Cedar Point Trip Report October 2016

Hi guys! so after editing a couple youtube videos and going through and deleting multiple duplicate pictures, I thought it would be time to post a medium sized TR from my trip to the park


First off this was my first time at the park since 2014, back when Mantis was closed and rougarou transformation was taking place. I would like to start with a couple reviews of the three main coasters i wanted to hit no matter what:

-Valravn: HOLY COW. This was my first dive coaster and boy oh boy, I dont know what was better, getting in the front row after a 10 minute wait for ERT, or seeing TONY CLARK HIMSELF on station Master! Loved the somewhat airtime on the hills and the selection of inversions but i stick with what someone told me while working Vortex saturday night, Valravn is a one trick pony.

-Rougarou: I was waiting for this ride as i never rode a floorless coaster and wanted to see how it felt differently since the last time i rode it, it was Mantis. Needless to say i was somewhat surprised and impressed and i hope more parks decide to start doing Standup/Floorless conversions.(ALSO DOES THIS COUNT AS A NEW CREDIT!)

-Maverick: Last time i rode maverick was with the old hard shell OTSR. BOY OH BOY my top ten list will be updated. This is in the top 5 hands down!



Anyways enough of talking and heres my latest youtube video and pictures!

[Turbo]

I'll count it as a new credit same layout different ride experience

Hey I was there that day! Tony Clark on Valravn was hilarious.

[Coasterkidmwm]

You photographed Delo! Thank you for Rougarou pictures, they remind me of the hearing loss I incurred.

Heres some of the last pictures that for some reason didnt make it on the Trip report but their here now.

[TTD03]

You probably hit the 100 photo limit when uploading the first part of the trip report. You can upload more than 100, just not more than 100 at once.

[Coasterkidmwm]

Thanks for the great set of photos. Looks like you got really lucky with the crowds when you visited!

Coasterkidmwm wrote:

Thanks for the great set of photos. Looks like you got really lucky with the crowds when you visited!

Yes it was a great day. I know i asked on TPR when to go and they said beginning of October since crowds would be scarce since it was so far away from Halloween

TTD03 wrote:

You probably hit the 100 photo limit when uploading the first part of the trip report. You can upload more than 100, just not more than 100 at once.

I only have 58 photos

[Turbo]

I really need to go back. How was Valravn? How was Gatekeeper?

Turbo wrote:

I really need to go back. How was Valravn? How was Gatekeeper?

Valravn was pretty good, super smooth, honestly i found it as a one trick pony.

Gatekeeper was still running smooth and twisty, and forecless.

I <3 Rougarou's turnaround between Dive Loop and Inclined Loop!

There would be a riot if they changed Raptors trains. The old restraints are so much more comfortable on the old style rides.

Any "additional" thoughts on this trip, you guys?

Awesome pictures!

Can you open a CP topic on the pictures forum? They are stunning.

I fav the MF and TTD ones with the water. Do you have taken some of Maverick as well?

[Coasterkidmwm]

matthew6969 wrote:

-Rougarou: I was waiting for this ride as i never rode a floorless coaster and wanted to see how it felt differently since the last time i rode it, it was Mantis. Needless to say i was somewhat surprised and impressed and i hope more parks decide to start doing Standup/Floorless conversions.(ALSO DOES THIS COUNT AS A NEW CREDIT!)

I think the conversion killed 1/4 of the intensity, subdued the whips a bit, so I think it counts.

Der LK 7531 wrote:

Awesome pictures!

Can you open a CP topic on the pictures forum? They are stunning.

I fav the MF and TTD ones with the water. Do you have taken some of Maverick as well?

Of course!

^ Thanks "again" for the photo update! I always find it really fun to see park visitor's snapshots! Geeky ones for those loving NL1/2 all the time!

I can see that you had a great day there!

[Xenon]

Sadly, I only rode four coasters there, as I'm a fan of inversions more than anything.

GateKeeper was incredibly fun for me. It's not intense, it's all about fun. People give this a lot of hate for some reason, but I like it a lot.

Rougarou I found to be a headbanger, so I'm really not a fan. I can see why, though. Cedar Point just had B&M repaint the track and give it floorless cars, that's all.

Iron Dragon wasn't that bad, it was just child's play for an enthusiast like me. It's an arrow; what do you expect?

Raptor... Oh my, Raptor... I love Raptor. It was intense, the inversions were excellent, and it was silky smooth for a mid-90's Invert. Along with the new paint job, it was beautiful to look at. Shame I couldn't ride it multiple times.

That's 4 coasters. Rougarou definitely has headbanging, but there's nothing that can be done. It's not the track or the cars but the transitions themselves. They're much snappier than normal for a b&m. They're what make the ride great while always being the one flaw.

[Xenon]

MagnumFreak25 wrote:

That's 4 coasters. Rougarou definitely has headbanging, but there's nothing that can be done. It's not the track or the cars but the transitions themselves. They're much snappier than normal for a b&m. They're what make the ride great while always being the one flaw.

Oh, yeah, that's right... I remembered about Iron Dragon right before I posted that, and I apparently forgot to edit the "three" into "four". Thanks for pointing that out.

Also, thanks for pointing out what was causing the headbanging on Rougarou.

Oh... sorry to bump this, but I hope for Cedar Point (Like, park entry only.) to open on Christmas days.

[Coasterkidmwm]

You understand the kind of stormy hellscape that peninsula could become in winter right?

^ Yeah of course, but other parks including "Coney Island Cincinnati" have neat winter events...

[Coasterkidmwm]

Cincinnati is way south and doesn't have the lake surrounding it. The Great Lakes in the winter are one of the most dangerous bodies of water on the planet.

Even 300 miles to the east we still get lake effect snow time to time.