Day 2 - May 25, 2001 Last updated: 6/24/01 5:00pm CDT
Our hotel is not one I’d recommend, at least not the room we were in. We asked for a quite room away from the indoor pool (it was a HoliDome). The location was fine, but the air conditioner was fairly noisy. Also the hallway is well lit, and a lot of that light seeps in to your room.
Woke up bright and early and got out the door so we’d have plenty of time to get to the park and buy tickets before they open (10am). We purchased the two day pass for $62 each, (a savings of $23 each over the single day admission). We planned on hitting all the major coasters at least once today, and we did. They have 14 roller coaster, but 3 of those I would consider to be kiddie coasters.
Cedar Point bills itself as “America’s Roller Coast”. It’s located on a spit of land jutting out into Lake Erie (see maps). Their newest coaster is the Millennium Force, the “tallest fastest coaster in the universe”. Its tallest peak is 310 feet, has an initial drop at an 80 degree angle, and it achieves speeds of 93 miles an hour with a track length of over a mile. Wow! In the picture below, the cars travel from left to right.
But Denise and I both agree that the best coaster is the Raptor.
The Raptor is fast, long and loopy. It clocks in at just under 60 mph, rides last over 2 minutes, and it turns you upside down 6 times. The fact that your legs are hanging free under the ski lift type chairs only adds to the excitement.
We had great weather. We only had two minor periods of rain. We left about 6pm to get some dinner, because one meal a day at a theme park is more than any person should be eating. Plus we hit our objective of riding all the major coasters.
Dinner was at Ruby Tuesday’s. It’s a sports bar in a shopping mall. Average food, but we wanted something light after our mega meal at Damon’s the night before, and the total junk food for lunch at Cedar Point.
This town has a very odd smell, almost like tar or asphalt.