Cedar Point TRIP REPORT - 8/20-8/21

[rockbook2000]

I visited Cedar Point for the first time this past Thursday and Friday (8/20-8/21) and thought I’d post a mini review. Me and my friends bought a 2 day pass for $60 since the weather was iffy for Thursday. Actually the forecast was for thunderstorms and rain all day, but we figured we would give it a go.

 

Luckily, it only rained for 20 minutes this day and the rest of the day was perfectly clear. In turn, this meant that practically no one was in the park. Top Thrill was closed pretty much all day unfortunately, but we were able to get on so many other rides during this time. The longest waits were about 30 minutes each for first row on Millennium Force and Maverick. The rest of the rides were literally no more than 10-15 minutes each, most of which were less than 5 minutes or walk-ons (was shocked to walk onto Wicked Twister).

 

Friday had a better forecast, so there were more crowds, but we have already gotten the mass majority of the rides we already wanted done at that point. Top Thrill was open all day so got to ride that a couple of times and finished up some other rides. Crowds were still surpringly sparse, with most lines being 15-30 minutes (Maverick appeared to be most crowded).

 

Overall, spent about 15 total hours at the park over the two days and got everything done I wanted to (including all the roller coasters). Definitely want to go back sometime soon, hopefully with crowds as sparse once again. Notes and ride count below:

 

Random Bullet Point Notes About The Park/Rides (I will compare to SFGAdv sometimes since it’s my home park):

 

-Staff was extremely friendly, had very positive attitudes, and were great about sending trains off as quickly as possible

-Love how they have the unloading stations before the loading stations on some popular rides, really speeds up the process

-Parking was only $10 compared to the $15 ripoff at Six Flags. While it’s still a lot, it doesn’t totally feel like I’m getting my money sucked out of me for a zero cost profit margin for the park

-Food seemed a little bit cheaper than Six Flags, which was nice. Actually spent more on food than usual since I didn’t feel like I was being ripped off.

-OUCH on Mean Streak. Someone would literally have to pay me to ride that again. Weird too, because Blue Streak was quite smooth and is the oldest coaster in the park.

-Blue Towers (shooting you down) are more fun than red towers (shooting you up) on Power Tower

-Wish they still had rides like Demon Drop at other parks. Not sure why Six Flags closed Free Fall.

-For flats, MaxAir and Skyhawk were AWESOME

 

RIDE COUNT:

 

Millenium Force – 3 (once front row, once back row)

Top Thrill Dragster – 2 (once front row, once back row)

Raptop – 2 (once front row)

Magnum XL 200 – 2 (once front row)

Wicked Twister – 2

Power Tower Blue – 2

Power Tower Red – 2

Demon Drop – 2

Maverick – 1

Blue Streak – 1 (front row)

Mean Streak – 1

Mantis – 1

Gemini – 1

Corkscrew – 1

Snake River Falls – 1

MaxAir – 1

Skyhawk – 1

Cedar Creek Mine Ride – 1

Disaster Transport – 1

Iron Dragon – 1

Wildcat – 1

 

TOTAL = 30

[rockbook2000]

Thanks for the report. I would just like to mention that Six Flags WILL give you a cup of ice water if you ask at a stand with fountain drinks...every Six Flags I have been too (including SFGADV) does this.

 

I need to get up to CP one day (+16)

Wow. If this is true, I retract my statement and should edit my post.