Rollerholden

I have a lot to say about this trip because it was my favorite trip so far for sure! So my dad finally broke down and took me to Cedar Point and a quick morning at Geauga Lake. We arrived at Cleveland airport a little before 7AM on Wednesday the 12th, got our rental car, then drove to Sandusky to get some breakfast and head into the park. So then we got our season passes and headed into the park. We went straight to Millennium Force....and oh my gosh this ride is simply amazing! We never had to wait longer than 30 minutes for the ride. This is definatly my favorite roller coaster I've been on. It's got the best first drop! Great airtime in the last row! After that we go and ride Iron Dragon. Walk on for the front row. I really like the two suspended coasters I've been on, and the mist at the end of this ride was really cool. Once we got off it started sprinkling a little, and we went over to Corkscrew. We get up in the station and who happens to find us? Robbie from TPR! So we get off the ride (it's raining pretty good by then) and go over to Magnum XL-200. Robbie hung out with us all day pretty much, which was nice because he's a cool guy and my dad needed a nap during the day lol. Back to Magnum, we rode in the back car, and the airtime on this thing is insane! I wish I had my seatbelt a little tighter because I was way out of my seat on the bunny hops. (Speaking of bunnies, they are all over Cedar Point!) I really forget what we rode in order after that, but with Robbie I rode MF - front row, Power Tower - both towers, Wildcat, Mean Streak, Raptor, Blue Streak, and probably something else I'm forgetting right now but I'll remember later. Power Tower was a fun ride. I like the green side more than the red, it seemed more intense sitting 240 feet high for 7 seconds than being shot up fast (it really didn't seem to shoot up that fast). Wildcat was...interesting. I think that was the longest wait of the day! And the structure of this thing doesn't look too safe... When he kept trying to get me on Mean Streak (I just remembered the other ride we rode) it was raining with lightning so it was closed. I never heard good reviews about this ride, so I was expecting the worst, but I actually got a good ride. It's in my top 3 woodies for sure! It was more fun than any of the ones at Geauga Lake. And now Raptor...this had a 30 minute line, but it was a lot of fun! I really liked the first drop, it seemed so steep! It had a great layout as well, but my dad kept saying "if it's called Raptor, why is the logo a bird?" But then we went on Blue Streak, I didn't like this ride. It had some nice airtime, but was uncomfortable and that, Wildcat, and Mantis were the only coasters I rode just once. So sometime during the day it stopped raining, and Robbie yells "I hear Top thrill Dragster!" So we walk over there as fast as we could, and sure enough a train is about to launch. We go walking to the queue, the train launches, and it rolls back! I saw 2 rollbacks this trip, and a few where it seemed to stop at the top for a couple of seconds. Anyways we waited probably 40ish minutes, middle row. Oh my gosh! What a rush! I couldn't stop laughing after this thing. It was simply amazing! The launch is so fast and then you're 420 feet high, and before you think about what you're doing, it's straight down, spinning 270 degrees, and then over. But good thing we got on that when we did because it started raining shortly after, and TTD closes if it rains at all. So pretty much it rained all of the first day. Oh yeah! On the 12th and 13th they had ERT on Top Thrill Dragster for season pass holders! So we get there around 10:15, and guess what? It starts sprinkling. They say the ride is having technical problems. We wait it out of course! They fix it and we all get to ride. (I don't know why, but they kept it running in the rain for us during the ERT, but sure shut it down quick during the day when it barely sprinkles!) Anyways, I got 5 rides that night, so 6 rides total the first day. One of those rides was in the front, and holy cow! It's so windy it's hard to breathe lol! All the other rides we went in the back for great airtime down that drop ! Next morning we slept in (oops! Still on west coast times!) But we got to Geauga Lake around 11, and rode each coaster once just for the credit. We did Dominator first; it was alright, a little shaky, and I still like Medusa at SFMW as my favorite floorless. At least it was a walk on. Next we did Raging Wolf Bobs, walk on, and it was alright I guess. It wasn't super fun, but it wasn't bad. Next we did...well I forget what we did but we rode every coaster so I'll talk about each one. The Villain should be called Satanic Torture Death . This ride was horrible!! I think it may be worse than Ghostrider (pain-wise). It was extremely uncomfortable and it felt like my chest was breaking. Not a fun ride. Is it possible for them to take the wooden track and put steel? By the way, longest line of the day, 15 minutes. Okay...Double Loop. It was alright, a little uncomfortable, but alright. I nearly blacked out in the loops