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Hey sorry for the wait but I am finally posting my report of my trip to Cedar Point.

Well, to start off my day, I knew I just had to go on Windseeker as my first ride as I never went on it before.  It was all right, I didn't expect much and it met my expectations.  Just a nice relaxing swing ride at 301 feet in the air.  It's nice right after a meal or something but I wouldn't recommend it to someone who is afraid of heights.

Next, I headed down to Magnum as it had a 10 minute wait and it never dissapoints.  It was a nice coaster to start out with and it was fast yet relaxing in a way, compared to other rides.  After Magnum I had lunch as I arrived late and was hungry.

After lunch I went to Maverick, which always ends up having the longest line.  If any of you have seen before, I was behind the crazy guy who is always in line for rides here, listening to his iPod and dancing.  The line was about an hour-and-a-half, which was typical.  Maverick was actually better than I expected and it was intense in a good way, it woke me up from dozing off in line.

After Maverick my trip started to get a little weird.  Next we went on Gemini on the red train.  We were in an intense battle with the blue train until our side broke down.  We were waiting on the hill for about 5 minutes.  The worst part was watching the people in the blue train laughing at us as they flew by.  Obviously we lost the "race".  We then went on the blue train which luckily didn't break down.

After Gemini we wanted to go on Magnum again but it broke down and we didn't get a chance to ride it again.  So, we went to another close ride, the Top Thrill Dragster.  Well, let's just say it didn't go so well...  The wait was okay, about 30 minutes, which was better than normal.  For some reason the station was a mob scene and everyone was everywhere.  There were so many people we didn't know who was in which line.  When we got on the ride, there wasn't much trouble.  We watched the trains launch one-by-one before us and finally we got our turn.  It started normally with the sequence say "Keep your hands down and enjoy the ride."  But then it glitched and kept saying "Keep your hands down" over and over for about a minute and we didn't launch.  Luckily the staff shut off the sequence so we didn't hear that anymore.  There was still a problem with the launch and we just sat there, eventually we backed up into the station.  After another couple minutes or so we went back out to the launch track.  It was weird because the staff was asking if everybody was okay even though nothing happened.  We sat there for an extra minute or so.  Of course basically everyone on the ground was watching us.  After a little bit of just sitting there, out of nowhere we launched and went through the track.

After the whole TTD fiasco, we went on Mantis.  Nothing special to comment about on the ride.  I have to admit, though Mantis isn't the best ride in the park, it is arguably the shmexiest.

We then took a break at Johnny Rockets.  After that we went on Raptor (not the best ride after a meal).  It was awesome, but it would have been a lot better if I sat in the front.   Still, I got really happy for some reason when we went on the cobra roll.

Then came Millenium Force.  We wanted to ride this earlier but it was closed for a bit in the afternoon.  When we rode it the line wasn't too bad, maybe an hour.  It got better because they brought a DJ in and he was playing songs in a booth next to the queue.  The ride was really nice and it brought back memories of me riding it for the first time.  It still is my favorite ride in the park and probably my favorite ride I ever rode on.

Then we went on Disaster Transport.  I don't know if it's just me but I think they improved the lights in the ride.  It is the only dark ride at CP and it is a bit out of date, but it still is fun riding in total darkness.

I took another break and then went on Wicked Twister in the front seat.  It was funny at the top when nobody's talking and I just scream "whoOOOoa".  I'm surprised that it's still the fastest and tallest inverted coaster in the world.  I was going to go on it again, but guess what, it broke down.  I know, surprising right?

But I still had time for one more ride.  I heard from a friend that Mantis had no wait so I went there again.  He was right, there was no wait and we got in line for the front seat.  We were next in line when the train didn't come back to the station.  I looked around and saw that the first train was stoppped at the end and that the second train was stuck on the mid-course brake run.  We were soooooo lucky we didn't get in line for another seat because we would have gotten on the earlier train and gotten stuck for God-knows-how-long.  We needed to go as it was nearing 10:00 so we had to leave the front of the line and escape through the maze of queue.  The people behind us were very happy that we left.

Well that concludes my incredibly awesome and also horrible day at Cedar Point.  Almost half a day of breakdowns, getting stuck on rides, and 40 dollar hamburgers.  Hope to post more if I go again!

Seems like you had a interesting trip. On Raptor, if you've gotten on Raptor in the back seat, the drop will give some floater air. Maverick seems to give somewhere around of -1.5 G's of ejector air on the airtime hills.

Haha, your lucky. I hardly get to travel anywhere to any new theme parks

YOU SAW THE CRAZY DUDE IN LINE FOR MAVERICK TO?

Gotta ask, did he get kicked from the line like he did when I went?

Also, great review of Cedar Point.  I enjoy going there once a year

^^ I barely ever go to any parks other than CP because they're all so far away.

^ No he didn't get kicked, I saw him leave the ride at the exit.

Aww... security got him taken out when I went, it was funny.  He was put back in thought... I think it's a publicity stunt...