Trip Report: Cedar Point on September 17, 2010

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Andrew

On Halloweekends Opening Night I got there just in time to see the Overlord send out the Screamsters.

It’s basically the same performance, but I’m wondering if someone else is in the Overlord custom this year as his hand motions are not the same.

Anyway, next I went to Dr. D. Mented’s Asylum for the Criminally Insane. Being new this year I figured that it would have a long line, which it kind of did and I ended up waiting a half-hour.

Next I walked over to CarnEVIL and Terror Island and all I can say is that the Terror Island Screamsters love being on videos. They kept coming up to me and made sure that they were in my video. After getting scared, not really, it was time for a real terror Magnum XL-200 and Top Thrill Dragster, both with short lines.

Then seeing that G.A. Bockling’s Eerie Estate had a short line, I decided to wait it out and go through. After that, I headed over to the Blue Streak and The Magical House on Boo Hill. I really don’t see how that can be so enjoyable for little kids. In my opinion, at least add some friendly Halloween characters throughout the house. Next was Raptor and then through Fear Faire. I then rode front row on Iron Dragon, I was very close to riding in my own train, but a few more people came before it left.

Then it was onto the Fright Zone and CornStalkers.

I quickly headed back to the Wave Swinger to ride in the fog, which isn’t as much fun as it looks.

To finish the night, I went with the last group, no wait, through Dr. D’s Asylum.

Ride Count:

Dr. D. Mented’s Asylum for the Criminally Insane x2
CarnEVIL x1
Terror Island x1
Magnum XL-200 x1
Top Thrill Dragster x1
G.A. Bockling’s Eerie Estate x1
Blue Streak x1
The Magical House on Boo Hill x1
Raptor x1
Fear Faire x1
Iron Dragon x1
The Fright Zone x1
CornStakers x1
Wave Swinger x1

Trip Report: Cedar Point on August 21, 2010

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Andrew

Trip #10 was going to be a short trip because rain was forecasted, which happened after I left. The main reason for going was to celebrate Millennium Force’s 10^th Anniversary.

Before the celebration began I got to ride Raptor, Millennium Force, and Iron Dragon. The ceremony began and Dick Kinzel (Cedar Fair CEO), John Hildebrandt (General Manager), and Bryan Edwards all talked during the ceremony.

Also Tony Clark was there taking a movie for Cedar Point’s YouTube.

They gave out free cookies during the ceremony like with Snoopy’s Birthday.

After it was all over, I asked to take a picture with Dick Kinzel and of course he said yes. Then I headed to the back of the park to ride the Antique Cars. After exiting the ride, I got a tweet about the next 5 people to show it at Millennium Force’s entrance wins a prize. So I ran all the way from the back of the park to the entrance of Millennium and Tony was there and he gave me a bag filled with Millennium Force things after seeing the tweet. If you’re wondering, inside was a Millennium Force picture frame, keychain, 2 postcards, and a snow globe. Thanks Cedar Point and Tony, I hope they do a twitter contest again!

That was it for the day because it started to look like rain.

Ride Count:

Raptor x1
Millennium Force x1
Iron Dragon x1
Antique Cars x1

Trip Report: Cedar Point on July 30, 2010

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Andrew

This trip, #8 if you’re counting, started off as a get-there-early-to-ride Shoot the Rapids trip. Well being Cedar Point’s newest and most unreliable ride, it was closed for the morning and most of the day. So with my dad and sister off riding Maverick, I was stuck for a short period of time with nothing to ride. Of course that didn’t bother me as I took pictures of Shoot the Rapids, the Frontier Trail, and I also got to see the filling up of Thunder Canyon.

This happens every morning and if you want to know more, Tony and Tyler wrote a blog entry on it.

After that I met up with my dad and sister and we took the train over to the Main Midway where we found Millennium Force with a very full queue line and moved on. We took the train fully around again and then got off and took the Skyride to the other end of the midway and then rode Chaos and Ocean Motion.

I also took pictures of the many construction markings in the area.

I then exited to the Beach and walked the boardwalk to the Hotel Breakers and took my very first peek inside. It’s very cool in there and if it wasn’t so expensive I might look into staying the night.

It was then time for lunch at the car. After lunch I headed to Paddlewheel Excursions for a ride and to take my yearly video of the ride. After that I headed over to Frontier Town to see Grand Ole Country which is an OK show, but nothing special once you have seen Tropical Heat, Island Beat. The audience just seems more into Tropical-Beat then just sitting there at Grand-Country.

There is about a half-hour delay in between shows, so I took this time to stroll through the Town Hall Museum and check on how Shoot the Rapids was doing, still down if you’re wondering.

After Tropical Heat, Island Beat, I headed to the car for a quick snack and then took the longer way around the point by going to Frontier Town to catch the train so I could check on Shoot the Rapids. I was finally open and I met up with my dad and sister and headed over to get in about two rides before it broke down AGAIN! After that I was done with rides for the day because my parents went all crazy about the Snoopy Scavenger hunt and we all ended up going back and forth between all three kids areas.

My day at the point then ended and on the way home we stopped at Costa Azul for dinner. The food there is OK, but I have defiantly had better at my local Mariachi Coco’s.

Ride Count:

CP & LE Railroad x1
Skyride x1
Chaos x1
Ocean Motion x1
Paddlewheel Excursions x1
Shoot the Rapids x2

Show Count:

Grand Ole Country x1
Tropical Heat, Island Beat x1

Trip Report: Cedar Point on July 22, 2010

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Andrew

Trip #7 was another afternoon show trip and for the Maverick/Shoot the Rapids ride night.

I went to see Grand Ole Country and then took a rough ride on Mean Streak. I then took the train over to Tropical Heat, Island Beat at the Red Garter Saloon where they finally switched the old chairs and replaced them with new ones. After the show it started raining so I hopped back on the train and stayed on for about an hour and a half while it poured.

When it finally slowed down, I made a run for the car by using overhangs and shops to stay dry along the way.

By the time I made it to the gate it had stopped raining and a few rides started testing and running for the few still in the park. I was too wet by that point to stay so I headed home and I heard that there were very few people who ended up going to the Maverick ride night.

Ride Count:

Mean Streak x1
CP & LE Railroad x8

Show Count:

Grand Ole Country x1
Tropical Heat, Island Beat x1

Trip Report: Cedar Point on July 9, 2010

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Andrew

Trip #6 was another short one as I just had my wisdom teeth taken out the Monday before and riding rides that put force on the blood clots didn’t sound like a good idea. I got to the park just in time to see the last showing of Grand Ole Country. I then took the train over to the Garter to see Tropical Heat, Island Beat. I also ran into the cast from Grand Ole Country coming to show their support for their co-workers.

I then walked down the Frontier Trail to find, I bet you can guess, Shoot the Rapids down! Please fix the problems Cedar Point! Anyway, that didn’t matter to me as I couldn’t ride anyway.

I then headed to the car to leave the park, yep, I was there for about three hours just to leave. Haha, not really, I left to go have a quick dinner at Wendy’s before heading back to the point 10 minutes before Hot Summer Lights started. That’s the difference between Six Flags and Cedar Fair, at Cedar Fair you can re-enter all the way up to 9:59pm while at Six Flags you can’t re-enter after 7pm. Really, how is that more fun than the fun and only?

Anyway, after Hot Summer Lights, I went to take tons of pictures of the Starlight Experience after most of the guests cleared out.