Going to try to go to Cedar Point before Hybridfest

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TheForce @ Jul 8 2007, 04:08 PM) [snapback]475151[/snapback]</div>

Well if noone else will take you up on the offer I should be able to make it up there for a few hours... Im going up there with my parents saturday but I live less than an hour away (20 minutes from my parents summer home in Catawba) so sure... and I drive a barcelona red prius so you know I have good taste in cars

I wonder how many people on Prius Chat have no idea what Cedar Point even is...? (sadly probally greater than 50%...)

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bgdrewsif @ Jul 8 2007, 01:40 PM) [snapback]475161[/snapback]</div>

I grew up near Lansing, MI, and we went down to Cedar Point nearly every summer... back in the day when the Gemini was the biggest twin coaster, than later on through all the rides up through the Magnum. I haven't been back since but would love to go! Cedar Point is the best amusement park there is, IMHO -- that's what it means!

By the way, their main site has videos from the roller coaster point of view, if you ever wanna relive a ride on the Corkscrew. =)

 

Well to tell you the truth, as long as the rain comes and goes quickly, rain showers can be a blessing at cedar point... The summer camp I work for took 2 groups of middle school gifted students up to cedar point on 4 trips over 2 weeks this summer for a physics program.. it rained on both days of the first week for about 30-45 minutes and cleared 1/2 of the people out of the park for the rest of the day... the lines were MUCH shorter.... and if you havent been there since 98 or 99 then you have really been mising out! The park looks a LOT different today... there have been a lot of additions with Millenium Force (continually ranked as the #1 or #2 coaster in the world), Wicked Twister, Top Thrill Dragster (which is good if the line is less than 45 minutes), although any wait is OK for your first ride which you will never forget... and the new ride Maverick (which according to most who have ridden it may be the best ride in the park now [an opinion which I have to agree with]), oh and MaXair and Skyhawk which are both fun rides too... (although Skyhawk is better IMHO)

 

My wife and I drove to Cedar Point from MN in 2000.
Milennium Force rocks! (except for the hour long wait to ride it).
Is it still an hour or longer wait to get on that thing?

 

Cedar Point rocks... I grew up in Ohio, went to school in Cleveland, and it was only an hour(ish) drive out there whenever we could score some free tickets

It's a bit far of a drive for me now, though, seeing as i'm in MN and getting back to Ohio is 10 hours or more...

 

hey eagle,
small world...I grew up in Cleveland, undergrad in Wooster, and now live in Eden Prairie, MN. I haven't been to Cedar Point in at least 30 years, but loved it even back then before all the super-coasters.
(it's also a good stock to own, stable with a great dividend (ticker: FUN).)
rpm

 

Well isn't this a nice little Minni-soda thread!
(About going to Ohio for a REAL amusement park!)

 

also grew up in cleveland. went to ignatius. went to miami university. then chicago. now l.a.

cedar point is awesome. haven't been in a long time. even though many of the coasters are taller and faster, gemini is still a FUN ride. always remember that part where you think you're gonna hit your hands on the overhead beam. and that sound of the chains cranking you up the first hill - the anticipation of the thrill that you are about to have. awesome!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PriusMatt @ Jul 11 2007, 05:03 AM) [snapback]476683[/snapback]</div>

Ahh yes... Gemini's "headchopper".... Gemini is a great ride... when both trains are running... sometimes is the line is really short they just run one train and that takes half the fun out of it...

On a sad note, I misread the original post and just saw the "wednesday" and not the date following it... so I thought we were talking about today... Next wednesday I will be working as a camp counselor again so no cedar point for me after this weekend with my parents for quite a while (if at all again this season)... Sorry

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PriusMatt @ Jul 11 2007, 04:03 AM) [snapback]476683[/snapback]</div>

Don't forget hi-five'ing people on the other train as you go around the corners!

 

born and raised in dayton.
we actually went to cedar point recently for my housemate's bachelor party and it rained for about 30minutes. after that, the park cleared out. we could literally walk onto any ride. we did everything about 3times. it was glorious.