rated coaster. . . I don't know if I am just getting older, or if I have learned to appreciate coasters more, but I was blown away by this coaster. It was NOTHING like I remembered. The drop was amazing, the speed was relentless, there was actually some REALLY good floater time over the airtime hill, and some crazy ejector time on the little tiny hill right by the station! The back seat was just as amazing, you get some REALLY good air on the first drop, and you get airtime over every one of the hills. I never in my life thought I would say this... But I have a new love for Millennium Force. The wait time was around 3 hours most of the day. We ended up riding it 5 times as well. 10/10. After MF we headed back to Maverick, having told my partner how amazing this ride was, and telling him how you needed to "lean into each turn." He was a little nervous about riding it afraid that he was going to get a nasty neck chop. Maverick: Everything about Maverick is pure perfection. It is fast paced, the launch is forceful, the airtime is beyond airtime. It is perfect. That is all that can be said about this coaster. My partner loved it, and I think the new harness are an amazing addition to the coaster. They make the ride really more enjoyable, and you don't have to "fight" the coaster as much. The entire que line was full the entire time we were there, and there were several points where the line spilled out of the entrance, and every switchback was open in the line. We ended up riding the coaster 5 times! 10/10! After Maverick we walked all the way to the front of the park, to ride Gatekeeper. Which was poor planing on our part because we could have easily ridden MF again on the way up. But we didn't. Gatekeeper: Having heard nothing but how "forceless" this coaster was, and how "boring" the coaster was, I must admit my expectations were pretty freaking low for this coaster.With that being said, we really ended up loving the coaster. No it is not the tallest, or fastest, or most forcefull in the park... But it is still a really good coaster.The hangtime on the first drop is amazing in the front row, the inversions are perfectly placed. The keyhole is a lot of fun, and we both got floater time on the airtime hill. We only rode in the front, so I do not know what the rest of the train is like, but like I said we really enjoyed our rides on it! The wait time was around 2-1/2 hours all day, and we only got in 2 rides. 9/10. Leaving Gatekeeper we headed over to Wicked Twister since it was nearby! Wicked Twister: Having been on Wicked Twister many times I knew the "magical seat" was the second to last row on the right side. So needless to say that is where I put my partner for our first ride. I will admit the launch is much more forceful than I remember it being.This coaster also pulls a lot of positive g's which is nice. I will admit this is one of the only rides I felt bad about using our VIP Tour on. Usually on rides at Cedar Point a guest just has to wait a little longer for the next train when there is a VIP group... But on Wicked Twister they have to wait the entire ride cycle. Which I admit made some people a little un-happy when we took a front row ride on it. Still a great ride regardless! We only rode it twice though. 8/10. After Wicked Twister we headed back down and rode TTD again, and then headed over to Magnum. Magnum XL-200: I remembered that this coaster provided some really aggressive airtime, but was still really fun. Well, that hasn't changed the airtime is insane, yet still fun! We didn't sit above a wheel, and we did the seat belt trick, and I STILL ended up with bruises, after only riding it twice. I rode it once with my partner, and once with my VIP Tour Guide because my partner did not care to ride it again. 8/10. After Magnum we did Gemini. Gemini: I remember this coaster being a little on the rough side, and never really liking it. . . Hoping that had changed We jumped in the second row, and took a spin... Yeah to me the ride hasn't changed at all. It was a little on the rough side, and not really entertaining. Just meh. I only rode it once, but my partner rode it twice with our VIP Tour Guide. I give the coaster a 7/10. After Gemini we made a loop doing Maverick, MF, back up to Gatekeeper, and Wicked Twister again... Then we took our required hour break, and did lunch! We were lucky enough that we never had any issues with rides having downtime while we were riding coasters, but while we were on lunch Rougarou, Top Thrill Dragster, Maverick, MF, Gatekeeper, Raptor, Iron Dragon, and Wicked Twister all went down, however they were all back up and running by the time our break was over. I was personally surprised by the food that you could get with the unlimited food wristband thing. Not only do you get pretty much anything at the little snack carts, and food places that sell like pizza, hot dogs, chicken tenders and things like that, but you also go Chick-Fil-A, Panda Express, Pinks Hotdogs, and Subway. Which was a nice suprise for us because I LOVE Subway, and Pinks Hotdogs! After our break we met back up by Top Thrill Dragster, took a ride on Top Thrill Dragster, and then went back to MF, and Maverick, sadly doing Mean Streak this time. Mean Streak: I had also remembered this coaster being rough as hell, and really freaking boring... Well not has changed the coaster wasn't actually as rough as I remember it being. It was actually rather fun. We sat in the front and made sure we kept our backs off of the seat backs the entire time, and it was actually enjoyable. Not an OMG MUST RIDE, but still a decent ride. We only rode it once, but we did get to see Mean Streak Henry. He is this like 70 year old man who has over 14,000 rides on Mean Streak. There was a news paper article about him, and it was hanging on the window of the operator booth. 