My Review of Cedar Point Amusement Park
August 26th, 2008This past Friday, we went to the amusement park in nearby Sandusky, Ohio called Cedar Point. You may have heard of it, as far as I know it still ranks as one of the top amusement parks in the world, or at least in the US. I’m pretty sure it still can claim the novelty of having the tallest or fastest roller coaster, which one I cannot remember, but it also has the coolest new ride I’ve seen in years as an amusement park attendee in it’s newest addition, the Top Thrill Dragster.
It’s a good thing I was just at the park last year with my sister who is like me and will go on anything, because I couldn’t talk my boyfriend into going on the Dragster to save my life. I’ll admit, it is one of the most intimidating rides I’ve ever seen, and appears to defy all natural laws of physics and safety by looking at it, but it was one of the biggest thrills I’ve ever had in my life riding that thing!
If you’ve never seen a picture of the Top Thrill Dragster, you have to pull it up online, you’ll see what I mean by thrilling - and intimidating! You shoot off like a bullet up a roller coaster that ends in midair, and then you shoot back down the coaster backwards in all of seconds. If I had to compare it to something I’d say it might be a bit like getting shot out of a cannon, because the G forces it generates are pretty amazing when you are flung up the coaster’s rails.
Cedar Point has the best rides around for sure, boasting several huge roller coasters, many of which have been around for years and still pack entertaining, heart racing fun, but it definitely lacks on food prices. The prices of the food there are outrageous, and the quality isn’t that great either. For twelve bucks we split one meal from ChikFil-A, which isn’t a bargain by any stretch, but there were also lots of burger and hot dog stands, all of which offered mediocre, somewhat bland food for a high cost. Not that going to Cedar Point is synonomous with great food, but that was one drawback.
Occasionally the rides shutdown, another conceivable drawback, but that’s understandable because sometimes it is a genuine safety issue that they have to shut down for. We enjoyed all of the coasters, including veteran coasters the Blue Streak, The Gemini, and the Magnum. The Mantis was probably my least favorite, which is one where you stand up, and there are head holsters that hold your head in, but your head rattles back and forth so many times that your ears are red when you get off.
The Skyhawk was both our favorite non-coaster ride. It’s a line of seats on each side, and it goes about a hundred feet up in the air and then comes swooping down, giving you the feeling like you’re free falling. We wanted to ride that one twice but it actually had a line both times.
