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Old 08-02-2001, 01:19 AM
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Post Cedar Point trip 7/30 and 7/31

I just got back from Cedar Point late last night. It was my second time this season and third overall. Unfortunatly, I went with my brother who has never gone on a roller coaster. He brought a friend with that has gone on roller coasters before though. We get there and can tell it is a busy day. I want to go on Raptor first. It was my first roller coaster that I ever went on last year. I thought if I could handle it being my first, he could handle it too. We also waited for the front. We get on after an hour wait to the station and another 5-10 minutes for the front. At the top of the hill, I'm so excited. As we go through the loops and inversions, i never hang on to the hand bars for a second. We get off of Raptor and my brother's hands are practically red from holding on so tight. He was extremely nervous at the top and for the rest of the ride. We decide to go on something a little more tame, we pick Blue Streak. Both he and his friend like the ride. But his freind is dehydrated or something. We take him to first aid. He stays there for a while. My brother and I try to find some others to go on. I think of Gemini, I know that thye wait is never long for this coaster. We go on and it looks as if my brother is going to have a stroke by the end of the ride. I wonder to myself how is he ever going to be able to take on Magnum or Millennium Force. It's starting to look as if i'm going to have to go on a lot of rides by myself, which I hate to do. I actually get my brother to ride Magnum while his friend is still in first aid. He starts to get real nervous as we get to the top. At first he looks as if he's not enjoying it, but in al ittle bit he starts to come around a bit. Later before we leave the first day, I get my brother to go on MF. He's absolutly terrified. He comes of liking it not sure though what he's been through. On the second day, we ride more of the tamer coasters and rides. His friend only goes on the tamest of the coasters (Disaster Transport, Cedar Creek Mine Ride). At the end of our second day, I want to go on MF again. My brother decides to go on again to my surprise. My brother's friend decides not to, he waits for us. I hate to make him wait for so long, it was a little over an hour at the time. But nothing is going to stop me from going on MF one more time. After all it will probably be my last time until next season. The ride is so great, i just love it so much. I'm not sure if my brother will ever want to do it again, but I know that he enjoyed it.

We didn't go all the coasters but I have been on them all in my visits there, so here are my rankings of them.

Blue Streak 6
Disaster Transport 6
Raptor 9.5
Magnum 9
Mantis 8
Mean Streak 7
Iron Dragon 5.5
WildCat 6.5
Gemini 8
Corkscrew 5
Cedar Creek Mine Ride 5.5
Woodstock's express 5 (actually kinda fun for a kiddie coaster)
Jr. Gemini (I'm not that small to ride it, lol)
Millennium Force 10!!!! (I've gone on it 7 times now and it still makes my heart beat a million miles a minute after I get off)
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