kittyladyMD

This person gets it!!! Glad you had such a good time, and thanks for the TR! You are welcome for the TR and I guess you somewhat agree with my assessments?? You may have missed that I did find Magnum to be a much better ride later in the evening. It doesn't really make my top 5 or 10 but it was one of the better ones in the park because it didn't beat me up. Now I admit it's been a while since I've been to 6FMM (back in 2013) but I do think I enjoyed X2 more than Gatekeeper here but they were both great rides. As I think I mentioned, my top list overall includes Apollo's Chariot and Griffon at BGW, Kinga Ka and El Toro at 6FGA, Cheetah Hunt at BGT and X2. We also love I305 at KD and Banshee at KI but I do think we need to return to KI with the kids in the future to try the coasters there again. We did ride Beast but only once and I think we need to give it another chance. We had only one day there when we went so were getting through as many rides as we could in that one day. I did like the unique aspects of BGT new Cobra's Curse though, but it's not worth the long wait right now. I also must say we did get great airtime on Blue Streak and I would have loved to do that one again but we didn't get time. For a wooden coaster it didn't beat me up too bad. I wish I had enjoyed Maverick more but honestly even in the front the twists really whipped me back and forth too much for my liking. Millenium Force we could have done a few more times. We also need to get back to Carowinds now that the kids can do more coasters. We haven't done any of the big ones there yet.

First timer trip report...as we head back home to MD today. We arrived about 1pm Tuesday and our SS room was ready. We unloaded and had them call a shuttle to the parks for us. I do LOVE the on-call shuttle service here. We were dropped off at the 'back' entrance so first ride was Magnum. It was OK and had pretty much no wait...maybe 10 minutes. Next up was Corkscrew. Yeah it was way too short. Daughter and I did the drop tower...just the one that shoots you up not the one that goes to the top. I think we took the Skyride next and found a 15 minute wait for Gatekeeper. We rode it twice, once on each side. Loved it. I think we also caught Raptor on a short line? It was okay. Oh yeah family wanted to do maxAir. We just rode a similar ride at MD last weekend and I didn't tolerate it well but they loved it and said it was better than the KD version. It was hot and we felt a break for pool and dinner was in order. Walked back to Sandcastle. OK the pool at Sandcastle...just gross. Bugs everywhere in it and I don't mean just every so often..you can not stand anywhere in the pool and not be surrounded by floating bugs/mosquitos in the water all around you. That can't be sanitary told kids not to accidentally swallow any of the water. Do they have no working pool filters or vacuum at night? Kids just did not have any desire to stay in and we love the pool. That is really my only complaint about Sandcastle. I thought the rooms overall were fine (yes those short bedsheets also suck) and room was cleaned well. Maid service was good and we even got a blanket animal from my kids blankets. So seriously if not for the gross gross pool we would have really enjoyed Sandcastle . Dinner was at TGIF at Breakers which was fine. Service was a bit off but overall good. Headed from dinner back to the park. Waited about 30 minutes for Millennium Force and didn't quite get front but in the dark and it was great! We also got rides on Gemini (red) and Pipe Scream, Rogarou, Mine Train, and Iron Dragon. Forced the family on Cedar Downs which they complained about but we all really enjoyed it. Kids drove the cars a few times too. Overall got a lot done on our first day between 2pm and 10:30 pm on day one. Day Two: Arrived at gates around 8:40am and lined up for 9am opening. Decided to hit Maverick first which was nice. Next was in insistence on Millennium Force again and daughter and I waited for very front while boys did front car 2nd row and then went around again and rode in middle to back right on the car after we finally rode once. Then we headed to Valravn knowing that line wouldn't ever get shorter we waited about 70 minutes to ride it...in 110 real feel heat. Joy. And unlike all of the other long lines for coasters this was the one with NO vending machines as I had hoped. Oh and as we were at the top about the load they stopped a car on the hill going up. We were ready to cry and they told us they had stopped it on purpose to go get a camera and sure enough an employee climbed the hill and got a camera from a rider. That would also happen later than same night on Blue Streak hill. They are not kidding about no cameras people. Anyway after Valravn we did the train ride all the way around...that is cute and different. I think the family also did Skyhawk a few times...they loved that and then back to resort where we grabbed a quick bite in room. Then took two youngest kids to the Breakers beach for a while and that was nice. Probably spent a good two hours there and headed back to room about 4pm where we saw the thunderstorms rolling in so perfect time to have dinner. Headed to Perkins for that and again it was okay. Then we headed back to park about 6pm thinking we would have 5 more hours to finish stuff if and when they started opening coasters again. We tried to ride Mean Streak which showed 20 min wait bit afteR 10 WE BARELY moved and they were running empty coasters. It was not to be..sorry. I did insist on Blue Streak and we got on that around 9 maybe so dark and we were also sure more rain was coming with lightning in distance but thankfully it stayed away. Kids did Wicked Twister with no wait and we managed another ride on Cedar Derby and more cars. Dodgem wasn't running sadly...same for Gatekeeper. Kids did a few more flat rides on walk out of park around 10:30 pm and as a last coaster we rode Magnum at night, fitting since it was the first coaster/ride we did in CP and my last and we realized we had severely under-rated it. Loved it especially at night. Could have done that one more! Overall a great first trip for us and definitely want to return in the future.

