My Cedar Point Trip and a Bit of a Rant.

A group of us went to Cedar Point on Saturday. For those who aren't familiar, Cedar Point is an insane amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio...known as America's Roller Coast.

Anyways, we got there, expecting it to be slow because it was both cold and the forecasters were threatening rain. UMMMMM NO! It was insanely busy. I later found out it was because of "Sweetest Day" which is a stupid Ohio holiday not unlike Valentine's Day. Soooooo busy.

Ok. So We first headed right for the Millenium Force(the first Giga-coaster ever and second tallest/fasted/steepest connected coaster)...Unfortunately, due to Intemin's recent rules, all the restraints were shortened allowing only itty bitty people(and men with no butts) to be able to ride. I obviously couldn't get on since they consider women who are 180+ as "exceptional size". I wasn't too heart-broken since the ride was a bit tall for my taste.

We then hit some of the smaller rides like the Scrambler, Witch's Wheel, the Music Express, and the carousel. We also went on the WildCat which is a wildmouse type coaster where my knees got murdered.

Then we headed over to The Raptor, which is my favorite ride in the park. We waited inline for two hours. We reached the platform and I was so psyched. We get into the seats and when I pulled down the harness, it locked and I went to buckle the belt.....and it wouldn't buckle. Even though the harness came down enough to lock, the belt was too short to connect. The OP came over and she was really surprised and she started pushing down on the harness(very painful) and the belt buckle was literally a milimeter from clicking. So I had to exit the ride.

It really bummed me out for the entire day and I refused to wait inline for any coasters at all out of fear that my chest and ghetto-booty would prevent me from getting on. So I went on a bunch more flat rides including the Tilt-a-whirl which is my second favorite ride.

We then ate dinner and hit all the haunted attractions where they got a few good(and surprising)screams out of me.

I later found out that Cedar Point shortened the restraints on ALL of their coasters because of accidents happening around the country.

While I understand that safety should be the priority, the new shortenings and weight standards are quite extreme. Especially towards female guests. I saw girls who obviously weighed less than me get booted from coasters because their hips and thighs were too curvacious to allow the belts to buckled and leave 1 inch of slack. I saw other women unable to ride because the over-the-shoulder restraints were impeded by their breasts.

The men seemed to have an easier time because they tend to carry their weight in their guts, which can be lifted(nice image) up and the belt slid over their thinner thighs. More women are rejected from the rides than men are. Though I did see some burley men kicked from the OTS rides because, like me, they couldn't connect the shoulder bars to the belt.

I know I'm not the only one who couldn't ride some of the rides but it doesn't make one feel any better and it was heart-breaking to watch excited kids get pulled over by the employees and asked to sit in the test seat(infront of everyone) and find that they can't belt themselves in. I saw some tears.

Some of us "rejected" watched in bitter awe as some person with cerebal palsey in wheelchair was taken up the ramp and put in the front seat of the train. He got to cut infront of people who'd been waiting 3 hours!!

I don't mean to be a jerk, but why on earth does the park allow someone with an extreme deformity and can't even walk be allowed to ride the coaster but the park isn't willing to purchase the ride manufactorer-made belt extensions(like many other parks have) to accomidate someone who might have a little more ass than a supermodel??

It's really sad that I either have to kill myself dieting to be able to ride the coasters next year or simply be content to pay $40 to ride the Scrambler.

The only positive thing that really came from the day was I got to ride all the rides that I normally don't get to because I spend half the day waiting in line for coasters.

 

michiganians celebrate s imilar holiday if not the same one

 

why do you get an extra valentines day?

 

I have no idea but I had completely forgotten about it. It's just another dumb day created to sucker hapless men out of money when they buy flowers, candy, and jewelry for their wimmins.

 

they should just have an international unconditional love day
no flowers no gifts just hugs for everyone

 

Shit I was there in like 1983 or somthing like that, dont remember much, it was close to a beach and a big wheel towered over everything else. The lake it was near was dirty. I went with my mom, bro, sis and step dad so it couldnt of been too much fun.

 

I really enjoyed reading that. One of the better posts I've read in this forum. Thanks for that.

Lets see...first of all...Cedar Point is open totally in Oct? Sweet! Ive been wanting to go to an amusement park lately but they all closed around here about Labor Day Boo.

I'd be really interested to see how the seats are and what sizes of people can't fit into them... seriously... I'm intrigued....

 

I hate Cedar Pointe. It is overpriced and is always busy...


If you're overweight (like my brother is), you can't get into some of the seats at all...

I pretty much just hate the place and you couldn't pay me enough to go there.

 

Ive never been there.

Hershey Park around here is over priced and so crowded that I hate going there usually. The rides themselves are cool... if you could actually get on them.

I like going Easter weekend because its just open for two days and its only 12 dollars to ride all the rides (about three quarters of them are open)- and that is 12 dollars compared to the usual 40!.... and for the best rides you might wait in line 30 minutes compared to 3 hours.

 

I posted my trip report on a Cedar Point board and they are still flaming me.

It's hilarious.

 

why would you go to anyplace you would have to pay to get in?
i mean why would you want to.
i can understand paying to ride a train or a bus that would take you someplace, especialy if it was too far to walk to get to where you were no longer surrounded by where people live and everything, but not this bussiness of paying to get in to some place where you then have to pay again to do anything.
hoomans is just crazy i guess.

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You can try Geauga Lake about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland. I hear they're a little less hectic compared with Cedar Point.

Cedar Point might as well have a bunch of mockup seats near the coasters to let people try the restraints before they wait in line for over two hours.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetest_Day

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Cedar Point took the roller coaster record book to new heights and speeds with the addition of the epic Millennium Force.

Looks like a lot of fun

As for my recommendation, lose some friggin' weight


Hotwater

 

post the link, i cant plat here but maybe i can fucks with those people on the message board

 

They do have test seats. However, I never had a problem with Raptor before. Oh well. Although I heard that for Millenium Force and Top Thrill Dragster, even though you may fit into the test seat you may still not fit in the actual train seats. Nice, eh?

I grew up on Geauga Lake. I remember when it was $15 to get in and it was awesome and if there was still time in the day, you could drive on over to Sea World on the other side. Then Six Flags bought the park, jacked up the price and added some more coasters(while getting rid of some classic flat rides). Then they bought Sea World and treated the animals like crap before Cedar Fairs finally rescued Geauga Lake and is attempting to salvage the park.

 

Thanks for that advice. I did not know that all I had to do was lose weight. :|

 

here's the link to my thread on PointBuzz message boards.

http://www.pointbuzz.com/cpplace.aspx?mode=thread&TopicID=19952

 

Boy, they sure blow things out of proportion there.

I'm sorry, but 180 pounds isn't extremely overweight...I know MORE people over 180 pounds than under. Honestly, these places should take into account the population being LARGER than in the past. Why would I want to pay 40 bucks to go to a place where I can't even ride most of the rides?

 

Sounds like they tried to become another Cedar Point.

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