IrishBuckeye Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Greetings All! This is my second TR on TPR, as I posted one last year. I had a wonderful time at Cedar Point on Opening Day, May 16th. We didn't get an extremely massive amount of rides in, but got in a little bit of everything. Myself, along with my GF (Nicole), were excited to open up the season, as well as celebrate Maggie's 20th Birthday. Arrived at about 8:30am, got a GREAT parking spot, a 2 minute walk to the front gate. Soaked in the new signage at the gates, and then proceeded to the pass center to get our season passes processed. We thought we may have to wait until 9 to get our passes processed, but they were already opened when we got there. We waited in line about 5 minutes, and then the whole procedure was done in about 2 minutes. While waiting in line, the busses carrying the Ohio State University Athletic Band pulled in. After they unloaded, we got to hear them warm up a bit. On our way to the entrance line for Pass-holders, and a few mascots from the Peanuts Gang were hanging around. Got some good pics (see below). As soon as 9AM hit and we were past the gates, headed to MF. (Didn't run there, just walked and soaked it all in). Noticed the new brick pavers near the main gate, as well as the new fun fountain on the Midway. We rode MF after about a 15 minute wait. As we were entering the Queue, got spotted by our friend Beth. She's too chicken to ride it, lol. Upon Exiting MF, I reached into my pockets, to find my glasses completely busted, snapped right in the middle. It was my fault as I should have had them in a case, but I had gotten away with simply having them in my pocked before. After Mf, headed towards Maverick where we were on after about 20 mins. Maverick is still a definite winner, but I have to hold on to the restraints while riding, otherwise my neck gets beat up all to hell. Next was gemini, which was far too long of a wait due to only running one train. Which in the station, you could hear the tOSU spring band playing, and you could tell who the OSU alumni members in the station were. After this, headed towards Maggie, to celebrate the 20th anniversary. The wait was roughly 20 minutes. Awesome run, just as always. Sitting behind us were some teenage boys, who obviously had never ridden Magnum before. They were thinking the ride wouldn't be much, since they had already ridden MF, thinking Magnum was just a smaller MF. They were definitely proved wrong. At the end of the ride, those boys were laughing their heads off, with one of them shouting "I was flying out of my chair over every hill!". By this time, the park had been opened up to the general public, and a long line was already forming for Maggie's party festivities, which included free cake and ice cream, and a chance to sign an anniversary banner. We decided to skip it, thinking riding it was celebration enough. Also, I had gotten the chance to sign Gemini's 30th banner last year. Then it was to the gameday grille, where we often eat because of reasonable prices. After that, Met up with our friends Beth and Becky, where we got in line for blue streak. The wait for blue streak was insane all day, 45 minutes. Around this time, the rain started slowly coming down. After BS, Nicole and I went towards Iron dragon, to watch the OSU athletic Band Perform. After a good performance, we headed back to frontier town, where we decided to buy new shirts. Nicole got one featuring some of the Parks coasters, and I got one featuring the Maverick Logo. It started to really come down at this point, so we headed back to the front, to the car, to wait out the rain. The rain quit about 4:30, and the weather was beautiful the rest of the day. Headed back into the park where we rolled Power Tower down, and Magnum a second time. Nicole said she doesn't like drop rides, but I convinced her to get on Power Tower anyway. She liked it. Got in line for Top thrill Dragster, where it was rollback after rollback after rollback. You would have been waiting hours to get on, considering that they were loading only 2 or 3 rows of the car, along with the fact that half the launches were still rollbacks. Left the line and got some munchies. CP Fries, and then some awesome custard. We were going to ride Blue Streak again, but the line was still too long. Left at about 7. Next time, we will stay long enough to see the new lights thing at Frontier Town. Good trip, would have been PERFECT if I didn't break my glasses. I didn't expect to get in a TON of rides on opening day, but we rolled pretty much what we wanted to. Ride Counts: Magnum - 2 And one each for: Millennium Force Maverick Gemini Power Tower Down Blue Streak Now for the pictures: (In reverse chronological order, I apologize). A view of the skyline from the causeway. OSU Athletic Band warming up. OSU athletic Band warming up. New main entrance sign. Me in front of the new main gate sign, for Maggie's 20th. (I look weird in this pic cuz the sun was making me blind). New signage in the Parking lot. The Peanuts Gang hanging around the main gate. America's Favorite Beagle was kind enough to pose. Lucy with Nicole Millennium Force 1, Glasses 0. New LCD Screen on the main gate, plays ads and ride videos, etc. Millennium Force Train, racing by. Gemini Lurks in the distance Also Lurking, TTD Magnum's New Sign. TTD. what else? New Fountain on the midway. Nicole and Beth Me and Beth Becky and Beth Myself and Nicole OSU Athletic Band Performance OSU Athletic Band Performance OSU Athletic Band Performance Power Tower Top CP Steamer Cool shot of Maverick track from wet FrontierTown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolcalicoaster Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Thanks for the pictures GO BUCKEYES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedten Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Great Report! With all the hubbub about magnum's first official sign I missed the memo that CP would feature it at the entrance along with a video board. I can't wait to visit this year and experience maverick for the first time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishBuckeye Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 Great Report!With all the hubbub about magnum's first official sign I missed the memo that CP would feature it at the entrance along with a video board. I can't wait to visit this year and experience maverick for the first time! Yes, I LOVE Maggie's new entrance sign. You'll like Maverick. It's a different breed of CP Coaster. Whereas many additions to CP is recent years focused on raising the bar with some sort of record, Maverick's role is simply as a fun, fast ride, with lots of excitement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 My advice to you is to switch teams, the Browns will get you no where.... Great TR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishBuckeye Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 My advice to you is to switch teams, the Browns will get you no where.... Great TR. lol.... ty. I understand you comment on the Browns. completely. *sigh*. I'm giving the new regime (Mangini and Kohkinis SP?) a chance. Back on topic, glad you liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolcalicoaster Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 ^All that matters is you are a Buckeye fan! Looks like you two had a great time! Thanks for the report and photos:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPCrazy Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Last time I was there, the Berenstein Bears were still around. Peanuts was added one year later in 1999. Hopefully I'll get to see some of those Peanuts characters when I go back up in August! Great T/R! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkman25 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Is the new boardwalk thing open? With all the millions of lights? Is this even a true project? (I read it on some MSN article about new rides this summer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishBuckeye Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 TPM25, Yes, its called the "starlight experience" and its in the frontier town section of the park. Photos here: http://pointpics.com/categories.php?cat_id=528 Discussion here: http://www.cpforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=11193 This might have even been discussed already here at TPR. Didn't check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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