Photo TR: Cedar Point 6/26-6/28 (image-heavy)

[Astat]

Sorry about how image-heavy this is, but I tried using TPR's image uploader and realized I could only fit about 7 or 8 pictures in one post. I didn't want to make 7 posts for one TR, and I didn't want to make the photos much smaller than they already were, so I just threw them all on my Photobucket. They're all still under 800x600 and 150 kb though.

 

This is my first TR, so go easy on me.

 

My family and I spent 3 days at Cedar Point a couple weeks ago, 2 days in the park and a day of fishing/relaxing at the cottage in Lighthouse Point.

 

Day one:

 

I let 12 year-olds drive me to amusement parks...is that bad?

 

After deciding letting Alex drive wasn't the best idea, my mom got behind the wheel. West is the right direction...I think!

 

Portable DVD players have kept me sane on many a family road trip.

 

Wilbur agrees with me, my family is crazy. Mainly because they like bacon. (I do too, but he doesn't know, shh.)

 

Ooooh, somebody got pwnt. I LAUGH IN YO FACE.

 

With the 4th of July coming up, we had to stop and find some good quality sh*t to blow up. "Oh we'll take it out of the state, promise!"

 

Kalahari...nope, not even close.

 

Great Wolf/Bear/Ostrich Lodge...still not it.

 

Random family entertainment center...nope!

 

THAT'S more like it!

 

Hi Elissa.

 

Since check-in wasn't for like another 2 hours, we stopped at Battery Park to fish for a little while...didn't catch a damn thing.

 

Here's a slightly different angle compared to the stereotypical causeway shot of the skyline! I totally don't even remember Alex's head being in the shot when I took this picture either.

 

...Yeah, I'm a hypocrite, aren't I? =x

 

If I were like a foot shorter, this would've been a totally awesome shot.

 

Check-in! A.K.A. let mom handle the paperwork while the rest of us listen to Bohemian Rhapsody and imitate Wayne's World in the car!

 

We got the VERY LAST cottage...

 

...and I got dibs on the bottom bunk.

 

How many phallic objects can you spot in this picture?

 

OMG PROJECT 2008 ROFLOL.

 

Seriously though, there were quite a lot of markers around the back part of Sandcastle Suites, way more than I took pictures of (I counted around 25 of various colors). I don't think they've expanded on that hotel since it opened, hmm...

 

Hey look! It's the beach that nobody uses because CP only staffs 3 lifeguards and crams them into one area so if you want to swim you wind up packed in like a can of sardines!

 

Random Magnum picture...that turnaround looks weird from this angle.

 

...Did I actually just manage to take a good picture? I think I did!

 

This would've been a big airtime shot a few years ago.

 

Y HELO THAR!

 

These geese are Canadian eh? Moments after this picture was taken, Alex managed to herd them all under a tree. Seriously.

 

We weren't going into the park until the next day, so it was time for some fishing off the pier...

My dad pwned us all, as usual. He also wears his sunglasses at night.

 

This was my attempt at an artistic "Maverick lights reflecting off the water" shot. Didn't turn out so well.

 

Day 2 and 3 pics coming soon!

[yankees15]

Great photos so far! I'm excited to see the rest. I was cracking up when I saw the picture of your dad wearing sunglasses at night. lol

[Astat]

Day 2:

 

You can't really see them, but there's a bunch of baby ducks sitting on that rock.

 

Hi, I'm Gemini! I used to be a racing coaster but now I hardly ever race because my lines aren't long enough to warrant running both tracks!

 

Actually, my ride on Gemini was the best I've ever had, because the trim before the final helix was ACTUALLY TURNED OFF! I was pleasantly surprised.

 

The whole family following the rush to Maverick...we're in no hurry because with the resorts getting in early, the wait was only 15 minutes!

 

Yay new credit!

 

Abby's bummed because the (needlessly) increased height restriction from 48" to 52" means she can't ride.

 

It was still a pretty good ride though, other than the LAME s-curve. I can see why the heartline roll was too intense in that spot (the trim after the launch barely does anything), but they could have spent some more time on it and put in a better element than an s-curve that was still safe. But in typical Cedar Fair fashion, they went with the quick and easy fix. The theming is also a complete joke compared to how it looked in the animation. Hopefully they add more to it over time, but I really doubt that'll happen. The fact that you can't pick your seat is also ridiculous. That's me and Alex in the 2nd to last row.

 

Hi Joe! I'm the coaster with the ugliest color combination ever!

 

Obligatory picture of the McDonald's-themed monorail.

