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A Lot Can Be Discovered in a Summer at Cedar Point Lawn Mower Best Ride in the Best the Sounds Cutting Grass A special tribute to Dick Kinzel and his legacy of FUN C1 Coming Sunday, October 2, 2011 Oct. 30 SHOWCASE sanduskyregister.com Belaboring Point the Register photos/TOM SHERER The yellow train is pulled up the 310-foot-high lift hill on Millennium Force at Cedar Point. For the second consecutive season the ride was voted the best steel roller coaster in the world. A lot can be discovered in a summer at Cedar Point lawn mower best ride in the best The sounds cutting grass. amusement park in the Kids say the Kids splashing world. The only time this is n “The Star-Spangled in the water. slightly debatable is on one darndest things Banner” at the very A ball pinging of the near-100-degree days, The funniest things to be beginning of the day. off a bat. These are the when every mist fan in the n A heard at Cedar Point come The Midway Carrousel’s sounds of summer park becomes the best ride. Maverick music right inside out of the mouths of kids, for most people. n The descent usually around 10 years the front gate. The sound of from Power n The whistles of the old, including: this past summer Tower’s drop n Cedar Point and Lake “Too high! Too high! Too for me was loose towers is the best high! Too high!” From a Erie Railroad trains. dirt sliding toward feeling in the n girl only about 100 feet Compressed air being the back of a park, followed released on Skyhawk up the 310-foot-high Millennium Force by reaching Millennium Force lift hill. and Power Tower. train as it headed the apex of n n “I have to pee.” The roar of a Millennium up its lift hill Skyhawk’s swing. Force train returning Deadpanned by a girl at Cedar Point. n The launch literally the moment her past the queue. And screaming. on Top Thrill n “Arms down. Head Millennium Force train Lots of screaming. Dragster, no came to a complete back. And hold on.” I was fortunate matter how Followed by the and final stop. enough to visit tom many times you n prelaunch rumble “I did it! I did it! I did it! four amusement ride it, is the best I’m not dying! I’m not of Top Thrill Dragster. parks — Cedar sherer surprise in the n dying!” From a girl while A chain pulling a roller Point, Kings park. The Power • Is a graphic still being bounced coaster up its lift hill. Island, Kings Tower drop has n designer at around on a shot tower A Blue Streak train Dominion and similar abilities rolling through the the Register of Power Tower. Skyhawk Busch Gardens because it plays n “That’s enough!” old wooden track. Williamsburg and a ride nut on the primal, n From a boy only about Being able to hear, from — this season. at Cedar Point. instinctual outside the building, 10 seconds into a ride (And I held down • tomsherer@ fear of falling. on Witches’ Wheel. Disaster Transport roll. one-and-a-half sanduskyregister.com n Facing west n n “Let me out!” From that Gulls fighting and jobs without on the top of the cawing over every piece same boy, upon having being fired.) drop towers of Power Tower to wait for the ride host of food they can find. That included rides on at sunset provides the best n to unlock each cabin. Paddlewheel Excursions’ every nonchildren’s roller view in the park. WindSeeker corny jokes and deliv- coaster in each park and at its top height is also high eries — one final year. 10 of the top 25 steel coasters on the list. (Pun intended.) n n The best rides are those The background in the world. In 45 days — n The best thrill-to- that can make grown men noise of the park, so far — at Cedar Point, I’ve wait-time ratio usually is scream like little girls. with the intermittent been on 385 rides, including Skyhawk, even though the Speaking of screaming ... crescendoing roar as Millennium Force 143 times. ride doesn’t last very long. a coaster train passes. But the following words Please do not sit or stand The screaming are not about me. They’re on the silver handrails. n If you’re screaming like The smells about you. And they’re about n The best sound in the you’re being bludgeoned to n Panda Express while what can be experienced at park is the crescendoing death before the ride moves, waiting in the queue a world-class amusement roar of Top Thrill Dragster maybe you shouldn’t ride. for Millennium Force. park, which happens