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I unfortunately found out on Thursday that PLCP couldn't go, but he never told me for whatever reason, so I was off to Sandusky by myself for the weekend.
We arrived at around 2:00PM in a downpour. After checking into the Breakers and entering, we headed around the park looking for decent waits. Maverick was under an hour so we got in line. Due to rain, that was about double of what it should've been. Maverick was the workhorse this weekend, and that was a good thing, because Top Thrill Dragster was having trouble clearing the tophat all weekend and Millennium Force went down around 7:00PM, not to reopen until around 3:00PM on Sunday.
Here's a ride count of the weekend:
Maverick x4
Mean Streak x1
Cedar Creek Mine Ride x1
Skyhawk x1
Gemini x2
Magnum x2
Corkscrew x1
Power Tower red x1
Iron Dragon x1
Wicked Twister x2
maXair x1
Blue Streak x2
Raptor x1
Millennium Force x1
Onto the pictures, because I know that's all you really care about:
All that wood that showed up around Mean Streak went to catwalks and hand rails instead of track, which is a shame:
This year, the spotlight was on Magnum. The station received some decoration:
Decals were added to the backs of trains:
And a good looking entrance sign was installed:
Along with that, they replaced the fountain at the front of the park with an interactive one, which I personally think is a fail. Water doesn't shoot more than six feet high:
On Saturday night, the park gave a small preview of Starlight Experience, and even though a small portion of the lights were on, it looked awesome. Every tree I saw on Frontier Trail was wrapped in lights, so I can't wait to see all the lights on:
I took some night pictures as well, which came out nicely:
A bit too long of an exposure on this one, but I like it:
Some more general park photos:
And lastly some panoramas I made:
We left around 5:00PM to head home on Sunday. Overall, it wasn't the best trip, but it was nice to be back and take it easy.
Enjoy!
We arrived at around 2:00PM in a downpour. After checking into the Breakers and entering, we headed around the park looking for decent waits. Maverick was under an hour so we got in line. Due to rain, that was about double of what it should've been. Maverick was the workhorse this weekend, and that was a good thing, because Top Thrill Dragster was having trouble clearing the tophat all weekend and Millennium Force went down around 7:00PM, not to reopen until around 3:00PM on Sunday.
Here's a ride count of the weekend:
Maverick x4
Mean Streak x1
Cedar Creek Mine Ride x1
Skyhawk x1
Gemini x2
Magnum x2
Corkscrew x1
Power Tower red x1
Iron Dragon x1
Wicked Twister x2
maXair x1
Blue Streak x2
Raptor x1
Millennium Force x1
Onto the pictures, because I know that's all you really care about:
All that wood that showed up around Mean Streak went to catwalks and hand rails instead of track, which is a shame:
This year, the spotlight was on Magnum. The station received some decoration:
Decals were added to the backs of trains:
And a good looking entrance sign was installed:
Along with that, they replaced the fountain at the front of the park with an interactive one, which I personally think is a fail. Water doesn't shoot more than six feet high:
On Saturday night, the park gave a small preview of Starlight Experience, and even though a small portion of the lights were on, it looked awesome. Every tree I saw on Frontier Trail was wrapped in lights, so I can't wait to see all the lights on:
I took some night pictures as well, which came out nicely:
A bit too long of an exposure on this one, but I like it:
Some more general park photos:
And lastly some panoramas I made:
We left around 5:00PM to head home on Sunday. Overall, it wasn't the best trip, but it was nice to be back and take it easy.
Enjoy!
