Cedar Point

Overcoming Roller Coasters Everyone has an experience in their lifetime where they had certain expectations going into something, based on someone else’s thoughts or opinions that happened to be completely wrong. Sometimes it makes the experience better, sometimes worse. I personally had an event be completely different than my mind set, but in my case it was truly for the better. When I was in elementary school, my mother went on about the horrors of roller coasters, mainly ranting about news…

best roller coasters, not only in Cedar Point, but in the world: Millennium Force. Cobb describes how a single roller coaster attracted hundreds from all over the country that waited in line for multiple hours to ride Millenium Force. Even the park goers that were too nervous to ride, still visited Cedar Point to even just look at it. It sparks interest that many people would literally wait hours to ride a multi second long roller coaster, it proves how Cedar Point pulled off a great attraction.…

These days, rollercoasters could be easily seen at the amusement parks; however, roller coasters were not common back in ninetieth century. Also, in order to built a safe rollercoaster, the constructer must have an abundant knowledge in physics. The first rollercoaster in the world was built in Paris, France in 1817. Two of the rollercoasters were built in the same year in France: Les Montagnes Russe à Belleville and Promenades Aeriennes. These rollercoasters were known as the world’s first…

("Amusement Park and…”). Florida has 7 of the top ten amusement parks in the world. 6 Flags magic Mountain teamed up with samsung to get a rollercoaster using virtual reality (Yarborough). The Valravn rollercoaster is the newest roller coaster at cedar Point. It has a 223 foot drop. And it go as fast as 75 MPH that makes it the fastest dive drop in the world. Disney owns the top 5 amusement parks in the world (Yarborough). About 290 million people ride roller coasters a year. Normally roller…

action was a sight to see. Reaching top speeds of 120 mile per hour was the fastest I would have ever gone in my life by far. I have never had a fear of coasters but this one was a different story. Cedar Point is home to the fastest roller coaster in the world. On this trip this ride was the focal point of the trip. No one realized how imposing this ride was until we came face to face with it. However, its fury was determined to be conquered by the family of four. Little did we know what the…

The most exhilarating, terrifying ride of the year is soon going to be opening! The Railroad Bridge is a terrifying ride guaranteed to make you feel the adrenaline coursing through your veins. This ride is based on the urban legend that comes from a railroad bridge on Susco Road in Pennsylvania. In the legend it says it is a bridge where a bride supposedly hung herself, and some say if you put your keys on your car at the sight, you can see the bride in the mirrors. The passengers will…

Eighth grade students from Central Middle School rushed into Dorney Park merrily, with huge smiles on their faces on June 9th. The trip to Dorney Park in Allentown, PA has always been the field trip all eighth graders look forward to years in advance. Parsippany students have been going to Dorney Park for a field trip in eighth grade for the past sixteen years and it has always been wonderful. Thankfully, June 9th was a gorgeous day in spring, a perfect day to go to Dorney Park. The amusement…

coaster from across the park. The top speed of THE DOMINATOR is a 60 mile per hour spiral, that will have you scoring big. You will never know where the next turn will take you. The average speed of this exhilarating ride is 40 miles per hour! Some points will have you going at a constant speed, but you never know when it will speed up or slow down. Once you work your way up, don’t worry, because gravity will pull you back down… eventually! As you build up your momentum and reach the top of the…

There a two insane loops that you must endure extreme centripetal force in order to make it through The Temple alive. The underground adventure is an unreal chance to witness what it is like underneath the surface, with the highest air pressure point on the ride! The speed will never disappoint, you will reach speeds up to 85 mph! The ride has to work against gravity as you travel through the jungle. Riders will feel velocity throughout the whole ride and will feel terminal velocity at the…

things may get tough and kind of crazy it will have its ups, and those ups may be a very high point, like a roller coaster. Another example is, someone close to you can pass away and that's a downer, but think about it later in life or recent something good is going to happen. For example, going to college or having a family of your own, yes those down points are heartbreaking and sad but those high points are exciting and…