Cedar Point is located in Sandusky, Ohio. It was established in 1870! And now boasts 18 roller coasters and is the world record holder with 71 rides. The oldest currently operational one, the Blue Streak was built in 1964 at a cost of $200,000 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company and is still a thrill!
We actually went out on a Monday! And we weren’t on vacation! It was kinda weird. Plus there were not many people at the park that day.
We were expecting a beautiful, but cool day based on the weather report and what we woke up to, but as we drew nearer, the fog was dense and brought with it lots of moisture. We weren’t sure what the park would do, but they didn’t seem to care.
We headed toward the back because in our experience, we’ve learned that most people hit the front stuff first. By going to the back first, you can avoid crowds. Our first ride was the incredible “Millennium Force.” There were so few people, we got off and rode again! One of the best rides in the park.
The fog cleared eventually and it turned into the day we expected. Our only issue of the day was trying to find one of the shows. The printed program gave the name, times and venues for all their events. One was not only ‘invisible to us, but apparently no one involved with Cedar Point knew about it either! We asked kids working in the area it was supposed to be, they called “The Office” and they didn’t know, then we asked a group of security guards and none of them knew either! Very weird – and frustrating!
This was taken just before we got on the ride – Valraven. It’s the newest coaster, built in 2016 at a cost of $20-25 million! A bit more than the Blue Streak. : ) It’s currently the tallest, fastest, longest dive coaster in the world.
We also got a glimpse of ‘behind the scenes’ life as a Point worker as we made our way to the front of the line with no waiting on “The Raptor”. Someone in the returning car lost all their cookies, fries, pop, and whatever other food they’d ingested during the day! GROSS!!!!!
They had to wipe up, hose off, send the empty car out (wash and dry), empty each of the waiting cars and send them out, disinfect and hose off the ‘sick car’ (and floor) and send it out again, send out the other two cars again, then begin filling the rides. It took about 15-20 minutes. So our “get on immediately, this is great!” fizzled. We were just glad we weren’t waiting for the front seat! Although just as an FYI – on that ride, the front is the best!
Terrific day!