khaoskat Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Due to family related matters we didn't get to CP until almost 8 pm Monday. Took the kids in and went and enjoyed a ride on Dodgems with the 3 oldest while hubby took the youngest to PS. Hit PS with the oldest 3 for a ride or two or three on Tea Cups, then went to ride blue streak and the Cadies with the kids. We watched the fireworks while driving the cars. Even though we were only in the park for a short time, it was fun for all. Tuesday - Wow, it rained a lot in the morning, so we opted to hang in the hotel and watch and wait till it calmed down. We headed to Sam's Club and got a few snacks and some lunch. By the time we were done, it had cleared out and we headed to the Park. We started in CS and made our way towards Jr Gemini area. Once we got down to the end of CS, hubby took the youngest three and I took the oldest and we went to ride Gemini, which was basically a walk on. We then headed up to Jr. Gemini area. My daughter has not road a coaster at CP yet, and after a recent car accident has become fearful of things. They rode a lot in the Jr. Gemini area, and had fun. I finally convinced her to ride Jr. Gemini, but I was to big to ride with her, so she did it on her own and LOVED IT!!!!! After a while we headed down the Gemini walk towards the front of the park. We hopped on Old Fashioned Cars, Cedar Point Mine Ride and a few other things, including Iron Dragon and ended in Camp Snoopy. We then headed out to get something to eat and let the youngest two nap for a bit. After dinner we were back, and headed to the front of the park to the Midway area, where the kids played in the kids area and rode rides there till close. TTD was down hard for mechanical reasons, so they moved it to Millie. Wednesday the park was packed, so we didn't get much riding, did a lot in the kids areas, and rode the carousel in the front of the park and the sky way. Got to see and take pics of them tearing down Disaster Transport. A fence mysteriously appeared over night blocking of the Spiral and Troika and DT in that section. Going across the skyway you could see how much they had already tore down, which was a huge amount of it. I am not sure if they are trying to save parts but they were manually taking down the outdoor tunnels for tracks while demolishing the main building, which was empty of track as far as I could see. We spent several hours in the waterpark. The youngest three played in the kids area, while the oldest and I went riding the lazy rivers and water slides. When we saw a storm threatening to come in, we opted to go ahead and make our way out and get dinner at Midway Market, so we could beat the rush to use the changing areas. Water park was fairly empty and the longest wait was maybe 5-10 minutes for the water slides. While we were eating, actually getting ready to finish up, the storm hit big and hard and you could see/watch the mass exodus from the park. We waiting till it ended while finishing eating and the youngest woke up and had some food as well since we were waiting for the rain to stop. We then made our way to the back of the park and our car to head back home. While we were walking back we got to watch them test all the coasters in the areas. Unfortunately the rain must have done something to Magnum, as it got stuck not once, but twice. The first time a car was heading into the station, the second time (with it being at least 15-20 minutes stuck) the car was almost to the top of the 1st lift hill. We actually saw employees walking around the car that was stuck on the hill, but no clue what happened to them or how long they were stuck like that, other than at least 15-20 minutes (the time it took us to walk to the car from the Subway area bathroom and get everyone loaded in and head out). Family had a great time and cannot wait to go back again. BTW - the Days Inn Milan was a decent hotel, friendly staff and good breakfast for the money. Only disadvantage was the beds were tiny!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Family time at Cedar Point! Your kids will always remember these times, well at least most of them. I'm glad you all had a great trip! Thanks for sharing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Got to see and take pics of them tearing down Disaster Transport. A fence mysteriously appeared over night blocking of the Spiral and Troika and DT in that section. Going across the skyway you could see how much they had already tore down, which was a huge amount of it. I am not sure if they are trying to save parts but they were manually taking down the outdoor tunnels for tracks while demolishing the main building, which was empty of track as far as I could see. I took pictures of DT too. From the parking lot you can see the whole back part ripped off including the begining of the lift hill was taken off. I want to upload them so bad but I need to figure out how. Also, I went just yesterday too. Nothing looked like it had happen so the pictures would still be up-to-date. We went to Goofy-Golf so we decided to stop and ride somthing at CP, I rode Raptor for the first time because the line was always too long for it. The lined moved alot. It was a 50 minute (I didnt feel like it) wait but an awesome ride! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanofFirehawk Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I was their that day. We got in line for top thrill dragster twice both times it broke down never got to ride it. Glad you had fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaoskat Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 Got to see and take pics of them tearing down Disaster Transport. A fence mysteriously appeared over night blocking of the Spiral and Troika and DT in that section. Going across the skyway you could see how much they had already tore down, which was a huge amount of it. I am not sure if they are trying to save parts but they were manually taking down the outdoor tunnels for tracks while demolishing the main building, which was empty of track as far as I could see. I took pictures of DT too. From the parking lot you can see the whole back part ripped off including the begining of the lift hill was taken off. I want to upload them so bad but I need to figure out how. Also, I went just yesterday too. Nothing looked like it had happen so the pictures would still be up-to-date. We went to Goofy-Golf so we decided to stop and ride somthing at CP, I rode Raptor for the first time because the line was always too long for it. The lined moved alot. It was a 50 minute (I didnt feel like it) wait but an awesome ride! I got some cool pics from the skyride across the park of DT being torn down. Also got a picture of someone on a lift truck peeling things off the outside of the tubes). Were there really track still inside the building, it looked empty to me...but then I was snuggling with my daughter on the ride there and back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaoskat Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 I was their that day. We got in line for top thrill dragster twice both times it broke down never got to ride it. Glad you had fun. My eldest is not quite up to ride TTD yet. His rides at CP include: Mine Ride, Magnum, Corkscrew (both my oldest two rode it for the first time); Blue streak; Jr. Gemini; Woodstock Express, Gemini, DT, Iron Dragon, Wild Mouse. Wow, just realized my eldest has ridden 10 of the roller coasters at CP. I hope they have Mean Streak open this fall, but from what they are saying on point buzz, it is going to be closed and used for a haunted attraction, so we can ride it. I think I want to start looking at Maverick as well for him. I am not sure how he would do on the stand up coaster... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Glad you had a fine time at CP, despite the problems with TTD and Magnum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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