Cedar Point

Today I woke up at 7 AM, got ready, had breakfast (two biscuits with strawberry jelly, a mini-egg omelet called an ouef, peach yogurt, doughnut holes, and apple juice), went to church at a place called Trinity Lutheran near our hotel (the traditional service -- great experiencing another church's way of proceeding through a service), came back and changed, checked out, and headed for Sandusky, Ohio, where the amusement park, Cedar Point, is.  When we arrived at 11:30, we had lunch at Mr. Smith's Coffee House -- the chicken sandwich is delicious, and with a side of coleslaw and root beer for a drink, it's the perfect portion size.

At 12:15, we came to Cedar Point.  Below is a list of all the rides I went, including a small description.  We rode 14 rides in six hours!

Raptor -- It's like Batman at Six Flags St. Louis, with corkscrews, twists, loops...all with your feet dangling.
Skyride -- A gondola transportation ride; we joked about not having our skis with us.  When we ride gondolas, it's usually winter and we have skis and poles with us!
Iron Dragon -- Suspended cars hang down from the track, and you sit in them.
Mantis -- Our very first stand-up roller coaster!  You have a bicycle-type seat to rest on, but you're on your feet.  We went through several tight turns, rolls, and loops.  It was very rough.
Millennium Force -- This exciting roller coaster went 92 miles per hour and had an 80-degree drop...we all agreed that it was definitely fun!
Cedar Creek Mine Ride -- Various turns and little "drops" -- kinda boring compared to the others.
Maverick -- Twists and tight curves...all while cruising just above the water in ponds.
Gemini -- This roller coaster has two sets of cars that race -- my mom and I were in the red car, and we beat my dad and Matthew in the blue car!
Magnum XL-200 -- This has a fun lift hill at the beginning, where there's plenty of time to look around before dropping into tunnels and turns.
Windseeker -- Tall swings spin you around high above the beach and Lake Erie at around 40 miles per hour.
Skyhawk -- Two big swings oppose each other and go parallel to the ground (and even a little above).
Wicked Twister -- This roller coaster shoots you out of the station (getting up to 72 mph), up and around a twisted "tower", back through the station and up the other twisted tower, and repeats a few more times before stopping in the station.  My mom thought the twin pair of twisted towers looked like Texas longhorns; I thought they looked like pronghorn antelopes...either way, I'm sure you can imagine how strange they looked.
Giant Wheel -- A very tame ferris wheel...but it does take you to a bird's eye view of the entire park, lake, beach, and beyond.
And introducing...Top Thrill Dragster!  Okay, so at Six Flags St. Louis, our own theme park, the fastest roller coaster is the 70 mph Mr. Freeze...and this year, it was even more exciting with the reverse blast.  But I went 20 mph above that on Maverick...and 50 miles per hour above that on Top Thrill Dragster.  Yes, you read right.  This exhilarating roller coaster reaches 120 miles per hour, 420 feet up in the air...all in 17 seconds.  It's the fourth fastest in the world and the second highest in the world...and just think, I rode that scary thing twice!  And seriously, to go 120 mph and feel all the G-forces -- all I can say is WOW!

At 6:15, we left the park tired yet very happy.  My mom and I were thrilled with our accomplishments of riding such scary roller coasters, and overall, it's always fun to try new things and conquer your fears.  I mean, going 120 miles per hour and 420 feet up in the air is nothing to laugh off.  It's absolutely breathtaking.  But once you've done it, you've achieved something you didn't think you could do, you've become braver...and, in truth, you want to do it again!

We're now on the road, and tomorrow late morning we will arrive back home.  Hope you enjoyed reading about my weekend adventure!

~Anna~