Cedar Point 6-4 to 6-6

[Iggy ACE]

We left Indiana at 2:50 in the morning to try and get to the campground by 8:30 and be in the park by 9:00am. Checked in at 8:30 and dropped the camper off and off to the front gates trying to figure out how Cedar Point does KBF season passes. I stop at Park services to get my son officially measured and the bar does not stop on his head, it touches his scalp but can pass over his head. Policy says the bar has to stop. so no Dragster or Wicked twister for him today.

We did however get my Daughter on all the 48" coasters with Milliniuem Force being the first one we hit. Caitlyn only being 6 actually kept her hand up on the whole ride the very first time she rode it. We rode all the coasters that my kids can get on and went out to the camper around 2:00 and woke my wife up and set up the camper and made a early dinner. I took a short nap seeing i was up since 2:30am on only 4 hrs of sleep. Went back in around 5 and rode most of them again.

On our way out we checked my sons height by TTD and was the same thing. Just touched him but did not stop. Saturday got up around 7:30 and got ready to go in early for resort guests. This time we busted out my sons brand new Skechers and socks, and guess what? The bar actually stopped and he was cleared for launch. We got the third car for the day. I was so excited for him to be able to ride this coaster. I think i was more excited than he was. As we took of to a speed of 122 and start our assent i heard him laugh and say WOWin a chuckled voice. Got to the top hat and he was smiling ear to ear. I yelled to him to put his hands up and he did all the way down.

We got off and handed our parent swap to the rido opp. So my son grabs my wife ( who really didn't want to go back on this from last year) and heads up the exit and waits one train to get back on (lucky kid). Me and my daughter go by the bleachers to watch them and as soon as it takes off I was shocked to see my 7 yr old son put his hands up and keep them up for the whole ride. Next up was Wicked Twister and my son loved this ride as well and got to ride twice cause of the parent swap. Rode some other ride big and small and left by 1:00pm to head out to Put-In-Bay Island.

We got back to the camper around 8:30pm and me and my son headed in to ride Milliniuem Force for a night ride. The line was about 1hr long so we decided to wait it out for the front seat. After a 30min break down and waiting for the front seat the wait ended up being just under 2hrs. On our way out to the camper we noticed TTD was getting a new cable installed. The other one broke or was about to break and this did not look good for a morning ride.

Sunday we woke around the same time and did not hear TTD testing at all so plans were to run to Millie for her morning dispatch and we ended up getting two rides in about 20 mins. We went to Wicked Twister and noticed it was down so we went to Power Tower around noon and the bar there did not stop so no ride on this one. As we were waiting for my wife and daughter we noticed Dragsters trains were moving in the station so we lined up in front of the bleachers. Ten minutes later after 4 test runs with employees on it they opened the line. They stopped my son and measured him and he was fine(?) go figure. I think he really didn't stand up tall for PT. we decided to wait it out for the front row as we were going to be leaving to come home after this ride. The ride sends out three trains and the fortth one wouldn't launch. After a hour or so the finally get it going and we are only 7 pairs back. They loaded the trains without any test runs and the second one does not make it over the hill. It take about 15mins to roll it back and roll the one waining to stage back into the station. Then a woman was so scared that she wants off the ride and that take about 5 mins to get her off. As this is happening i notice that nobody is being let in the line, and the ride opp suggest that if we want to ride to pick a different line as severe weather is coming in and TTD can shut down at any moment. I decide to wait and 2 trains go and I notice It starts to rain. We were still 5 trains away from riding and I noticed A woman I meet in line was next and riding by herself. So yelled to her to see if my son could ride in the front with her and she let him (Thank you Angel as you are one). I got switched to two trains behind him and got the last train before it shut down due to weather.

What a fun weekend. My son is now at 86w/TTD and 87w/WT and my daughter is at 63 different coasters with the new ones she rode this weekend. (Dave does she have more than you too?);)

Thanks for reading
IGGY

[rct2wizard360]

Whoa..sounded like you had a blast! Awesome trip you had indeed!!

[greggeast]

Thank you for the great trip report. I'm looking forward to my first Cedar Point visit, August 16th through the 18th.

[coastercrazy111]

I have a question about Cedar Point? Is it ever really busy? It seemed like it was pretty much empty when you went. How are the crowds usually and what are the best days to go?

[Timmy179]

Its always busy, always, but it gets less occupied after around 8. Far worse than Gam

[coasterzak]

CP can be a nightmare if you go on a weekend. Be ready to get about one ride on all the coasters and maybe a second on a few of your choice. There definitely isn't much marathoning at CP. Glad to hear another Great American person got to come enjoy my park. Keep up the awesome TR's. I think I might get to come out to SFGAm this summer again so I'll let you guys know how it goes.