Photo TR: CP August 14!

[gigacoaster2k]

I left my house at 5 am. I live a little over 3 hours away but I like to get a good parking spot, right in front of the entrance.

The weather was nice all the way up there, and about 20 miles outside of Sandusky, I saw this:

Then I looked at my AccuWeather radar on my phone for the area, and saw a nasty little red and yellow storm.. hovering right over CP.

I remembered that the forecast had called for scattered thunderstorms, and I tried my best not to get even more depressed when this happened as soon as I got to Sandusky.

As I was driving over the causeway, the clouds got dark and I saw some pretty vicious lightning. At this point it was pouring to where I had my wipers on full blast.

I got to the parking lot at 8:15 am, and I was one of maybe 5 cars in the parking lot.. I got my spot right in front of the entrance. I wish I could have captured the incredible cloud to ground bolts I saw. I waited out the storm, which only lasted until about 8:30.

The storm finally passed over.

See the blue sky? It cleared up and got BEAUTIFUL outside. I was ecstatic.

At 9 am I took off running for my number 1 favorite, Millennium Force. I usually don't run, but other people were and I was excited so I said what the heck. When I got to the queue, out of breath, I was thrilled to see that no one was quite there yet. This is the extent of my wait in line for the very second seat.

Now THAT is what I'm talking about!

I went back for a second ride, and once again I went for the very second seat. I waited all of 10 minutes. There was a guy by himself in line for the very front, and he saw that I was waiting to ride by myself. So he asked if I'd like to ride in the front seat, which of course I happily agreed! What a wonderful way to start the day!

After 2 amazing rides on MF, at 9:30 I headed to Maverick. The line was already 45 minutes, but I decided to wait anyway because I knew the lines would be ugly later.

When we got inside, I wasn't shocked to see that they hadn't opened most of the queue, and the wait wasn't really that bad.

I took the single rider stairs, where there was no waiting, and pretty much got right on the second train. I waited all of 20 minutes to ride. Here is a photo I took

After Maverick I was headed to Power Tower, but I decided to ride Iron Dragon on the way because I never had before. It was hilarious to hear people scream their heads off. I am a thrill junkie so I was a little bored, but the pretzel at the end was kind of fun.

I hit PT after that. I wanted to ride the blue side, but the line was hideous and they only had one side going, so I went for the red side instead where there was virtually no wait. I love how PT cools you off on a hot day, especially the red side.

I headed to Dragster after that, but the line was 2 hours! I said heck with that and went for Magnum. The ride shook me around a bit, but not as bad as I remember. It was still very much worth it.

I had never ridden Gemini so I went on it. The ride op said something about how some 12 year old kid tried to give her his phone number. It was a great ride until the end, where I thought my shoulder had become dislocated from the sudden helix. The blue train wasn't running so there was no win to brag about.

I really wanted a ride on TTD, so I grabbed some Dippin Dots and headed over, to see that the line had dropped down to an hour. I was 3 trains away when they called out for a single rider, so I got to jump right on! God how I love TTD. I'm one of those people that put their hands up at the green light and only lower them when the train stops. That launch and the insane speed of the downward twist are just WOW.

I still wanted to ride the blue side of PT, and was happy to see that the line had gone down a little, and both sides were up and running, so I went for it.

Then it was off to Raptor.

As I was getting in line, one of the guys in front of me said something about how he didn't want his feet cut off. His friend turned around and said "You're an idiot." I tried to stifle my laugh, but I'm pretty sure they heard me.

Then it was off to Wicked Twister.. where the wait was half an hour! I waited anyway. I LOVE WT.

Launch number 2, all the way up the back twist!

Me waiting in line for the very back seat, best seat in the house.

Going up! I love shots like this. Watching people go up and backwards on a floorless coaster always gets me pumped.

At the end of my ride, I heard a girl on the train in front of me say "I think I just pooped my pants."

I had never ridden Blue Streak before, so I went for that one. OUCH was the only word to describe that ride, and I felt like I was going to fall out so I held on for dear life while my back was being brutally thrown against the seat. One more for my coaster count, one less for my back.

