One of my first memories is puffing up my a hat to meet the height requirements on The Beast at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. Since I stumbled off that ride, I’ve been hooked.
I’ve felt the click-clack of the elevator chain on the Magnum 2000 at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio several dozen times. I’ve spent hours waiting for the opening of the Millennium Force at Cedar Point, and I’ve looped on the Raptor on the first and last runs of the day.
An unrelated job brought me back to Sandusky, within minutes of Cedar Point’s gate, and I purchased a season pass ($110 for regular, or $169 for platinum with free parking). Instead of trying to pack all of the 17 roller coasters into one day, a pass meant I could go to the park for a few hours after dinner at my favorite local restaurant and then visit the shoreline amusement park as the sun set over the Sandusky Bay, with less urgency. The bulk of the crowd was gone by 7 p.m., leaving shorter lines and less traffic.
When I was younger, a trip to Cedar Point with my family meant arriving at the park at 9:30 a.m., with lunch and coolers in tow, sunscreen slathered over every visible inch of skin. I still enjoyed it then.
As a resident of Sandusky, however, I saw the quieter, relaxing side of the park. My trips to Cedar Point were no longer only about the roller coasters — they were still the main attraction, of course — but about pacing and integrating my visits with the rest of what Sandusky had to offer.
