Betsy's Family Blog: Cedar Point

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Cedar Point

Mark, I, Devon and Robert loaded up the car for the long weekend vacation. We haven't had a vacation in since last summer when we went to Jessica's wedding (and I went to Spokane).

This vacation is in honor of Devon's homecoming!!! He loves roller Coaster rides so we are going to his favorite amusement park, Cedar Point and Soak City.

We drove up on Thursday and made it to Jessica's work by 3:00 pm. She was getting off work at that time. Everyone there said I looked like her sister - yay!!! From there we went to downtown Detroit to see Tate. He works at the big tall, Renaissance Building (used to be Fords) where GM has it's headquarters. Tate was able to get off at 4:00 and join us on the river front. We walked around and had a super fun time.

That night we drove up to Novi, MI to meet Julie and Scott Barb, and their kids and Mark's older brother, Kevin and his wife Shauna. We were so excited to eat at the Cheesecake Factory, but they had a 2.5 hour wait! UGH!!! We decided that was toooooo long so we ate at the food court, which turned out to be a great idea so everyone could get what they wanted. It was great to catch up with Julie, Scott, Kevin and Shauna. This is the first time I've seen Shauna after her transplant.

It was also so much fun to see the nephews and our niece. I got Tanner and Logan Michigan Pendents as a birthday present. I also got Preston and Mallory Michigan Pendents (just smaller ones) so they would not feel left out.

Devon, Tate, Jessica, Robert, Mark & Betsy, Tanner, Kevin, Mallory & Shauna, Preston & Julie, Logan and Scott

We checked into our hotel, bringing Jessica along for the ride. We got her a roll-away bed. I didn't know she was staying with us at the time I booked the room. Luckily they were good to let us have a rollaway.

Because we are staying at the Breaker Express we get into the park one hour before it "opens." YAY!!! However, the next morning slept in longer than we expected, but still made it to the park by 9:30. At first we went to Soak City - it was empty - good reason ... it was still closed. Someone left the gate open and we just walked in. Too funny!

We made it over to Cedar Point and put our stuff in a locker before heading to Top Thriller Dragster! Last time there was an hour long wait - this time NO WAIT!!! We rode it two times in a row... well the kids did it three times. Then I went to Soak City to lay out towels while everyone else went to ride Millennium Force! Again, no wait! Mark, Devon, Jessica and Robert rode it two times before I got there. Jessica and Robert rode it with me (that makes 3 for them). I can't believe there is no wait. Devon went to ride Maverick, but it was temporarily closed. Bummer! We rode went on some water ride - Thunder Falls (we got soaked, Robert got the most of it) and the Log Ride (since we were already soaked it was okay to get completely soaked again - and that's exactly what happened). Jessica has the art of water bending.

We finally found Devon and ate some lunch together.

After lunch Betsy and Robert went to Soak City. We road Dragster H2O, and three other slide rides, and Erie Falls (totally black covered twisty slides - you go so fast in total darkness) ... while Devon went to ride more roller coasters. He rode Rapture, Twisted Sister, & Magnum. It was incredible - no wait! Mark and Jessica went to meet Tate at the hotel.

Everyone arrived back at Soak City at the same time (while Robert and I were in a line in a tower - so we could see them). They caught up to us and we road the Water Roller Coaster together. Devon didn't hold on and he crashed into Robert and me. It wasn't fun for us! However, we got over it (I freaked out at him).

After that we road all the water rides and the lazy - not so lazy river. The lines were so short! it was awesome! We stayed at Soak City until 6:00 and then loaded the towels in the car before returning to Cedar Point. We road Dragster (because Tate had never ridden it) again and then we rode Maverick. OH MY GOSH! IT is the scariest ride in the park. Betsy SCREAMED the entire ride - and lost her voice on it, for sure! After that ride we ate dinner at Subway and then road more Roller Coaster Rides. We rode VALRAVN which drops at 90 degrees going 75 miles per hour. It's awesome! It was the longest wait of the night at 25 minutes. Then we went and road Gate Keeper. Everyone had a blast. To slow things down we road the Ferris Wheel. We wanted to do bumper cars, but it was already closed. We left the park around 9:00 pm. It was a fun and full day of activity!

The next day - REPEAT! Actually today was a little different. We again got a locker and road Magnum first - then we road Maverick. Betsy went to put the towels out at Soak City. The rest of the morning we road roller coasters and did water rides. We took Tate and Devon on Thunder Falls - Robert got soaked again. What are the odds! We did the Log ride again too! Betsy & Mark headed to Soak City while they rest road Maverick one more time. Unfortunately, this is where Devon lost his phone. He had to spend the next hour and a half going back to find it, then going to lost and found to report it missing. So sad, he's only had it two weeks. Now he's without a phone again.

We spent the remainder of the day in Soak City - lazy rough river, rides, water roller coasters, relaxing in the sun, soaking up rays, going in the wave pool, etc. What a great day! It ended with a trip to Dipin' Dots, and a ride on Gemini and the Cedar Point Train.