Cedar Point
Jun. 15th, 2006 07:57 amWe had a wonderful time last night, although I'm now utterly exhausted, and feeling a bit overwhelmed by the world and all the random small things I need to do in the next few days as a result. I may not be very communicative today; multitasking is feeling a bit beyond my capabilities at the moment.
On the way out to Cedar Point we picked a random exit for food, and happened upon Crocker Park -- holy hell, is that place creepy! *shudder* It's like an outdoor mall where you can drive down the main paths. Nevertheless, we were hungry, so we had a quite tasty, although horrendously overpriced, dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. Also? The decorating style inside the restaurant was some of the most hideously overdone frippery I've seen in years. It takes some kind of twisted talent to make design elements clash that dramatically and garishly. The Eye of Sauron lighting fixtures were amusing, though.
We chose an excellent day and time to wander around Cedar Point, though -- it was late enough in the afternoon we weren't frying in the sun even though the weather was completely clear, and since it was a weekday, there were almost no lines for any of the rides. I don't think I stood in line for more than one rotation of any of the rides. And it was fun and nostalgic to wander around with the family at a place we've been going since I was 4 or 5. I'm deeply amused by their new "thrill rating system" though. The carousel at the entrance is a "2 - moderate thrill ride". We spent most of the day trying to figure out what a 1 would be -- walking the fairway, perhaps? (we did finally find one in the Camp Snoopy kids section -- the choo-choo train) What I found silliest about it, though, was that every single coaster was a "5 - aggressive thrill ride". Yes. Because the Mine Ride should obviously have the same rating as the Millennium Force. We didn't do a lot of coaster riding; only the milder ones like the Mine Ride, Iron Dragon, and Disaster Transport (and Musicalchaos and I went on the Corkscrew), since Dad doesn't ride the more intense ones anymore, and no one else in the family is particularly into them. I was more interested in hanging out with the family that running from coaster to coaster, and I was trying to keep a headache under control, so it worked out fine and I had a great deal of fun on the other rides, but I have determined that I still love coasters, and I should get back there sometime with someone who's up for exploring them.
We got home about midnight, but I got some sleep in the car, and crashed within minutes of getting home, so I'm less beat than I was afraid I might be, but still in pretty rough shape.
Time to catch up on emails and LJ replies -- I'm behind.
On the way out to Cedar Point we picked a random exit for food, and happened upon Crocker Park -- holy hell, is that place creepy! *shudder* It's like an outdoor mall where you can drive down the main paths. Nevertheless, we were hungry, so we had a quite tasty, although horrendously overpriced, dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. Also? The decorating style inside the restaurant was some of the most hideously overdone frippery I've seen in years. It takes some kind of twisted talent to make design elements clash that dramatically and garishly. The Eye of Sauron lighting fixtures were amusing, though.
We chose an excellent day and time to wander around Cedar Point, though -- it was late enough in the afternoon we weren't frying in the sun even though the weather was completely clear, and since it was a weekday, there were almost no lines for any of the rides. I don't think I stood in line for more than one rotation of any of the rides. And it was fun and nostalgic to wander around with the family at a place we've been going since I was 4 or 5. I'm deeply amused by their new "thrill rating system" though. The carousel at the entrance is a "2 - moderate thrill ride". We spent most of the day trying to figure out what a 1 would be -- walking the fairway, perhaps? (we did finally find one in the Camp Snoopy kids section -- the choo-choo train) What I found silliest about it, though, was that every single coaster was a "5 - aggressive thrill ride". Yes. Because the Mine Ride should obviously have the same rating as the Millennium Force. We didn't do a lot of coaster riding; only the milder ones like the Mine Ride, Iron Dragon, and Disaster Transport (and Musicalchaos and I went on the Corkscrew), since Dad doesn't ride the more intense ones anymore, and no one else in the family is particularly into them. I was more interested in hanging out with the family that running from coaster to coaster, and I was trying to keep a headache under control, so it worked out fine and I had a great deal of fun on the other rides, but I have determined that I still love coasters, and I should get back there sometime with someone who's up for exploring them.
We got home about midnight, but I got some sleep in the car, and crashed within minutes of getting home, so I'm less beat than I was afraid I might be, but still in pretty rough shape.
Time to catch up on emails and LJ replies -- I'm behind.