CoasterExpert13 Posted July 25, 2010 Posted July 25, 2010 So, it seems like each visit to Cedar Point is more fun than the last and this time was no exception! My last visit to CP was May 14 & 15, 2008 so I was extremely happy to have gotten a chance to go at least once this summer! You got to love that park, so much to do & see that it's ridiculous!! So, I went with my mom, one of my sisters and a few of my mom's friends. We got to the park at 10:11am and it was hot as a mother-fire-trucker! No breeze, no shade, all heat...I was hoping it would rain a little but it never did! The Good: While the park was as packed as it could be on a smoldering hot July Saturday, surprisingly the wait times for majority of the rides were fairly decent. The following below is the exact wait time (down to the second, because I have a stop watch on my phone and was bored in lines lol) that we've waited for each ride: Max air: (1st ride) 38 mins, 10 sec, (2nd ride) 26 mins, 32 sec, (3rd ride) 21 mins, 15 sec Raptor: Hour, 2 mins, 15 sec Mantis: 44 mins, 26 sec Millennium Force: (1st ride) 38 mins, 18 sec, (2nd ride) 41 mins, 30 sec (The ride op's were keeping the line moving!) Blue Streak: Walk On Iron Dragon: 2 mins, 6 sec (before it's technical difficulties) Corkscrew: Walk On Mean Streak: 31 mins, 12 sec Magnum XL-200: 24 min, 31 sec Gemini: 18 mins, 3 sec Power Tower: 15 mins, 9 sec Calypso: Walk On Cedar Downs Racing Derby: Walk On (and pretty enjoyable might I add!) Witche's Wheel: Walk On Ocean Motion: 9 mins, 22 sec Monster: 12 mins, 20 sec Missed Rides: Maverick: had a wait time of nearly 2 hours....people was lined up way before the entrance to the ride comes into view. Top Thrill Dragster: had a wait of exactly 2+ hours, people in line were sitting on the ground, some in folding chairs...waiting. Wicked Twisters: line was decent but we kept passing it up to ride Max Air. Disaster Transport:...couldn't find the entrance lol Sky Hawk: had a fairly decent line but someone threw up on one of the seats apparently a few minutes before we got there...reeked so bad even after it was cleaned up that we just got out of line. Snake River Falls: I can never find the entrance to this thing lol Park staff was friendly as always and the park itself (except bathrooms) was nice and clean. They had rotating fans with 2 tubes attached to the front blowing a nice water mist on people in line for coasters. The Bad: While having my hands up on Raptor, on helix at end, felt like my arm was being pulled out of the socket....left shoulder very sore and the ending was a bit on the rough side. Blue streak, Mean Streak & Corkscrew all hurt (mostly blue streak) and felt rough throughout the duration of the ride...left each one of those with a headache. My favorite coaster Mantis seemed a bit more rough than when I last rode it in 2008, I've never had a uncomfortable ride on it until now because it left me with a small cut to the "bean bag"...if you know what I mean...too much information? lol, sorry! Not so much as bad, but more annoying... people wear anything now-a-days... Some girl wore fleece pajama's Countless "heavy set" ladies with 2 piece bikini's Countless shirtless guys with major moobies (man boobs) Girl with bikini who apparently had a c-section, had a extremely flabby/wrinkly stomach and had the navel pierced Some one diarrhea in the stand up urinal...yup. Food prices...ugh, I found myself comparing CP food prices with Kennywood prices the whole day...$5 for a cookie ice-cream sandwich All in all, a blast! On to pics, Just took some a few as I was too busy riding...FYI, I used my T-Mobile Tap phone to take all the pictures http://www.tmonews.com/2009/11/t-mobile-tap-gallery/ Random shot when entering the park Shot of Raptor's Lift Train full of happy riders leaving the station Train ready for descent! Loop goodness!! Close-up of train navigating the Heartline Roll Same shot, a bit further back Train just after leaving the Mid-course brakes Wingover in progress The helix that was trying to take my left arm out of it's socket...tisk tisk Raptor! Awesome action shot of Max Air Max Air a bit closer... Love this pic! Show's the profile of the ride and feel for how high you really are! Favorite picture out of all the pictures I took, might use this as desktop wallpaper The giant that tis' Power Tower and the enjoyable Iron Dragon! Power Tower Corkscrew's Corkscrew over the midway The double screw's look cool! Approaching Mantis, getting a bit rough, but still love it! Quirky angle of Mantis Lift & Drop Loopy loop! Cool pic of funky Mantis tunraround...Man, I love this ride's color scheme!! Mantis Dive loop... Weird shot of Mantis & MF TTD through the trees & Witch's Wheel in action below it I swear I get this shot everytime I visit lol MF's second & third drops! MF blazing over second drop Maverick Random Twisted Maverick Track....the end!
CPmaverick Posted July 25, 2010 Posted July 25, 2010 Not so much as bad, but more annoying... people wear anything now-a-days...Some girl wore fleece pajama's Countless "heavy set" ladies with 2 piece bikini's Countless shirtless guys with major moobies (man boobs) Girl with bikini who apparently had a c-section, had a extremely flabby/wrinkly stomach and had the navel pierced Some one diarrhea in the stand up urinal...yup. Thanks for the mental images I'm glad you didn't have many crazy wait times (sorry you had to wait 30 minutes for Mean Streak). As for Mantis, the trim on the frist drop has been off since it valleyed at the beginning of the season. It has been hauling like there's no tomorrow when its hot out, making the ride quite painful sometimes.
CoasterExpert13 Posted July 26, 2010 Author Posted July 26, 2010 Not so much as bad, but more annoying... people wear anything now-a-days...Some girl wore fleece pajama's Countless "heavy set" ladies with 2 piece bikini's Countless shirtless guys with major moobies (man boobs) Girl with bikini who apparently had a c-section, had a extremely flabby/wrinkly stomach and had the navel pierced Some one diarrhea in the stand up urinal...yup. Thanks for the mental images I'm glad you didn't have many crazy wait times (sorry you had to wait 30 minutes for Mean Streak). As for Mantis, the trim on the frist drop has been off since it valleyed at the beginning of the season. It has been hauling like there's no tomorrow when its hot out, making the ride quite painful sometimes. I like to be descriptive! Lol....Well if what you said about Mantis is true, it would make sense...it was way more rough than usual and it did seem so much faster...I wish they could get that thing as smooth as it use to be but meh....it's 14-15 years old now.
Recommended Posts