Welcome! I have a few tips on where / how to ride certain coasters and a few tips on when to ride them. As far as actual riding tips, this is going to drive everyone here to drink but luckily they only have to listen to me say it for another few weeks. Mean Streak can beat the crap out of you depending on where you ride it. Ride it in the very front row, lean forward with your back off the seat back and you'll have a glass smooth ride. On Magnum, the lap bars cause thigh pain for a lot of people. Tighten the seatbelts as much as possible to avoid this. Ride Blue Streak and Gemeni in non-wheel seats. So the middle row of any car (there are 3 rows per car). Ride Millennium Force in the front at night. Dragster is always a great front seat ride but you're short on time so you might not be able to wait for it. You have Kingda Ka close to home anyway. Another tip: DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT ride Raptor, Gatekeeper, Blue Streak, Valravn or Maxair in the morning. You can ride Gatekeeper during Early Entry but it's a waste of Early Entry. All of those rides have massive lines in the morning but by mid afternoon they're much more manageable. Also, Sky Ride's line moves insanely fast, so don't let a full queue scare you if you want to ride it. It's a great way to get off your feet in such a huge park and offers excellent views. Have fun! With those tips all the coasters should be very enjoyable (well... except Corkscrew. Corkscrew sucks). Thanks for the tips. I have them saved to reference easily later. Honestly there are so few wooden coasters we enjoy any more so if we skip some of those here I'll be okay with that. I think one of the worst in recent memory may have been Ghostrider at Knott's Berry Farm (same trip where we visited Magic Mountain) so if I have to skip it that's okay with me. Any other coasters that I should expect some pain? After all I try to avoid several coasters I know these days with the headlock restraints that give me headaches (I'm taking to you Minderaser at SIx Flags America and Anaconda at Kings Dominion). I've done them all before and thy was enough. If I should just skip a few at Cedar Point that won't offer me anything above and beyond and ride others over that is fine. As you mentioned Top Thrill Dragster will pretty much match Kingda Ka so if we miss it...it will be okay. Overall just hoping to enjoy our first visit here and sounds like it will be worth the trip.

That is what we are hoping for and thanks for the tips. My husband swears by the Wednesday Amusement Park rule...and insists that is the best day to go. So needles to say we planned this trip to maximize a Wednesday there.

First timer here...but hoping to hang around more often in the future! Family and I are taking our FIRST trip to Cedar Point this week. Arriving Tuesday afternoon (driving about 7 hours) and spending Tuesday and Wednesday at the park, coming home Thursday. Staying at Sandcastle Suites (though we were originally slated to stay at Breakers, but AAA booking completely screwed us on that one...story for another day). Anyway...5 of us total, with kids ranging from 12 to 16 and all thrill seekers. We have been waiting for years to visit this park, just until the kids finally reached the magic 54 inch mark and could do everything. That happened late last summer. Our history: we are amusement park junkies. Our home park is SFA but we spend little time there, choosing a season pass and then trying to visit SF Great Adventure in NJ every chance we can do so. Therefore we have already BTDT for Kingda Ka this year with the kids and pretty much every other coaster at SFGA already. We did KD just about a week ago so kids finally got to experience I305 and LOVED it. We've also done BG Tampa this year hitting all the big coasters there and did BG Williamsburg last summer to hit up all the big coasters there. A few years ago we visited Six Flags Magic Mountain (kids weren't quite big enough for everything unfortunately) but we loved X2 and Full Throttle was okay...was brand new at the time. We did King's Island two years ago just to ride Banshee but also to enjoy that park for the first time. Right now favorites among our group are Apollo's Chariot, Superman (at Six Flags America...yes it is still a favorite), Griffon, Kinga Ka, Cheetah Hunt and El Toro. Ok others in our group may have different favorites...but those are mine as of now. So we plan to hit every big ride possible in our two days there. Any hints would be greatly appreciated. We have spent more than planned already on the hotel, so we will need to wait in lines. We'll take advantage of the early park entry on Wednesday, but won't be able to do so on Tuesday afternoon. Anyway, any recommended plan of attack for Tuesday afternoon? We can just hit at least a few coasters with minimal waits I hope, and then hit the rest of them on Wednesday morning. Then hopefully get Wednesday evening to re-ride favorites. Thanks!