Well Saturday morning the rain caught up to us, but thank goodness Tom had these matching rain suits to keep us dry.
Don't they look so cute!
After lunch it stopped raining and we had a great time without having to wear our matching suits. This is a shot from the ride call "Power Tower", you can either be
thrust up or ride up slowly and free fall down. Here Shelli and I are waiting for our seat to release for our free fall. Michelle and Tom are on the same ride with us.
Because this is the time of the year they call
Halloweekend, the park is set up with these fright zones and when it gets dark out all these people dressed up in scary
costumes pop out from behind things or from the fog (they use smoke machines) and try and scare you. Shelli was cutting the circulation from my arm from holding on so tight.
This was a cool and smooth ride called "Sky Hawk". It's a huge swing that goes up like a 100 feet or so. When you swing down from that height you really feel it your stomach. It was a fun weekend with Tom and Michelle and we lucked out with the rain because back home only 3 hrs away it rained non-stop the entire weekend.
Well after a gorgeous week of weather the weekend arrived for our planned Cedar Point trip with Tom and Michelle and the forcast was for rain and lots of it! We had a decision to make on whether to go or not - so we decided to chance it and go anyways because even if it rains a little they'll still run some of the rides. Here Tom, Michelle and Shelli prepare to ride the "Dragster". I had already rode on it and decided not to ride again and took some pics. This ride takes off at literally 120 mph, then climbs straight up 420 ft. in a spiral, over the top and back down to the station in about 17 seconds. Whew, what a ride! This was Shelli's favorite.
Here we are waiting to ride in the front row of the "Raptor". You ride on a rail with dips and flips and twists, you name it. Fun.
Because this is the opening weekend of what they call Halloweekend the park is adorned with all these goons, gobblins and skeletons and things. At night they come alive and try and scare you!!
Here's aunt Wendy doing an inverted split, Ha Ha, scary!! The best part of this night was that the rain forcast must of scared a lot of people away because it seemed like we had the whole park to ourselves. They closed at midnight so from 8:00pm to midnight we rode on everything multiple times without having to wait in any lines. It was great. I was proud of Shelli and myself because we were handling all the big coasters with their major first drops and wild rides. Again what made the night was the no wait for a ride because as you, know on a busy day it usually take an hour or longer just to get on one ride. My favorite was the "Millineum Force" it was fast and smooth. The "Magnum" coaster beat us up. Anyways too much to write about, it was a fun and wild weekend!