 

I don't think Disaster Transport even opened the whole time we were there! Weird.

 

Raptor, which was supposed to be an ERT ride for resort guests, didn't open until like noon, for no apparent reason. Nobody was even working on it, I think this person was the only crew member even at the ride for the first half of the day!

 

Raptor being closed early in the day meant a half-hour wait for Blue Streak. It was great though, completely against the normal trend with CF woodies, this one has actually gotten better over the past couple years.

 

Ok, so, shortly after riding Blue Streak, I was standing outside the restrooms waiting for Abby, when a seagull flew over and CRAPPED ALL OVER MY SHIRT! It was the most disgusting feeling EVER. I had to walk all the way back to the cottage to get another shirt. But on the way back there, I snapped this next photo:

What's this? A big blue tarp covering something under Magnum's turnaround?! HMM. My first thought was that it was the 3rd Magnum train that had been damaged in the collision earlier in the year (it wasn't on the transfer), but it doesn't look like that's what it is.

 

Most Gs on any ride in the park right here! We crammed 4 people, including 2 full-grown adults, into one of these things. The end result was glorious. The ride op was impressed.

 

Hi, I'm Top Thrill Dragster, I'm really tall and I go really fast but I'm also not usually worth waiting in line for because I last for 16 seconds!

 

But on this particular day, TTD, for some reason that can only be attributed to divine intervention, had a TEN MINUTE WAIT AT 3 IN THE AFTERNOON.

Weeee!

 

My reaction to the uber-short Dragster line: "WTF?!"

 

Maverick THROUGH THE TR-*gets struck by lightning*

 

...That doesn't look too good.

 

It rained really hard for pretty much the rest of the day, so we killed a bunch of time in the arcade before heading back to the cottage.

One more shot of TTD.

 

 

 

 

Day 3:

 

Sky looks a bit better today!

 

I only took this picture in hope that the camera flash combined with the hot air would be enough to light this POS on fire. It didn't work. =(

 

I was just a split second too late on this one.

 

I have no idea why, but this is the only photo of MF I took the entire trip!

 

I would've taken more pictures on Day 3, but the camera batteries were low. So I'll leave you with a picture of my sister Abby hanging out with her best friends in the whole world:

[mikomeko]

Great photos and great report so far! The only thing is with all these CP trips I read, everyone always complains too much! It looks like you had fun there though, and it's making me want to go there even more now.

[bulldogmom]

Great TR and pics! Love the captions, especially the phallic objects one. And the one of your sister w/the animals is really cute. So is Wilbur!

[Astat]

Great photos and great report so far! The only thing is with all these CP trips I read, everyone always complains too much! It looks like you had fun there though, and it's making me want to go there even more now.

 

I did have a lot of fun, I've never had a "bad" trip to CP really. I think a lot of the complaining comes from people who have been going to the park for a long time (I've been going at least once a year for 14 years), the park has really lost a lot of the family-friendly atmosphere it once had. Plus, the more time you spend somewhere, the more you find to complain about, haha.

 

I tend to complain more than the average person though, about a lot of things, not just amusement parks. I've kind of grown up learning to look at everything objectively, and it's pretty much made me an eternal critic.

[youthink?]

10 minute wait for TTD IN THE AFTERNOON? Better be like that when I go! Great and funny TR!

[Astat]

10 minute wait for TTD IN THE AFTERNOON? Better be like that when I go! Great and funny TR!

 

Maverick was hitting 2+ hour waits at peak hours, and the next longest line I saw was MF at about 45 minutes, so I'm assuming that Maverick is where everyone's going, just because it's new. I literally got in line for TTD and walked halfway up the ramp heading up to the station before having to stop and actually wait, it was that empty. And that 10 minute wait was for the front car (of course, being a single rider helps). The guy I rode next to was on his 9th ride of the day and he said the lines had been like that all day long.

 

The guy at the head of the line even inserted it into his spiel about loose articles: "I'm sorry to report that Top Thrill Dragster has a 10, yes, TEN minute wait right now. However, if you wish to ride, all loose articles must be secured in a cargo pocket, left in a locker, or with a non-rider."

[Groteslurf]

Great TR and pics. Found it very interesting to read.

[Homer]

Whoa, 10 minute wait!?

 

Awesome TR and makes me hope my two days at Cedar Point are that low on wait times!

[coastercrazed49]

Wow ten minutes for Dragster, I guess miracles do come true.

 

BTW Nice Trip Report!

[XII]

Hope TTD has that short of a line when I go.

Good Photo TR BTW.