We said good bye to Michigan early this morning and after getting fuel and a pump out set off for a 60 mile cruise down the Detroit River and across Lake Erie to Cedar Point, OH. Founded in 1870, Cedar Point is the second oldest amusement park and most visited seasonal amusement park in the nation (I am sure you can guess the most visited continuously operating amusement park). The harbor is located steps from the entrance to the park with a couple of restaurants right in the marina, We enjoyed a nice BBQ lunch at Famous Dave’s BBQ before heading into the park around 2:00.
The park boasts 16 different roller coasters and is the only park in the world with four taller than 200 feet. After Matt and I went on the first one. the Raptor, the tallest (137’), fastest (57 MPH) and longest inverted roller coaster in the world when it opened in 1994, we were done with roller coasters. Rich, however, went on many others including the Gatekeeper, the highest (170’) and longest Wing Coaster as well as having the highest inversion on any roller coaster in the world and the Top Thrill Dragster, the tallest (420’) and fastest (120 MPH) roller coaster in the world when it opened in 2003. The “signature roller coaster” we learned was the Millennium Force, the #1 ranked steel roller coaster in the nation, the tallest (310’) and fastest (93 MPH) complete circuit coaster in the world when it opened in 2000. This coaster was the only one with a line over 15 minutes, so Rich plans to go early tomorrow to enjoy this one last thrill before he departs at noon tomorrow. In addition the roller coasters enjoyed a couple of beers watching the Ultimate Country live musical show at the Red Garter Saloon.
Then in was back to the boat to catch up on some work, relax and cocktail on the aft deck. Before we knew it, it was 9:00 and after calling around we learned just about every restaurant closes at 9:00. Dinner was not looking promising until we learned there was a TGIF in the Breaker’s Hotel on the opposite side of the park open until 11:00 so fortunately we were able to avoid starvation.
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