Jessica's favorite ride was Top Thrill Dragster which is one of the tallest and is the 2nd fastest (120 mph) rollercoaster in the world. She also loved the Millennium Force which is this massive, colossal rollercoaster and voted no. 2 of the "Best Steel Rollercoaster in the World" in Amusement Today (Top Thrill Dragster was No. 7). Joshua, Spencer and I loved the newest ride that debuted last month, called the Maverick which has a 95 degree first drop, two separate launches, 10 banked turns and reaches a speed of 70 mph. We were glad to be at the front of the line when the park opened because as soon as it did, everyone raced for the "Maverick". It was the farthest ride from the front of the park so even though we started out running with the crowd, we ended up race-walking and huffing & puffing by the time we got there. But it was good we rode the Maverick first because the line was horrendous the rest of the day.
Another of my favorite rides was Skyhawk, a gigantic swing that goes back and forth up to 125 feet in the air at a speed of 60 mph. in both directions. I could've ridden that over and over. I also loved Wicked Twister, a U-shaped, 90-degree steel rollercoaster that launches without warning up to 72 mph and goes up and down a twisted track about 5 times back and forth. Spencer and I got in the "front row" line (separate from the other line) for Wicked Twister. In our opinion, the best place to be on a rollercoaster is the front row! When it was almost our turn, the coaster had a malfunction and needed to be shut down. The operators told us they didn't know how long it would take. We were disappointed but decided to stay close and keep an eye out so when it reopened, we'd be right there. We went on the Giant Ferris Wheel which was next to Wicked Twister. After that, we went on the Space Spiral, also next to the rollercoaster, and as we were coming down we noticed Wicked Twister was running again. Spencer and I ran and got in the "front row" line again, which was really short by then. Daddy and Jessica decided not to go with us. They were getting a little tired of riding rollercoasters all day. It was probably 8:00 pm by then. We had been going for 10 hours straight! Whew!
It's nice that Cedar Point is only 2 hours from our house. It makes it possible to drive there and home in one day. We talked to some people in line with us for Millennium Force that traveled all the way from Seattle just to ride the Millennium Force after seeing it on the Travel Channel's "Best Rollercoasters in the World". They are big-time thrill seekers and travel all over the U.S. to ride the biggest and best rollercoasters. Sounds fun!
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