A day at Cedar Point

Leah and I went to Cedar Point yesterday, with her 4-H club.

I was advised not to take my camera in because it would not be allowed on the rides.  I wish I hadn’t listened but I did.  So I don’t have any real pictures to show you, but I think I can get some shots from the website of the rides.

Leah decided that we would go with her friends and ride the big coasters.  I figured I would be “young” and do whatever she wanted me to do.  You know, be the “cool mom”!  LOL!! 

Turns out Leah was in a little over her head.  And turns out, I was pretty glad she was.

The first ride we went on was this one…

Raptor…  Six upside-down turns: one vertical loop, two inverted corkscrews, a zero-gravity roll and a "cobra roll" that turns riders upside down twice.  57 mph. 

After we were strapped in, she began panicking… she proceeded to have a panic attack and scream about not being able to breath and scream MOM, MOM, MOM, MOM, MOM… while we sped 57 mph… upside down 6 times… vertical… you know…  UM… WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO TO HELP YOU DEAR DAUGHTER???

Needless to say, after that, we went for a little tamer rides… like these…

The one that she liked the best was the Gemini… It is turning 30 this year.  Interesting to me that 90% of the people who were riding it yesterday weren’t even born then! 

This was also quite interesting to me.  The rides that Leah and I rode all day yesterday would have been considered the top thrill rides when I was a kid.

Like the Demon Drop… I remember very clearly refusing to go on that ride.  (as I did yesterday too) but being convinced by my 8th grade classmates to try it out… 131 ft, 10 stories, straight down in 2.8 seconds…

But my dear, sweet Leah… her classmates will try to convince her to go on rides like this one… Top Thrill Dragster….

Cedar Point stunned thrill-seekers yet again in 2003 with the debut of the park's unprecedented 16th, yes, 16th, roller coaster – Top Thrill Dragster. Reaching a stratospheric 420 feet tall and topping out at an unheard of speed of 120 mph, this new steel screamer helped Cedar Point reclaim the title of owning the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the universe.

As Leah and I watched with our mouths hanging open, the people blasting off on this 17 second ride… my comment was something along the line of having to be drugged, bound, and gagged, to get me on that thing!

I was dealing with nausea on the little rides!!  3 times on the Gemini real fast, because the line was short, and I was done for a while!!  There is something to be said for helping your stomach while you wait in a long line for a big ride! 

I began looking for a stand or restaurant to sell me some chicken soup with saltines to calm my spinning tummy!  All I found were 3908 stands selling french fries!!!  At $6 a pop… I ended up having to eat something fried and take my chances, because I would have passed out from not eating!!

Then my head started hurting, and I found myself sending Leah on the rides while I sat on benches by the exit ramp… so much for the cool mom… cool mom’s don’t sit on benches!  LOL!

I really think that Cedar Point could make a lot of money with a stand selling soup, crackers, and pepto!!

We survived the day, had a lot of fun, had a lot of laughs, and Leah said she was glad that the two of us were on our own and not with a group.  I’m glad she had fun, I’m glad I didn’t throw up.