Day at Cedar Point

Yesterday, my travels took me somewhere that I would not normally go. I had
a business trip that took me to Sandusky,Ohio which is the home of Cedar Point. For those not familiar with Cedar Point, it is a large amusement complex
with a theme park, water park, hotels, marina and beach. However,it is not
your standard theme park with a few roller coasters and carnival rides.
Cedar Point, set on the beautiful shore of Lake Erie, specializes in thrill rides. It has some of the largest and fastest roller coasters in the world. They have
the very scary looking Dragster that screams by from 0 mph to 120 mph in
less than 4 seconds , the very tall Millennium and the feet dangling Rapter.
Not being a fan of these scary thrill rides, I went on some of the tamer
options. My favorites were the Runaway Mine roller coaster and the Old
Fashioned Cars. They also have a Camp Snoopy area for those under age 6. In the past, I have generally tried to avoid theme parks due to the less
than desirable crowds, dirty  bathrooms and gross food. This was not an
issue at Ceder Point. The crowd was family orientated and well-behaved. The
bathrooms were fairly clean and the large assortment of food inside the
park including Subway and Johnny Rocket’s was surprising.  My group also
visited the Soak City water park that had many different slides, a lazy
river, wave pool and several more “adult” pools with cabana rentals and
swim-up bars. There is also a large beach area with wave runner rentals and
parasailing on Lake Erie. It was a very pretty scene. I can now understand
why Cedar Point has had such success  while other theme parks such as Six
Flags have not.  They have done a fantastic job making it a destination to
enjoy when looking to stay close to home or if you are in search of the world’s most thrilling roller coasters.