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.

After that, I headed back to the car to call it a night.

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CP & LE Railroad x1

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Trip Report: Cedar Point on June 25, 2010

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Andrew

Trip #4 was short and sweet because I was going mainly for the Platinum Passholder Ride Night on Magnum XL-200 and Top Thrill Dragster.

I first started my trip off with a quick dinner at waaaay better Wendy’s. Then I headed to the park to catch the last show of Tropical Heat, Island Beat. Then I headed down the Frontier Trail to check on Shoot the Rapids, which was still closed, but ended up opening the next day.

It had been almost a month since the ride was planned to open, so everyone who wanted to ride, including me, was hoping that it would open very soon.

Also, they finished stocking the gift shop, plus employee ride night the night before spelled an opening within the coming days. Next, I moved onto the CP & LE Railroad to take me to the front of the park so I could ride Blue Streak and Raptor.

I then hopped onto the Skyride and then made it onto one of the last Iron Dragon trains of the night.

I then headed to see the Starlight Experience. After that I did a little shopping in Frontier Town and then caught the last ride of the night on Paddlewheel Excursions. After that is was time for the ride night to begin.

I got in two laps on the Magnum and then headed over to Top Thrill Dragster to find that it was down and there were still general public riders waiting to ride. So I called it a night and went on a walking loop of the point. I managed to take some pictures of the Starlight Experience before it was shut off for the night.

I then headed to the bathroom. (I normally don’t post that in my trip reports, but this time in plays into the story.) After coming out of the bathroom, I spotted people running back towards the Maverick, so I followed and it turned out that Cedar Point opened Maverick because Top Thrill Dragster was down. So I got one no wait ride in on the Maverick before officially calling it a night.

Ride Count:

CP & LE Railroad x1
Blue Streak x1
Raptor x1
Skyride x1
Iron Dragon x1
Paddlewheel Excursions x1
Magnum XL 200 x2
Maverick x1

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Trip Report: Cedar Point on July 14, 2009

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Andrew

After a quick lunch at Costa Azul, it was on to the park to ride Paddlewheel Excursions to check out the mystery construction site, but first a quick ride on the Skyride.

Then it was onto the Cedar Creek Mine Ride and then, because it was almost time for Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I went to get on the train. Although, I got “sidetracked” into the Live Music in the Palace while I waited for the train to come.

After Signed, Sealed, Delivered it was time for dinner at the car. Then it was onto the Wicked Twister Midway to ride the Space Spiral, Giant Wheel, maXair for my first and last time, and Troika.

After that it was onto part two of the Starlight Experience behind the scenes.

Later, I rode the Antique Cars and then went through the Starlight Experience during the best time, after dark.

After a little shopping, it was time to end the day.

Ride Count:

Skyride – 1
Paddlewheel Excursions – 1
Cedar Creek Mine Ride – 1
CP & LE Railroad – 1
Space Spiral – 1
Giant Wheel – 1
maXair – 1
Troika – 1
Antique Cars – 1

Show Count:

Live Music at the Palace – 0.005
Signed, Sealed, Delivered – 1
Starlight Experience – 1.5

Trip Report: Cedar Point on June 14, 2009

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Andrew

My day started off around 3:30 with a quick ride on the sky ride then I headed back to the back of the park to see Live Music at the Palace, and compared to Molly and Maverick, this show sucked!

This was the first time I saw it so I didn’t think it was that bad, but I went back another day and there was a girl also singing and the guy was singing the same songs that “people requested” the last time I saw the show.

Hopefully this show will not return or it will changed to something better. After that, I headed down the Frontier Trail to see Got Country.

Then after Got Country I went to see my second favorite show last year, and it was great! It moved up to my #1 favorite show for the summer. I heard that a lot of people didn’t like the new ending song, but after seeing it all summer, it grew on me and I loved it!

After Signed, Sealed, Delivered I took a quick dinner break at the car and then I headed over to the Wicked Twister Midway for a trip to Alaska on Disaster Transport and then a relaxing ride on the Space Spiral and the Giant Wheel.

Wicked Twister was down for the night, so I passed that and headed to the Frontier Trail so I could film the setup of the Starlight Experience.

After that I went on a car ride on the Antique Cars and then headed down the Frontier Trail to experience the Starlight Experience after dark.

Cedar Point – Hot Summer Lights 2009 @ Yahoo! Video

Then I headed over to the Wildcat Midway to see Hot Summer Lights.
If that wasn’t a fun enough day I ended it with a photo session in the Starlight Experience by putting it on a fence post and placing it on fireworks setting to get some pretty cool pics.

Well that was my trip.

Ride Count:

Skyride – 1
Disaster Transport – 1
Space Spiral – 1
Giant Wheel – 1
Antique Cars – 1

Show Count:

Live Music at the Palace – 1
Got Country – 1
Signed, Sealed, Delivered – 1
Starlight Experience – 2
Hot Summer Lights – 1

Trip Report: Cedar Point on May 29, 2009

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Andrew

I arrived at the park around 6pm to enjoy a Friday night of late fun. As soon as I got there, it started raining!

After a short downpour, it stopped and the rides reopened. My first stop was Got Country. After the show I headed back to Frontier Town and rode the Cedar Creek Mine Ride, Antique Cars, and then Mean Streak.

Then it was onto my first Paddlewheel ride of the season, which was not good, the new captains still have a lot to learn!

Night was falling and it was on to see the Starlight Experience for the first time. I thought it was pretty neat all of the lights and floats!

Just a quick, but fun Friday night trip!

Ride Count:

Antique Cars – 1
Mean Streak – 1
Paddlewheel Excursions – 1
Skyride – 3

Show Count:

Got Country – 1
Starlight Experience – 2

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