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Old 07-25-2001, 04:04 PM
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Thumbs up Cedar Point 7/16/01 (loong)

Yeah...I know that was more than a week ago...I meant to do it as soon as I got back but I just kept putting it off. It's actually more about getting there than about the park itself.
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If you want to know where Cedar Point is located, it's on a little piece of land surrounded by Lake Erie. It seems like it's in the end of the world, or in one of the corners. If you live in Atlanta or close, it's very easy to get there (except for the 15-hour trip.) All you do is take I-75 north and then, on exit 179, go to the east. You should now be on highway 6. There are no signs telling you about Cedar Point. Travel on this road (you should be going east) for about 1 hour and until you get to the town of Fremont. When you're there, find the Kroger on that highway (about 15 minutes into the town). On the street that crosses the highway next to the Kroger, turn right (State Street, I think. I'll look in a map to see if I'm right and post any changes here). Go down about 1 mile and you'll find the Sandusky County tourist info place (something like that, ask about where it is if you feel like it). If it's the nighttime, you might want to go to a hotel and do that the next morning. On the tourist info place, ask them for directions to the Fremont Recreation Center(again I'll get the exact name when I find it), or for discount tickets for Cedar Point. They'll tell you where the place is, and at the rec center you can get $30 Cedar Point tickets. You can also get tickets for SFWoA and PKI. Now go back to highway 6 and continue east. In about 30 minutes, you'll get to see the Millennium Force and Power Tower from far away (very recognizable). In about 10-20 minutes you'll find the Cedar Point Peninsula exit (that's not what it's called, it's just one of those brown road signs that say "Cedar Point Peninsula, exit ___"), take that exit and then follow the "Cedar Point Causeway" signs. In a few minutes you'll find some Cedar Point trucks and things, and then the actual causeway (which I thought would be a big bridge, but was actually a road right in the middle of the water lines with rocks). You'll get to see Cedar Point here (ooh....) and then pay $7.00 for parking, which they'll return if you're just there to drop someone off. They'll direct you to the entrance. You can skip the long ticket buying lines, cuz you already have your ticket, so go directly to the turnstyle. Cross the turnstyle into the promised land. You'll find the rental place to the right. Now, you can go to the rides! Find the reviews on the American Coasters section of the forum. Just don't waste yer time riding Corkscrew 11 times throuout the day like I did Now do whatever you want and enjoy yer day at Cedar Point.
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On a scale of 1 to 10, I give Cedar Point a 100. I highly recommend going there, no matter how long the drive lasts it's worth it. The park is cleaner and better than any of the parks I've visited (3 SF parks and 1 park that I didn't know the chain of). It can be done in 1 day if you're only there to ride coasters, and then you can fit some other stuff in. Do it this way: Just ride the rides and eat some nutricious park food and go to the restroom in between. You'll also get really thirsty, I actually drank more than 8 glasses of water that day (highly recommended). I also lost weight and my legs hurt 3 days after I went. And my new shoes got very messed up ($80 for shoes that can't hold up at CP? The insides of the shoe fell apart that day and the outside got DIRTY! Don't buy Nike shoes!) Again, you should go!
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Old 07-25-2001, 07:30 PM
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11?? Whoa, 1 time gave me a headache! Anywa you sound like me, my legs always hurt for three days after goign to a park!
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Old 07-26-2001, 01:40 AM
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hehe on the 11th time I sneaked a pink glowstick in and waved it around on the corkscrews (if anyone saw me please respond!)
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Old 07-26-2001, 01:32 PM
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I forgot to say something...If you get there and look at Millennium Force and say "Oh no, I'm not getting on that thing!" then get on Wildcat, Blue Streak, and the octopus ride next to the Gemini. These are scarier and more intense than MF (in my opinion anyways).
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