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agt_spookyHey guys! I'm back from Coastermania at Cedar Point in Ohio and I lived to tell the tale. :-)
Andrew and I had a FANTASTIC time. Even though my body is bruised and battered all to hell and I was on my feet for eighteen hours a day. It was most certainly worth it. *g*
I HAVE CONQUERED TOP THRILL DRAGSTER!! I haven't been to Cedar Point in seven years, so this was my first time riding this coaster. And I admit, I was a bit nervous. We're talking a 400' drop straight freaking down going 120 mph. But after my first ride, I was hooked. :-) It was AMAZING. Because the crowd was pretty sparse both Friday and Saturday (which was unbelievable) we got to ride it SEVEN times. And once in the front row!
All of the other coasters were fabulous as well (all 19 of them!). Maverick was one that I'd never ridden before, either, and I loved it. And I'll always love Millennium Force and Magnum XL 200.
Andrew and I met up with his friends Jim, Scott and Scott's girlfriend, Gina on Friday, who were also there for the Coastermania event. We hung around with them all day and night and they were all such fun! I'm glad I met them.
Part of the event was that we got into the park hours before it opened (6:30 am) and got to stay hours after it closed (12:30 am) and that was fantastic. It allowed us to ride the coasters over and over before the regular crowd got there at 10 am and again after the park closed at 10 pm.
Man, everything was just so much FUN. The weather was absolutely beautiful (I even got a bit sunburned) and we met lots of nice people in the lines and had great conversations, and it was just nice to hang out with Andrew, doing something we both love. It also brought back so many childhood memories of my family going to the park.
Andrew's always joking with me about the "coaster nerds" that go to these events and I told him I bet they're not much different from all of my "fandom nerds" that I meet at my conventions. And guess what? I was right! LOL! These guys talk about rollercoasters and how they're built and what new rides are being developed like we dissect episodes and speculate on upcoming spoilers. :-)
So yeah, I'm exhausted and I've got a blister on each foot, but it was a weekend that I'm going to remember for a long time. :-)
Now I've got to go and try and get caught up on all the comments I couldn't get to before I left on Thursday!
Have a good Monday, everyone!
Andrew and I had a FANTASTIC time. Even though my body is bruised and battered all to hell and I was on my feet for eighteen hours a day. It was most certainly worth it. *g*
I HAVE CONQUERED TOP THRILL DRAGSTER!! I haven't been to Cedar Point in seven years, so this was my first time riding this coaster. And I admit, I was a bit nervous. We're talking a 400' drop straight freaking down going 120 mph. But after my first ride, I was hooked. :-) It was AMAZING. Because the crowd was pretty sparse both Friday and Saturday (which was unbelievable) we got to ride it SEVEN times. And once in the front row!
All of the other coasters were fabulous as well (all 19 of them!). Maverick was one that I'd never ridden before, either, and I loved it. And I'll always love Millennium Force and Magnum XL 200.
Andrew and I met up with his friends Jim, Scott and Scott's girlfriend, Gina on Friday, who were also there for the Coastermania event. We hung around with them all day and night and they were all such fun! I'm glad I met them.
Part of the event was that we got into the park hours before it opened (6:30 am) and got to stay hours after it closed (12:30 am) and that was fantastic. It allowed us to ride the coasters over and over before the regular crowd got there at 10 am and again after the park closed at 10 pm.
Man, everything was just so much FUN. The weather was absolutely beautiful (I even got a bit sunburned) and we met lots of nice people in the lines and had great conversations, and it was just nice to hang out with Andrew, doing something we both love. It also brought back so many childhood memories of my family going to the park.
Andrew's always joking with me about the "coaster nerds" that go to these events and I told him I bet they're not much different from all of my "fandom nerds" that I meet at my conventions. And guess what? I was right! LOL! These guys talk about rollercoasters and how they're built and what new rides are being developed like we dissect episodes and speculate on upcoming spoilers. :-)
So yeah, I'm exhausted and I've got a blister on each foot, but it was a weekend that I'm going to remember for a long time. :-)
Now I've got to go and try and get caught up on all the comments I couldn't get to before I left on Thursday!
Have a good Monday, everyone!
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Date: 2009-06-10 01:00 am (UTC)LOL! Wow, I never thought of it that way before!
Your trip sounds fun :))) Gotta try that someday!
Oh, definitely! If you get the chance, go! :-)