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Our trip review for Saturday, September 25th! We had arrived into DTW Friday night, grabbed the rental car and enjoyed dinner at Cracker Barrel in Monroe, MI (there are no Cracker Barrel's in Nevada so I have to make do when I visit home!). We then drove down to Sandusky. We'd gotten a rate of $43/nite at the Red Roof Inn on Rte 250 (there are 6 or 7 motels in that area, an average of 2 stars for each but it's exactly what you need.. a reasonably comfortable bed and a shower to use before and after the park!) After breakfast with a large group of friends and family on Saturday morning at Bob Evans just north of the hotel, we squeezed into the traffic melee for Cedar Point. Traffic wasn't as bad as I remembered from my last Halloweekends visit several years ago, and we parked near the 28A marker (at roughly 12:15). We then hit the following rides (We might be in our early thirties but it doesn't stop us from being 6 all over again!): *Disaster Transport - Yay, Domo! The wait was roughly 15 minutes. *Wicked Twister - 2nd and 3rd seats from the front - I always forget how that ride packs a bit of a punch! The wait was roughly 15 minutes. ..........Walked over and got some of the souvenir drinks and Garlic Parmesan Fries from Hot Potato............ *Raptor - Front seat is the only way to go.. especially great with an even number of four people, like we had this trip! The wait was roughly 45-50 minutes. *Cedar Downs *Cadillac Cars ..........A trip back to the 'personal storage unit' for a friend that didn't have her jacket on at the time... the wind had begun to kick up. There were a handful of rides that we thought were experiencing downtime, so we'd skip them but later in the day we'd see them running. (ie: Blue Streak, Top Thrill) *Iron Dragon - This ride always cracks me up, especially the second lift hill where the chain practically stops and we joke about having to get out and push. It's a must-ride for sake of memorabilia purposes, as my mother loves the ride and she often calls the ride by its misnomer, the "Iron Maiden". There was a 5-10 minute wait. *Wildcat - Someone earlier mentioned that they don't understand why the wait for this one is often long.. I've wondered the same! For such a small ride it was a 20-25 minute wait. *Millennium Force - Roughly a 45-50 minute wait. I love the anticipation before getting on this one, I even kind of love the fact that I want to die halfway up that lift hill. It's so strange not having anything 'around' you when you really think about it... none of the normal stairs or grated walkways, the car itself is minimal and it's really just chairs bolted onto a frame. My boyfriend is blind as a bat without his glasses and, also is ridiculously afraid of heights. Therefore it was a good choice that we hopped in line at dusk, nearing full darkness when we boarded the train, so he was conscious the entire ride. He now understands my raving about the ride, he loved the speed and the fluidity.. and is now a fan of Intamin, btw. .....We then grabbed chicken fingers and fries from the food stand just back over the railroad tracks (as though heading back toward Iron Dragon)..... *CP & LE Railroad - We had decided to cheat a little being that the railroad dumps you out right next to Maverick! The only sad part was that we missed seeing the LED forest... which I didn't think of until we'd left for the night. *Maverick - Noting that Mean Streak was most definitely NOT in operation, lol. It's roughly 8pm by this point and the sky was clouded over, the wind wasn't as strong as it was during the earlier parts of the day. Ride wait was roughly 45 minutes. *Cedar Creek Mine Ride/Skyhawk - one friend wanted to do Skyhawk, so she hit that while the rest of us hit up the Mine Ride. A helpful tip to anyone who may want to go on Mine Ride... they've tightened the lap bars drastically. It was impossible for some to ride - some people that were a bit larger (220lbs or so) had to exit the ride, there was also a girl of average height/size that chose not to ride because it was uncomfortable for her. *Gemini - Holy cripes, we chose the very back car of each train, and we were airborne the entire ride! It actually made the ride unpredictable. Gemini is one I like to ride over and over on slow days because it's such a fun one if you're in a group). I'm sorry to say it kicked our butt based on the beat-up condition we were already in, which may cause automatic termination of my TPR account. LOL *Magnum - I still love this coaster, that first hill offers such a great view and it's a fabulous ride. The air-time would be great if that lap bar didn't hurt my legs so much! LOL. That ended our rides for the day, it was 11:40pm and we stumbled and shuffled our way to the front of the park to hit up the souvenir shops. Scored some good prices at Park Plaza - we had a 10% off coupon which made the promo tee that they offered us with purchase of over $30 in merchandise, scot-free! We just got home last night from the trip, it was fantastic and the weather cooperated very nicely. I'll try to post pictures tonight if I can! If anyone is looking for coupons, I just checked the mail this afternoon and I got a huge pack of 2010 coupons for Cedar Point (of course)! There are some that are good for up to $7.00 off admission on Sunday and $5.00 off on Saturday, as well as $5.00 off any Starlight ticket. If anyone is interested drop me an email, I'd be happy to mail them to you as we can't use them! Thanks for reading.

Duly noted. I had not made it through the further posts before my previous reply (regarding the fire, etc). It was still noteworthy when we were hopping in line for Maverick -- "Hey look, that's funny... Mean Streak is closed! LOL"

Sorry we missed you, Brandon! I was finishing up my last few days at work before we left for the trip, and I didn't have access to a computer while we were in-route. We arrived just after noon on Saturday 9/25 and were there until closing. Side note: I happened to notice that the Mean Streak was closed as well... haha... The only lights on the ride were on the lift hill, nothing in any of the staging or embarkation areas.

Anyone here planning on being at Cedar Point next weekend, Saturday 9/25 specifically? We're coming in from Vegas for our yearly visit... this is the first time in about 5 years that I've been able to get out there for Halloweekends. If anyone wants to meet up for lunch (cheese on a stick, YAY) or to join us for some rides, drop me a line!