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Cedar Point Fix

Eric and I headed out to Ohio this week with our friends Joe and Greg. We met Brian in Cleveland on Wednesday evening for the night before heading to Cedar Point Thursday morning. I always grumble about waiting in lines and we timed the trip fairly well to avoid that. Thursday was cloudy and a little dismal looking which kept the amusement park fairly uncrowded. Eric is a BIG roller coaster fan, so we were there to check out the new coaster - Maverick, along with some of Cedar Point's classics - including Millennium Force and Top Thrill Dragster. I had apprehensions about The Dragster. After all, it kept breaking down during our last trip. I thought that was a bad sign. However, Friday morning - we entered the park early and got in line quickly for the scary ride and took a spin. Interesting to say the least. I will say from the trip i learned that I do not believe i come from a family of adrenaline seekers. In fact, I think that rush everyone likes so much - just makes me sick. I did like some of the other coasters however. The new coaster Maverick was different and I liked it quite a bit. We skipped the Power Tower this year and tried the Mean Streak coaster. The Mean Streak is a very large traditional coaster and it was indeed very mean. Basically a violent thrashing and bashing ride that leaved you bruised and with a large headache. It was my first and last ride on it. I always like the Magnum and the Gemini as well.

Eric and I finished the night with a ride on the The Raptor. The ride has cameras installed in every seat - so we bought this snippet of us catching bugs in the mouth and put in on YouTube.



Saturday we attempted a trip to Put-in Bay. But the fate gods were against us. The 12:30 boat sold out in front of us so we bought tickets for the 1:15 boat. Seeing how the 12:30 boat was running 20+ minutes late - we took our time at lunch and strolled back at 1:17 to find that the 1:15 boat was running on time and left without us. Ooops. SO - after exchanging our tickets for the 2:30 boat and waiting around for over 30 minutes - we [ along with err .. 300 other people] watched the Slow boat return at 2:00 and promptly crash into the pier. [This was no little nautical love tap either. ...] Parts of the pier moved that were not supposed to move. SO - with the slow boat looking like it lost a fight with a large can opener, our 2:30 boat ride immediately turned onto a 4:30 ride - with no explanation of when our return trip might be postponed to.. so taking a cue from the now-wrinkled-boat, we &*@%# canned the whole idea and headed to Cleveland. We got in to our hotel with some time to spare - so we stopped by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just around the corner. An interesting place.