Roller Coaster Road Rage

So this past weekend, I went to Cedar Point Amusement Park with my GBF (gay best friend) to ride some roller coasters! The biggest one in the park is called Top Thrill Dragster and it is 420 ft high and goes 120 mph. The track is basically just an inverted U. You go up one side and down the other. It only takes about 17 seconds, but it's totally amazing!

We got in line for this pretty late in the day and didn't wait too long before it was our turn to get on. We went over, sat in the seats, buckled our safety belts, and suddenly one of the ride operators sticks her hand out and say "It's raining. Get 'em off."

We all looked at each other in shock. First, because it was NOT raining, and second, because we were literally buckled in and ready to go! So they made us get back into line and wait. For some unknown reason, at this point, they pulled all 4 of the trains way far up the track. About 2 minutes later, they announced that it had stopped raining (because it NEVER was), but they had to pull the trains all the way back. This took about 20 minutes.

Finally, we got back into the seats, strapped in AGAIN, and I look over to see that this time it actually IS raining (probably due to the fact that we had to stand around for 25 minutes and this gave Mother Nature some time to conjure up some bitchiness). So we were back up again and waiting in line.

After about 20 more minutes, the rain stopped and we got back into the seats for the third time. We were so pumped to FINALLY go! It was sunny, everything was fine, and we were ready to go. So we pulled up to launch position, launched, and THIS happened:



For all you lazies who don't want to watch a 17 second video, we went up one side of the U, got to the top of the hill, and stopped at the top, then started rolling backwards the way we came from! At 120 mph. Terrifying.

Now, this happens once or twice throughout the day. If you roll back, then they just launch you again. So they very slowly pulled us back into launch position and as they're doing this, it starts RAINING. Yes, again.

They pulled us back into the station for another 30 minutes. At least this time, they let us stay in the seats. By this point, we were celebrities. People were standing by the ride and asking us questions. "Was it scary?" "How long have you been waiting?" All we could do was grit our teeth and try to smile.

Finally, after waiting for the 8,000th time, it stopped raining, we launched again, and we actually, miraculously, made it over. All in all, we waited about 90 minutes for a 17 second ride.

Fun times.

Anyways, my BFF came in from England today to stay with me so I'm going to be MIA for about 9 days (sorry!) I'll do my best to stop in every once in a while!