Cedar Point: A Short Story

Once we got there, I was excited because I always loved all of the rides except roller coasters. When we got inside the park, I wanted to go on the swing ride, but my dad said no. He suggested that we should go on the ride “Medusa”. Guess what! It was a rollercoaster ride. I begged him to not go on it and he eventually convinced me

It is such an adrenaline boost. My dad and brothers love this place as much as I do but since Uriah and Zachary are older they didn't go with us this summer. We used to always go when we were younger and it was always the best times, but what made this trip one of my favorite of all time is that I got to go on all the thrilling rides with my best friend. Allie and I loved the ride the Raptor. The Raptor was one of those rides that your feet dangled from. There were certain rides that Allie would not ride with me so my dad would always be my riding partner on the ones that she would always chicken out of riding. Castaway Bay is Cedar Point's water park. I am not one to love water parks but Castaway Bay is the best water park I have ever been too. They have the biggest variety of water rides. Even Though I am not the biggest fan if water rides this is my favorite water park. We spent every morning at the waterpark and every afternoon/ night at the amusement park. For lunch and every sometimes for dinner Allie and I would eat Chinese food from Panda Express everyday. Now just the smell of panda express takes me back to that trip. The last night we were there the park put on a show for all the little kids where they can

There were thoughts of actually dying and that gave me a strong excitement. The ride had begun it was slowly going up at first I could see myself getting higher and watch my mom wave at me. All of a sudden the ride had stopped. It was about to get much faster and at that exact moment my mind went blank. The ride had started going up instantaneously as I started to yell at the top of my lungs. I was faced toward the theme park as I went higher I felt butterflies squeeze my stomach. Once I reached the top the ride it stopped moving. The whole theme park was so small from the top of the ride I was surprised to realize that my mom looked like an ant. The rays of the sun were flashing into my face but I was feeling fantastic. Suddenly, there was a sound of gas release and boom the ride started to go down and things started to get bigger again.

The summers of 2013, I went to Cedar Point. It was me, my brother, my mom, dad, and my dad’s friend. My dad said, “we are going to get on all of us the roller coasters” and the rest of us said “ok.”

We went on a few more rides. Twisted Colossus was amazing. We twisted 360˚ a few times and went on steep downhills. Roaring Rapids made us cold. We talked and screamed with kids from other schools as waves splashed us.

           As soon as we pulled up me and my brother Spencer jumped out of the car like we were bungee jumping, although I still kinda felt really sick, but there was no time to chicken out and ruin this perfect day so I sucked it up and went with it. We took the Six Flags bus to get closer to the park. The bus had a circle in the middle that spun so I asked my mom if I could sit there and she said, yes! They were sitting in the front of the bus where I couldn't see them but it didn't matter. I felt like I was already on a roller coaster because every time he would turn a corner I would go flying. I looked out the window and saw the most beautiful tree I have ever laid my blue eyeballs on, in my life. All I could think of is I will never see a tree that beautiful in my life! After what feels like an hour on the bus I get really sick and tired of the “pretend rollercoaster” so I look out the window to see another really pretty tree! “My goodness they have a lot of beautiful trees” I say under my breath and think nothing of it. A few more minutes go by and the

Instead of going to a beach for vacation, my parents decided to buy a Platinum Pass. A Platinum Pass is when you can get into Cedar Point, Kings Island, Michigan Adventure, and Carowinds. I really liked all of them, but Cedar Point is hard to beat. I also really like Carowinds, which is up in North Carolina. It has some good rides, but Cedar Point’s rides are much better.

A few years ago, in the middle of July, the carnival was in town, so my family, my best friend Ashley, and I decided to go. When we got there we had an amazing time eating funnel cake, playing games and going on rides. At this point it was nighttime and I had convinced Ashley, who was afraid of the fast rides, to go on this small spinning roller coaster with me. We get on the ride and experience our first problem, we couldn’t get our safety bar to lock in place, but this was quickly solved when the ride attendant swooped in and fixed it for us. The ride then took off into fast rotations, I was laughing

Then my brother, both my sisters, and parents got out of the car, and the first item I saw was advertising for the park. The advertising said “Hollywood Studios” and had a picture of a rollercoaster, and all I felt was butterflies in my stomach. The next day we woke up in the early morning to get ready so that we could arrive when the park opened. When we arrived, I could see all the rides and an enormous crowd of people swarming around trying to find the shortest line to enter the park the fastest. My sister grabbed me hastily and said “Come on, Alex, let's go get on The Rock N Roller coaster.” My parents walked with us, but they didn't ride the roller coaster, so my sister and I were the only ones from our family. As we waited in line, I felt mixed feelings shoot through my body. Then my turn came, and I slowly entered the blue seat of the ride and buckled up tightly, making sure nothing at all could get loose. On a screen the ride counted down, six, five, four, three,

were so excited, so we wanted to see the beach before we go to our hotel. We got a little wet,

It was around 4:30 5:00pm on a Saturday when my Dad, Sister Ahlancya, Cousin Mycal, Best friend Gracie, and I were getting in the car after the dentist to go to the Ohio State Fair. When we got there we had to walk over to where the rides were because of where we parked. “Whoosh”, as the rides went past. After getting are wrist bands we all except my Dad jumped into the line of our favorite rides. Gracie and I even rode or two that Ahlancya and Mycal recommended for us to ride, they were so fun!!! In till they recommended us to ride this rollercoaster that goes upside down and hangs you there for about 15 seconds mind me Gracie and I hated those rides

Towards the middle of the summer I went to Cedar Point. I went with my sister and parents, we were there exploring and riding the coasters from open to close. It was my first time going to the Coaster Capitol, and it was amazing. Although some of the rides were a little disappointing, most

I walked into the party with my friends and started dancing and eating and jamming out. It was the best thing that has happened in a long time. As we saw they had a pool we went outside to watch people jump off the newly built cabin right next to this old filthy one I just noticed. Someone fell off the roof and broke a leg. But he was ok.

I wondered what it looked like from up on the cliffs. I grabbed hold of one of the rocks and heaved myself up it. Gradually I made my way up the small rock and stood up. It was beautiful, absolutely stunning. I could see all the way back to where we had first started. I glanced down at my family as they smiled up at me, my dad shouting at me that I should jump off. I gave him a look of utter disbelief that he thought I was crazy enough to jump off of the thing.

One of the most exhilarating moments of my entire life was my very first time at a roller coaster theme park. Growing up I would always see commercials on television of children and adults alike having a sparkling Colgate smile on their faces and enjoying themselves, so when my family decided we were going to Islands of Adventure for vacation. I was like a child who just received a cookie out of the cookie jar. Even though I was 21 years old at the time, I was extremely trilled. I packed my luggage like a stuff turkey on Thanksgiving Day and I was ready to take on this adventure.