After stopping to eat, and tossing my bits of leftover fries at a family of hungry sparrows, I headed back to MF. It was an hour wait, and the people next to me were trying to high five everyone going by. I also saw a guy with his son, the dad points at PT and said "we should ride that white thing." Right as I was about to get on MF, the guy behind me loudly said to his friend that Maverick was better, and his friend agreed. I turned around and said "Well why are you riding this if you don't like it?" just as the gate opened and it was my turn to ride. They had nothing to say. Yeah, that makes sense to wait an hour in line for something you don't like.

MF was an amazing ride as usual, and worth the wait if you ask me.

I headed back toward the red side of PT to cool off, then I went for the blue side.

Then it was back to WT, where the wait had grown to 45 minutes.

I was pretty pumped by this time, so I decided I wanted another ride on TTD.

I went to get my phone afterwards and saw that my friend that works there had called me to meet up, so I found him and we went to ride the CP/Lake Erie Railroad. I got some pretty tasty pics of MF from the train.

Then it was off to Skyhawk, and his friend wanted to ride Gemini again so I reluctantly agreed. This time I felt like I snapped a vertebra in my neck, it really hurt. Our train won, but I hate that helix. It's brutal.

Back to Magnum we went.. and for some reason it was a slightly smoother ride than last time.

We went on the Super Himalaya.. and wow, you really get the juice squeezed out of you on that one. I felt a little funny after that. Rides that spin that fast tend to make my stomach feel a little yucky.

Then it was off to MaxAir, and one more ride on WT (where there was virtually no wait). The ride op told me I should work at CP, but I declined. I go to school down here and I need more than a seasonal job to pay my bills. I may consider it in the future though.

I always make it a point to make MF my last ride of the night. His friend went with us, but she got mad when we went all the way to the back of the line after the queue closed to wait for the last train. We had told her we were going to earlier, but she shot off something about disrespect and how we should have ridden Maverick like she wanted to, and kept walking with the rest of the line. He and I agreed that she doesn't seem to understand how far I live from CP (they are both Sandusky residents) and that I want to make my day the best possible. I didn't let it bother me, I love CP too much to let something like that get to me, besides, she'd had an attitude from the start.

Night rides on MF on the last train blow away everything I've ever been on, and it was totally worth the hour wait.. who needs ERT anyway?

I didn't leave the park until 10:45 pm. The weather was gorgeous all day, and I got a LOT of rides in.

Ride count!

Millennium Force - 4 (1 in front seat, and last train of the night!)

Power Tower - 4 (2 on red side, 2 on blue side)

Wicked Twister - 3 (2 in back seat)

Dragster - 2

Magnum - 2

Gemini - 2

Maverick - 1

MaxAir - 1

Raptor - 1

Skyhawk - 1

Iron Dragon - 1

Blue Streak - 1

Super Himalaya - 1

CP/LE Railroad - 1

[indianapolisman]

Great TR. Glad to see that the rain passed just in time. I can't wait to get back up there. Everyone's stories form the point are killing me. Although I have to say

I love seeing the place through all the great pictures. Keep them coming I still have almost a month before the final trip of the season.

[gigacoaster2k]

Great TR. Glad to see that the rain passed just in time. I can't wait to get back up there. Everyone's stories form the point are killing me. Although I have to say

I love seeing the place through all the great pictures. Keep them coming I still have almost a month before the final trip of the season.

I literally have over a hundred photos that I've taken at CP, and at least 50 from KI. I love photo TRs. I might be going back to the Point or maybe KI August 23, so watch for another photo TR in about a week!

The funny thing is that while I was at CP, I was walking toward Wicked Twister when I saw MaxAir in full swing.. I automatically thought "Delirium!!" and I felt a momentary twinge of homesickness for KI.

[TH13TEEN]

Great TR!

[Ashers]

Great TR! I can't believe you got on so many rides in one day. I think you beat our ride totals and we were there for 2 days...although it was July! You're making me miss CP though!

~Ash