6/10. After Mean Streak we did Maverick, and Skyhawk. Skyhawk: This is such a fun ride. It is relaxing, and enjoyable. You get such great airtime at the top of each swing! We got 2 rides on it. 9/10. After Skyhawk we headed back towards the front of the park to do Raptor, and Blue Streak on the way we stopped by Iron Dragon, and Rougarou. Rougarou: I remember Mantis, and I am glad it is gone! Rougarou is a nice coaster, but it just didn't really do anything for me. We rode it once with our VIP Tour Guide, and it was just kind of... blah. We really got off the ride with no desire to ride it again. Like I said, it is by no means a bad coaster... It just seemed very tame when compared to the rest of the rides in the park. Also, as busy as the park was, the line never got over 15 minutes the entire day. I know it is a people eater... But when everything else in the park has a 2-3 hour wait... I mean... Maybe we were not the only ones who were just not blown away by it, and had no desire to re-ride it. 5/10. Iron Dragon: Having been on The Bat at Kings Island the day before, Iron Dragon seemed really tame. The second half of the coaster over TTD's unload station, and out over the water is by far the best part of the ride. I was really surprised to not only see every switchback open on Iron Dragon, but they were all full, and the line was spilling out into the midway. Made me feel slightly bad for taking a front row seat and making those little kids wait longer. :/ We only rode it once. 6/10. Blue Streak: For as old as this coaster is, it really packs a punch. We rode front row, and really enjoyed it. The line was insane, that is the only time I have ever seen all of Blue Streaks entire que line full, and spilling out into the midway. Those airtime hills provide some serious airtime! We only rode it once though. 8/10. Raptor: I remember from previous rides that I never really cared for Raptor, and I really hated the Raptor smack at the end. Well, this coaster was about 400 times more forceful than I remember. There were several points in the ride where my feet were seriously tingling... Like that feeling you get when you try to stand up, and your feet are asleep. it was crazy, fast paced, and forceful. Not to mention, I didn't even notice the Raptor Smack at the end. I have a new respect, and a new love for this coaster. 9/10. Other rides we rode while at the park were Shoot The Rapids: Having never been on this ride I was actually excited to ride it. People didn't seem to be coming off *that* wet, so I figured... Why not?? We jump on for a front row ride, and I was on the left. Before we left the station the ride-operator said "You will get very wet on this ride, especially those of you on the left, you go under a big waterfall. I just assumed he was joking, and didn't think anything of it. The bottom of the first drop was weird... We didn't get that wet, but then when the boat went from being on the track, to back down "free floating" in the water, there was this nice wall of water that came rushing over the front of the boat and covered us from the waste down. Then we went around the turn and I found the nice little waterfall that I thought the ride operator was joking about. Yeah... I came off the ride looking like a drown rat. Still an enjoyable ride though. 8/10. Thunder Canyon: So... Everyone who got off of this ride seriously looked like they just got out of the shower. I could not figure out why people were getting so wet. So we decided to give it a go. I tried to get our VIP Tour Guide to ride it with us... but there was no way that was happening. So knowing nothing about the ride we jumped on, excited for what would be a fun ride. . . The rapids were fun, and it was a decently long ride... But as the ride was coming to an end we were all still dry as a bone. I made the comment to everyone in the boat "I don't understand why everyone is coming off this ride dripping wet. We are all dry. . . Now watch, I say that and we are going to go around a turn and there is going to be a huge waterfall." Little did I know around the next turn there wasn't actually a huge waterfall... THERE WERE 4.. yes F.O.U.R... 2 on each side of the boat that ensured NO ONE got off the ride with any part of the body dry. . . So we quickly became *those people* looking like we had just gone swimming walking around the freaking park. Next year I am paying the $5.00 and using the family dryer. All in all it was a really fun ride though! 9/10. Corkscrew: Yeah... about that... Moving on now. 1/10. All in all we had an amazing time at the park. The VIP Tour was 100% worth it. My partner LOVED the park, and LOVED the VIP Tour.. Enough that we are already planning our VIP Tour there for next year! (Not to mention a VIP Tour at Dollywood for next year!) I think I spoiled him with the VIP Tour! . . . Hey, I'm okay with that. It really is the best way to visit a park. If anyone has ever thought about the VIP Tour at Cedar Point I would highly suggest it to anyone. Of course it is a little on the expensive side, but it was worth every penny. We had an amazing time, and I can't wait to go back! ---------------------- Thanks for reading my really LONG trip report. I hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

True. The person below me really wants to go to Dollywood next year.