though lol. Um, Thunderhawk! Vekoma SLC, my second one, and I really don't understand why most of you guys dislike these models. I think they're fun, thrilling, and as my dad said "disorienting". Head Spin - a Boomerang. My third Boomerang credit. They all seem the same to me, nothing more to say. Steel Venom - the first one of the type I believe. The launch seemed jerky, and the holding breaks on the back spike we uncomfortable, and it stopped for a long time too! If it stopped for half the time it would have been a lot better. Wicked Twister is a LOT better, especially in the back row (oops I rode WT and Disaster Transport the first day with Robbie while my dad was sleeping). Big Dipper - considering I almost hit my head on a tree...no, this ride was pretty fun. Good thing it was so padded! It had nice airtime down the drops. X-Flight...I had been on Stealth at PGA and remembered it not being comfortable, so I was a bit un-excited about this one. It actually was a lot of fun though (besides the fact that the ride op pushed my lap bar not tight enough and I was slipping out the entire ride). I found this ride more disorienting than X, and a lot more comfortable, and one that I'd rather ride! Sorry X fans... So I think that's all the coasters there....oh the Beaver one. Hey, it's a credit. So then we went to Walmart and bought drinks and then went back to our hotel for a little rest. We went back to CP by 5 and had another night of ERT (only 4 rides though). This was the only day it didn't rain on us. At the end of this day, the only credits I still needed were blue side of Gemini and Mantis. Friday the 14th was a great day! The park seemed very full, but the lines weren't bad at all. The line for MF was less than 30 minutes all day (great ride in the dark, back row by the way). So I rode all the flats (Skyhawk, Chaos, maXair, Power Tower, etc.) and we got on Mantis and blue Gemini (while it was racing! I heard Mantis was really bad, so like on MS I was expecting the worst, and got a decent ride. Not one I'd run to get back in line for, but it was okay. Gemini was my first racer that actually raced, and it was a lot of fun! Gemini has some sick airtime. So did I mention all the rides...let me check the map! Doh! Cedar Creek Mine Ride - well I rode it in the pouring rain so my eyes were closed the whole time, and when I got off I was as wet as if I jumped in a pool. But I guess it was fun, a new experience haha. Woodstock Express was awesome! We bought our pic on it. Disaster Transport was cool1 Sort of like a water slide without the water. I'm not judging it on the theming which sucked, but it was a good ride, too short though. And Wicked Twister! You definately need to ride towards the back! This ride is a lot of fun! So yesterday morning we headed into the park for one last ride on MF, and then we left (the park was packed!) We drove around cleveland...yeah...got some lunch, and killed time before our flight. Finally got home lastnight around 9:30. Cedar Point is my favorite amusement park that I've been to, and Millennium Force is my favorite coaster! It will be hard to make one better than MF. Intamin is my new favorite coaster dcompany (used to be B&M). My dad said that Intamin should make their own park, with all Intamin coasters . So I'll say how many times I rode each coaster . Millennium Force - 12 Top Thrill Dragster - 12 Magnum XL-200 - 3 Mean Streak - 2 Corkscrew - 2 Raptor - 2 Mantis - 1 Disaster Transport - 1 Wicked Twister - 2 Blue Streak - 1 Gemini - 2 (once on each side) Iron Dragon - 3 Woodstock Express - 1 Cedar Creek Mine Ride - 1 Wildcat - 1 Thanks to you if you actually read all of that! New Intamin goodness! Can't wait to see what this'll be! Millennium Force can have my babies! I stayed all night! We always timed it good when it came to getting in line for TTD. But man, they sure have slow operations on TTD! These ponchos were well worth $5! The huge thunder & rain storm Friday afternoon. The animal lover instincts in me told me to feed the fishies, so I did. Oh yeah, did I mention this ride has great airtime in every seat? You know it's a great coaster when nearly everyone has their arms up. *Ready to go!* TTD is fun to video. The first turn is very forceful. Millennium Force really does have the best first drop of any coaster I've been on. Mantis and Power Tower. I love Intamin! This ride was fun too. Chaos is fun, but too short. I don't like ferris wheels, but they look cool. I really like this sign, and we got a great pic of it! Vekoma at it's best. See? I really do like SLCs! Raging Wolf Bobs Raging Wolf Bobs I think they like the color yellow. Heavy metal. Smoothest part of the ride... Obviously before we rode it. X-Flight. Sorry it's dark. Better than TTD through the trees...it's TTD through the spider webs! It's so cool sititng there waiting to launch. Yup. Pretty wet! I was riding it when it was raining that hard! Starting to get wet, but at least we're at our favorite coaster! This ride flies by the queue! Waiting for first ride of the trip...Millennium Force! arriving at Cedar Point! Waiting at SFO.

