Jayblazer Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Well I woke up this morning here in Mason at 4:30 got my son up and out the door by 5 a.m.. We were at C.P. front gates by 8:30 so I made pretty good time. They opened the gates and me and my son ran like crazy for Gatekeeper. We rode the left side front seat second train of the day. This was by far my favorite spot. I will always sit left from now on but I have to trade inside and outside with the boy..lol. Next we bee lined for millennium force, we wanted front seat but the one directly behind it was open so we grabbed it. As always an amazing ride. "I love this coaster". Next up was Maverick, it was almost a walk on since this was still during E.R.T. But I had to wait a few extra because I wanted the front seat. A few people on here have mentioned how it makes the ride. Well it was better but the combination of sharp twists in the track coupled with the fact that the restraints hit my ears make it a little uncomfortable for me. But still a wild fun ride. Next we headed to Top Thrill Dragster! Now I have only been to the Point on three separate days but this ride knows when I'm there and about to board. Last time I was very next to get on and it went down for 45 minutes. Today we waited for the front seat, got in buckled up pulled the lap bar and then were ask to re- enter the que line.. It was a quick fix though about 20 minutes and it was running. Now if you have never rode front seat on TTD this is something for the bucket list.. Wow what an experience. Well after the line and delay it was now close to noon and we still had not eaten so we headed for the hotdog cart by the Cedar Point Mine ride. With our platinum passes I got 4 1/4 lb hot dogs 2 bags of chips and 2 20oz drinks for $14.04. Not bad by amusment park standards. And the food was pretty good. Next we made our way to Mean Streak. I had already ridden front seat on this so I didn't want to wait a few trains for it and just took the first seat I could. And that will be the last time I ever ride this thing. My lower back hurt so bad after this ride, I have to swear it off. We left from there and the train was boarding so we jumped on and rode it to it M.F. Station. From there we headed to Iron Dragon which despite the sign saying 2 hours was a walk on. This ride would be so much better 10 mph faster. Next up was Mantis. Now I love this ride, everyone that says B&M doesn't build them with force should take a spin on this. Unfortunately the standup cars are kind of "gimmicky" to me. This one would be a 10 with standard cars. From there we rode the train again but this time full circuit. Now it was getting to be 1:30 so I thought we would head to the front of the park since I figured it would be clearing out "wrong". We rode the little cable car things the last bit to the front. We approached Raptor but the sign said 1.5 hour wait with an attendant right there I ask if it was accurate and she said with in like 20 minutes.. Yikes so we headed to Blue Streak and guess what? It had a half hour wait. Well we rode it and it made me curse Mean Streak a little more. Well now it was about 2:30 in the after noon and I ask my son if he wanted to just suck it up and get in line for Raptor or what? He said "no I'm tired and just want to call it a day" so we said good by to the park agin and headed home. We wear back in mason by 6:30. Not bad for a quick day at the Point.. But man am I tired now.. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak22108 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Nice TR. I'm with you on Mantis but I thinkn it would be a lot better with floorless trains. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Mean Streak is a front seat ride ONLY for me, as is Maverick. Mean Streak due to comfort issues, Maverick because it is far more impressive, to me, there. Glad you had a good time. Sounds like you got a lot done on a summer Saturday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Sounds Great. I only live an hour from Cedar Point, and 4 hours from KI, But somehow I have gone to KI 3 times this year and not to CP! Im not sure how that happened but when I do go I hope to have as good as time as you guys, I really want to ride Gatekeeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 You don't like Mean Streak? I'm cutting you out of my will! No - that's a nice TR. Glad you had a good time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayblazer Posted June 9, 2013 Author Share Posted June 9, 2013 Mean Streak is a front seat ride ONLY for me, as is Maverick. Mean Streak due to comfort issues, Maverick because it is far more impressive, to me, there. Glad you had a good time. Sounds like you got a lot done on a summer Saturday. I saw where you had said they were both front seat only so that's why I waited on Maverick. My lower back really wishes I had listened about Mean Streak..lol. Oh and the bugs liked me too.I am going to do it all over again once each in July,August and September. My October trip will be to Holiday World. The idea of riding wooden coasters through the woods with the leaves in full autumn color sounds really nice to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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