to be as it heads up — or down n Females scream n Barbecue at Gristmill right in our backyard. — while you walk past below. significantly louder than Refreshments next Readers of this column: n The best smell in the males. I don’t know why. to Snake River Falls. For your own safety please park is Subway baking bread n The only place worse n The Parmesan fries keep your arms and legs in the morning, if you’re than within one seat of at Happy Friar inside the paper at all times. in the park early enough. an over-the-top screamer across from Gemini. Sit upright, hold on tight n The best water during a two-minute ride is n The Cinnabon cart and enjoy your read of fountain is across from next to a group of cackling on the main midway. the Sandusky Register. the Pet Farm and Museum high school girls during n Lake Erie water on on Frontier Trail. The one a 90-minute wait for the ride. the water rides, for The bests outside of the Town Hall better or for worse. n Millennium Force is the Museum is good, too. n See CEDAR, Page C2 Corkscrew Cedar Point’s steel roller coasters in top 25 of 2011 Golden Ticket Awards Millennium Force • No. 1 Top Thrill Dragster • No. 9 Magnum XL-200 • No. 10 Raptor • No. 18 Maverick • No. 21 Sandusky Register C2 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2011 SHOWCASE CEDAR n FroM PAGE C1 n Young men: Don’t wear your high school football program’s T-shirt if you’re going to scream like a little girl. It doesn’t foster respect for or fear of your team to read a shirt that says some- thing like “Mustang Pride: Only the Strong Survive” when you sound like your 5-year-old sister. Now, if you somehow get your hands on and wear a shirt of your archrival team when you sound like your little sister, well, that’s good thinking. The tips n The “fun-ness” of a ride is directly proportional to the number of people who chicken out before getting on. Keep an eye out for this. n It’s only a ride. Millions of people have ridden it before. Don’t be afraid. Try it. n A Platinum Pass is worth buying just for the “free” parking and early entry to the park. n If you’re bringing someone to the park who’s never been there before, go in through the resort entrance at the back of the park. For better or for worse, one of the first things they’ll see — and hear — Register photos/TOM SHERER is Top Thrill Dragster roaring up its top hat. HalloWeekends skeletons join the fun while riders on Millennium Force’s red train put their arms in the air as the train comes down one of the ride’s hills. n The weekend after Labor Day but before HalloWeekends begins: Remember it. Be there for it. n No matter if you’re trying to ride all the roller coasters or just have a relaxing day, ride the big stuff early. Get into the park as soon as it opens and get to Millennium Force, Top Thrill Dragster or Maverick first. The quicker you can get on one — or more — before the line grows much, the less time you’ll waste in lines. n If a ride is on your must-ride list and is running, get on it as soon as you can. The “bigger” the ride, the more temperamental it seems to be in terms of being down for maintenance. n Pair up rides that are in close proximity to each other. When one is down for ABOVE: A train on Top Thrill Dragster heads down the track after clearing the ride’s top hat. repairs, ride the second one At 420 feet and 120 mph, it is the tallest and fastest ride in the park. And its launch is a while keeping an eye out for must-experience event. LEFT: The park’s new attraction for 2011, WindSeeker, didn’t open when the first ride reopens. until June 14, but the 301-foot-tall ride provides a great view of the park and Lake Erie. A good example is to ride Power Tower when Top in the park are experienced make sure to take a quick Yet, the only blood I saw you’re absolutely terrified more often than it burns you, Thrill Dragster is down, thus while looking around on look around for the couple at the park all season was of heights, give it a try. but both happen, as proven allowing you to see when rides. It’s not about seeing seconds you’re at the top. from a woman’s ears that For your safety we ask that by my five-hour, 15-minute Top Thrill reopens so you only the back of someone n If Maverick and Mean were pouring blood after you don’t sit or stand on the rain-delay wait for Maverick.
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