For Trip #11, I chose one of the best weeks to go, “Dead Week”.  This is the week where most kids have already gone back to school, but not me!  I started the afternoon off with a walk-on Raptor ride.

Before getting off the ride, the train came into the station, but didn’t make it completely in and we couldn’t get off for about 5 minutes.  Then it was on to ride Disaster Transport and guess what!?!?!  The lighting effects were actually working!  I guess Cedar Point decided that with WindSeeker coming into the area that they would do a bit of repairs on the rides in the area.  Next up was Wicked Twister, Chaos, and Ocean Motion.  In case you haven’t heard, is leaving next year* and is currently for sale to make room for WindSeeker.

Then it was onto the Scrambler and a first for me: Matterhorn.

They were both lots of fun!  Being almost 6PM, it was time to head over to the Garter for Tropical Heat, Island Beat.  Instead of a movie, I took plenty of photos of the show.

There was also a cast change with Sarah Chybrzynski leaving and another girl, who I don’t her name, took her place.  After the show, I took a ride on Millennium Force and Terror Island looked almost ready to open for the season.  I then walked down the Frontier Trail to find Shoot the Rapids, you guessed it, broken down!

Next was Maverick and no matter how empty the park is, this ride always has a line.  I waited only about 30 minutes for my second ride of the season.

Next up was Wave Swinger and this ride is going to seem like a kiddy ride next year after 301ft WindSeeker opens up.  To finish off the night, I rode Gemini and Top Thrill Dragster.

*EDITOR’S NOTE: This trip report was written at the time of the trip and should have been published shortly after, but it wasn’t and because of that, something has changed: Ocean Motion is MOVING to the old Demon Drop site after no one purchased it.

Ride Count:

• Raptor x1
• Disaster Transport x1
• Wicked Twister x1
• Chaos x1
• Ocean Motion x1
• Scrambler x1
• Matterhorn x1
• Millennium Force x1
• Maverick x1
• Wave Swinger x1
• Gemini x1
• Top Thrill Dragster x1

Show Count:

• Tropical Heat, Island Beat x1

This Cedar Point trip was another early one, but instead of hitting the park first, I went to Soak City.

I just going to put this out here now, I’m a color and shade person.  I don’t care who small Geauga Lake’s Wildwater Kingdom it is still my favorite water park because it has shade from trees and manmade structures as well as colored slides.

Also the fact that Cedar Point surrounds it and Magnum cuts through makes you think the entire time you’re waiting in line that you could be over there having fun on walk-on rides.

Anyway, the first thing I went on was Zoom Flume and it wasn’t the best experience of my life because it’s so violent it throws you around, I bonked heads with my sister a few time, which hurt, and it feels like you’re about to go over the side.  I ended up going on it twice and it was OK.

Next up was Eerie Falls and I went on all three, but on the second slide I went on, ended up flipping over at the end.  I wasn’t expecting that at all and water went up my nose and I wasn’t a happy camper. After that I went on Renegade River, which is Soak City’s element filled “lazy river”.

After going on that I have just one thing to say: “Why isn’t the water heated like Wildwater Kingdom?” It was freezing in there, although it might feel good later on in the afternoon, first thing in the morning, it doesn’t.

I then went on all of the other tube slide; I prefer to skip the body slides because unlike modern slides, you empty out into a pool of water which looks like it all goes up your nose.  Again, not fun!  To finish off the morning I went into the Wave Pool and took some action and geek pictures of the Magnum.

Part II of the day started after lunch at the car.  I headed into Cedar Point, still wearing my swimsuit; I bet you can guess why!  Snoopy’s 60^th Birthday celebration was going to be held that day and of course I had to go!

Everyone fan-related to the point was also there because we all thought it was going to be an announcement for “New for 2011″ but we were all disappointed when Snoopy opened his present and it turned out to be cookies.

After the celebration, I headed over to the Main Midway to try out the splash fountain that I’ve been waiting for ever to try.  Well, it’s not as fun as it looks.  If you want to get wet you’re better off going on Shoot the Rapids, which I did after taking the train over to Frontier Town.  I went on it once before it broke down, then I went on Thunder Canyon and Snake River Falls before going back to ride Shoot the Rapids one more time before calling it a day.

Ride Count:

• Zoom Flume x2
• Eerie Falls x3
• Renegade River x1
• Tube Slides x4
• Lazy River x2
• Wave Pool x1
• Shoot the Rapids x2
• Thunder Canyon x1
• Snake River Falls x1