^But it never broke for longer than 10 minutes when I was there. I guess I was lucky to get 5 rides in an hour of ERT for season pass holders.

I just got back from the park today for my trip there and all the rides were open every day, and running all available trains. It started raining, but they kept the coasters open (except Top Thrill Dragster of course)...but they all closed once the thunder and lightning started. They waited around 10 or 15 minutes after the lightning stopped before they opened the coasters again, and waited for TTD to be dry (saw a couple of rollbacks when it was all wet). The park seemed pretty crowded, but never waited longer than 40 minutes for TTD and 30 for Millennium Force, most other coasters were walk-ons.

Millennium Force!

I bought it at Target.

Umm, why? ...Ew...

I fell on a hurdle at track practice this past season. I scraped my knees, shoulder, hip, hand, elbow, etc. and was bleeding badly lol. It took so long for my knees to heal too since I had to keep running to condition.

Add me.

I got to go with Splash Mountain at Disneyland.

^ And do you realize that nature intends for bears to eat fish(..or rabbits)? I'm not telling you what to eat, do whatever you want, but people don't need to eat meat. You can get the proteins other ways. I think I'm done with this thread.

^If you did vomit, it wouldn't be cleaned out in some slaughter factories.

Like I said before...horny little freshmen.

Wee you rode Gold Rusher in the dark! That, Revolution, and Ninja are very fun in the dark and front seat.

Wow, talk about horny little freshmen! I miss SFMM, I really like that park. Mark is crazy. No pics from Log Jammer?

^And just because they're raised to be slaughtered, doesn't make them any less of an animal.

Wouldn't Fright Fest attract more people? It probably would at least at night...

But isn't the point that that way of slaughter is still happening? You can go and eat whatever meat you want, it's your life. And the skinning...just watch the videos. They hang the cows on hooks and rip the skin off, while they are still alive.

I think I said a couple times in this topic that I don't want to start a fight and get people offended. But yes, PETA will show the worst cases of slaughter so people know that it is going on that way in some areas. And how many different ways are there to slaughter animals? They slit their throats, then skin them still alive.

^You really should watch some of the vids on peta2. Or read Fast Food Nation.

Can you please change mine to "my heart is in Ohio" ? Thank you very much.

I totally agree. It was really weird I thought...and gross!

Ever? I've never been on it, and people keep saying how bad it is, but if they take it out that would be sad.

I just got back from Pirates of the Caribbean. It got confusing and hard to follow at some places (well, for me). I really liked this movie. Johnny Depp was really good. The movie was all sold out too, full theater.

^ Yeah I don't think most people know what the actual process is.

^Never heard of it. I'm listening to Twisted Transistor by Korn.