Personal Narrative

This ride is like no other ride you have ridden. It has scenery that you have never seen. Hills like no other.It is located in Sherbert Park. You will ride over Willow River in Wisconsin. This roller coaster is a metal roller coaster. The ride has four cars per train holding six people per car. There will be one trains going at a time. The train is shaped like a torpedo coming to a point in the front. The time length of the ride is roughly one minute long. Approximately one thousand-four hundred people will be able to ride per hour. When the ride will have an inertia jerk in the beginning so be aware. In the beginning you will experience a fifty meter freefall drop and go up at a ninety-nine degree angle, but come down a ninety-seven degree

Such as the super duper looper and toboggan. And from 1976 to 1986 it was smooth sailing. In 1986 they decided to rapidly add any rides resulting in 10 new rides. And from then on till 1996, they added more and more to make this one of the largest parks in the world at the time. In the year 200 they closed on buying the biggest roller coaster in america, known as “The Lightning racer”

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.”

Background Cedar Point Amusement Park is a 364 acre theme park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio. The park has been open since 1870, and is the third oldest park in North America. It is currently tied with Six Flags Magic Mountain for having the most roller coasters in the world. Outside the park is a mile-long white sand beach, an outdoor water park called Soak City, two marinas, several resorts, and an area known as Challenge Park that houses upcharge attractions (golf, racing, rip cord and skyscraper rides). Typically, the park's operating season runs daily from Mid-May through Labor Day, and then on the weekends until late October, when it becomes too chilly for most people to remain comfortable. The park has a number of milestones that draw tourists from all over the Midwest; and is known as "America's Roller Coast," and the "Best Amusement Park in the World" for the past fourteen years (Golden Ticket Awards 2011, 2011).

Amusement parks have been developing across the country for centuries. Their success is often attributed to the wide variety of entertainment within each park. In Ohio, many amusement parks have come and gone over the years, but one has stayed. Cedar Point has stood high above the other parks, including Geauga Lake now merely a water park, paling in comparison. It is constantly developing in order to keep guests captivated while also preserving historical treasures. Which in turn aids in the economic development of the state. As the marking director for Cedar Point once said, “it is the only old time amusement park to successfully make the transition to the new amusement park culture” (Hildebrandt, 87).

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggghhhh!” Screamed the crowd of people as they plummeted down a drop on one of the most terrifying roller coasters i've ever seen. We were on vacation in Universal Studios, Hollywood, and believe me, I was not pleased. My dad always says I shouldn’t be scared of roller coasters, but I don't listen to him. I’m terrified of roller coasters, so since he knows I don’t listen to him, he let my little sister choose the ride I had to go on, which almost scared me to death.

Since humans were created, we have always searched for some kind of thrill and excitement. Once man was tired of playing with something as dangerous as fire, he decided to move on to more dangerous things, thus, the roller coaster was born. From sliding down rocky mountains, to the huge steel coasters we have today. Roller coasters have evolved, and will continue to evolve alongside humans. The way roller coasters are made, the safety of the roller coasters and the popularity of them are just a few things that make up the history of these magnificent gifts to man. Coaster history has its ups, downs and loop di loops, all that bring us to where we are today.

I have always wanted to ride a roller coaster ever since I was a little kid. After a while of asking my parents to go to Cedar Point they finally said “yes.” Eventually we went to Cedar Point and that’s where it began.

My life has been a whirlwind of chaos, with what seems to be just few moments of calm. As I look back, it begins so perfect. My father and mother loved each other very much, and were great parents. I didn’t have to suffer though the trauma of divorce, neglect, or abuse. I grew up with an older brother that at the time, I thought was a big bully. Now I look back, and I realize that since I made it to adulthood, he must have had the patience of a saint.

That morning had begun just like any other, or so I believed. It was a cold winter morning, a school day, and I was 14 years old, getting up to get ready for school. It was while I went about my routine that I realized my parents were nowhere to be found. I was immediately concerned and searched the entire house for them before frantically running to our neighbors and beating on the door, desperate for an answer. When I managed to explain that my parents were gone he told me to come along in his car. Concerned, and fearing what was about to happen, I went with him, feeling even more frantic when I realized we had arrived at the hospital.

A rainy Saturday filled with a bit of cleaning, a lot of work and a constant rain, the hubs and I found ourselves with a hankering for burgers. Of course downtown has options, but we also wanted to get home just in case the downpour decided to continue. One never knows in Michigan after all.

Today’s roller coaster are built to its extreme capabilities with more speed, bigger and longer to achieves its maximum thrill, now with additional variety of material they are far more durable and strong. The combination of intelligent minds and technological advances has allows us to continually strive higher and bigger than before. (Check logbook p.1 & p.2 for further information and for a timeline of roller coaster evolution check logbook

Today, Roller Coasters dominate amusement parks across the world. With 672 roller coasters in the United States alone, and 3,656 operating coasters across the world this thrill ride is widely know, as well as enjoyed. However, when the majority of the population thinks of this common ride all it 's known for is the excitement, butterflies, long waits in line, the speed and memories that come with it. It seems no one could name where the first roller coaster was built, how they came about, or even any of the simple physics involved. In reality, the Roller Coaster is more than just a thrill ride, it is all parts of physics including momentum, inertia, Newton 's Laws,and friction. It is a symbol of dedication of its creator, safety, and even

A long time ago, in the stone age, two men came up with the idea of making an amusement park. They had a passion for thrills and water. They were occupied by one main thing, rolling boulders down big hill into a pond or other water source. If they had no boulder, they would hollow out big tree stumps and sit in them. They enjoyed the fact that a “godly” force called centripetal force was keeping them inside of the tree stump. The people started off with a small and simple ride which was similar to modern day toddler rides even though it was made out of sticks, twigs, and rope from animal hide. They slowly began to build a very more diverse set of rides and eventually came up with the idea of a fast roller coaster and a water ride. They named

Would you believe me if I told you my 50-year-old grandpa was in love with roller coasters? Every year since 2010, he's gotten my sister and I, along with both him and my grandma, passes to Six Flags Great America, except for the year 2014. That Christmas, my sister and I got a slip of paper saying we'd be going to Cedar Point on July 25th, 2015.