Four hours at Cedar Point
Last Friday, I made the 2.5 hour drive up to the best park in these United States of America, if not the world. The park was packed with teenagers for Senior Skip Day, but that was no problem. I went to the park to hang out with my buddy Tyler and meet up with a few members of Scream Queens Coaster Community.
The biggest highlight was…I GOT A ROLLBACK ON TT2! When we did the first launch, there was this small stutter in speed at the very beginning, but I thought, no big deal. But the launch backwards and especially the 3rd launch felt slower. Sure enough, we didn’t make it to the top and came speeding back down. The woman sitting next to me must have been extremely confused as to why I was so excited the coaster malfunctioned. We settled just past the staging area for about 10 minutes. Then we were brought forward to launch again.
Top Thrill 2 isn’t my number one coaster, but I think about this monster entirely too much. It is ALWAYS the first thing I want to ride.
Siren’s Curse is just as good as I remember. I never want a park to miss out on a coaster and I still don’t think Cedar Point needed another coaster, but I’m so glad we got it. Every coaster should have onboard audio.
Gemini broke down just as we were about to board, so we rode TT2 again.
I did go to Millennium Force to see if I could ride and I was able to buckle the seatbelt just fine. But I was about the limit. I’m glad they are getting the regular seatbelts back.
I am attempting to eat at every restaurant that offers a meal plan option at Cedar Point and Kings Island (because I always eat at the same places). This time, I went to The Grand Pavilion and had essentially fish and chips. I’m glad they improved their portions. Food was tasty, but they ran out of forks.
Can I also say that the Grand Pavilion has a frustrating set up? Like…why do they have doors to the seating area? I literally have food and a drink in my hands. They could at least install auto-open doors.
The park looks great. The operations are…improving. I am probably going to head back up in a few weeks for a solo day at the park. My goal is to run into the Happy Friar and the new park president with her litter grabber.
I’m pumped for this season.