Cedar Point - Best Amusement Park in the World

Saturday September 20th we were up shortly after 4am in preparation for our next great adventure with Fanny, a trip to Cedar Point.  Some fun facts about Cedar Point;

• 2014 will be Cedar Point’s 145th season of operation, making it the second oldest continually-operated amusement park in North America
• Cedar Point has been voted the “Best Amusement Park in the World” for 16 consecutive years by the readers of Amusement Today
• Cedar Point features more than 150 rides, shows and attractions
• The Cedar Point Peninsula is 364 acres
• Cedar Point boasts 72 rides, including 17 roller coasters making it the "Roller Coaster Capital of the World"

So after a short 50 minute drive to Port Huron, Michigan we arrived in the U.S. at 6AM and promptly were asked to go into the boarder office so that Fanny could fill in some paper work.  We were greeted by surprisingly a very friendly U.S. boarder officer who asked Fanny some questions, finger printer her and within 20 minutes we were back on the road on to Ohio.  Total trip time was about 4 hours from our house.  We arrived and as we got closer we heard Fanny say, "oh my god".  Cedar Point was an amazing site.

 We checked into our hotel, Breakers located onsite and headed for the 10AM early opening for park guests.   The gates opened and we were off, first ride the Millennium Force.  Total ride time, 2 minutes with a top speed of 150 kms.  If we weren't awake before the ride we certainly were after.  Next up Iron Dragon which was fun but compared to our first ride, was a kids ride.  It was now getting close to 11AM the time when the park officially opened and when the Top Thrill Dragster ride opened.  We got in line and nervously waited  30 minutes.

It was our turn and we got strapped in, ready to go 193 km/hour in 3.8 seconds.  Lydia could be heard saying , " oh shit",  Fanny saying " oh god", Steve saying "^%$#@!!$$%^" and Brooke telling her father to watch his language.  Just then the dragster lights went from yellow to green and we were off!!!  Up the 90 degrees to the top (128metres) before hurtling down to the bottom.  Total ride time about 20 seconds.   We SURVIVED!!

The rest of the day Fanny and Lydia went on numerous other rides while Brooke and I opted to take it easy.  We went for dinner and then came back into the park around 7pm for additional rides and to check out a  Halloween haunted house and other haunted attractions in the rain.  Poor Lydia and Fanny waited over 45 minutes for a ride only to be told it would be closing due to the rain.  

After a great nights sleep we were up and heading home.  We did some shopping in Port Huron before waiting 1 hour to cross the border into Canada.   Another great adventure complete.  Up next the Ilderton Fair.