Coastermania

[Piper6319]

Anyone here going to Coastermania this weekend? This is going to be my first.

[coasterzak]

It doesn't work out for me because I have cross-country on Saturday. Prepare for some long lines.

[CoasterDave316]

Im glad Im going to miss it by a week. I had no idea about the event until a few days ago.

Im not much for going to events though.

[sixflagsguy5]

Whats coastermania? If its some thing that will bring long lines on the 18th im going to be pissed.

[Galvan]

Coastermania, is i beleive an ACE event held at Cedar Point. and Event that brings out HUGE Crowds. And event that ill be missing by one week.

[sixflagsguy5]

Oh i'm so happy i thought it was tommorow. I was like no my last trip before fright fest will be crap.

[DejaVu The Ride]

Didn't you also hear about the event at Great America Eric? 2 hour Bull lines are expected.

[sixflagsguy5]

Thats why i'm running to bull right away in the morning.

[DejaVu The Ride]

I'm not sure if you noticed, but I was kidding. Hence the .

[coastrcorey]

Actually Coastermania is not an ACE event. It's an enthusiast event sponsored by Cedar Point. Basically you just have to be a payed member of an enthusiast organization to attend and show your membership card (Coasterbuzz, ACE, etc.). With your membership card you can get 2 tickets (one for yourself and a buddy) both of which are discounted $10, and they provide a free lunch. There's a bunch of other stuff too like a big meeting with higher ups where you can ask questions and stuff. I went last year, it was a ton of fun. ERT was from 5am - 10am. Then you got to be in the park with the GP from 10am - 10pm. Then there was more ERT from 10pm - 1am. 21 hours total. It rocked.

[diggerg56]

I went to Coastermania and had a blast. It was in September this year rather than in June as usual due to ACE CoasterCon being at Cedar Point.

I'm not going to turn this into a trip report but if you ever get the chance you should go. I flew into Cleveland Friday and then drove to the park. It had been raining and was cool and windy so there were no crowds on Friday night. I got about 7 rides on Top Thrill Dragster on Friday night.

Saturday AM (6am) we had ERT on Top Thrill Dragster and Raptor which was awesome. Got to ride TTD with the lights turned out! 420 feet straight down into pitch back is something I won't soon forget.

The night ERT was Magnum and Millenium Force. Simply awesome rides with no trims to speak of on Magnum.

The whole experience was great!

Looking forward to CoasterCon at SFGAm next year!