Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Cedar Point 2011a

This weekend I had the pleasure to introduce a few people to one of the best things in the world: Cedar Point. This was the earliest in the season I've ever been and was rewarded with some pretty light crowds, especially on Sunday. Monday was a bit busier, and besides some school groups getting in a late year trip in, I can't explain why really. We used Saturday and Tuesday as travel days.

We stayed at the on-site Hotel Breakers, which really is by far the best way to do it. A bit of extra money per night gets you so much convenience, especially traveling with a baby.

Also, we lucked out incredibly with the weather. It was mid-20's for both days in the park and when we got up this morning to leave, it was a pouring thunderstorm. The nice weather also let us take advantage of the water park.

Some stats: 5 rides on Maverick (within the first hour and a half of park opening on Monday); 3 on Millennium Force and Magnum XL-200; 2 on Top Thrill Dragster, Power Tower, Disaster Transport and Iron Dragon; 1 on Raptor, Mean Streak, Blue Streak, Gemini, Sky Hawk and Wicked Twister. Unfortunately, the new Wind Seeker wasn't ready yet.

Now enjoy a photo from the Millennium Force line at dusk.

3 comments:

  1. Maverick is kinda the bomb. If the line weren't over an hour while I was there last year, I would have ridden it again.

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  2. I have this image of you riding roller coasters with a baby strapped to you in one of those carrier thingies.

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  3. The Maverick is great, but one of the longest lines. It was one of the ones that was open early for people staying at the resorts, so I just jammed a bunch of rides in at the beginning of the day while waiting for some of the others in my group to show up.

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