tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post4037000300065552031..comments2024-03-29T10:57:49.785-04:00Comments on Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia: Goodbye, WildCat – and Space Spiral too?Dan Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-35116393651484264202012-06-06T17:30:11.663-04:002012-06-06T17:30:11.663-04:00The Double Ferris-Wheel was awesome fun and scary ...The Double Ferris-Wheel was awesome fun and scary as heck, my favorite back then...but the Pirate Ride, Earthquake, the Up-side Down Fun House and Jungle Larry's were great family attractions too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-92153083454761516062012-06-05T10:49:57.896-04:002012-06-05T10:49:57.896-04:00I could reminisce for hours about Cedar Point. I&#...I could reminisce for hours about Cedar Point. I'm sure my younger sisters could too - they both worked there for several summers. By that time the park really began to change. I remember coming home after college and visiting CP for the first time in several years with my then-fiancee, now wife Cathey. We had a blast as I always had, but what struck me was the product tie-ins and the standardized concessions. I think at about that time the park lost it's individuality. It had become just another park in Cedar Faire's portfolio. : (<br /><br />We always liked spending the late evening over in Frontier Town area. We could ride the Mine Ride and Shoot the Rapids over and over again with no lines - everyone was heading back to the front of the park. Then we would hop on the last train or the Sky ride back just in time.<br /><br />I have fond memories of Chippewa Lake Park too. I remember riding the Wild Mouse there. I think it was moved there from Cedar Point in the late 1960s.Randall Chetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-40141557907910843062012-06-05T09:46:51.063-04:002012-06-05T09:46:51.063-04:00Hi Randall!
What a great, charming reminisce... y...Hi Randall!<br /><br />What a great, charming reminisce... you really hit the nail on the head, especially about the anticipation of going (we prayed it wouldn't rain) and the mill race being scheduled near lunch so you could dry out. (We always brought a lunch as well but dinner was at the Silver Dollar!)<br /><br />At least the Sky Ride still takes you from one end of the park to the other, when you are up there it is 1967 all over again!Dan Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-32804776954350539062012-06-05T00:02:10.556-04:002012-06-05T00:02:10.556-04:00Wow - now you are talking! Our family did not take...Wow - now you are talking! Our family did not take too many vacations, but we ALWAYS made it to Cedar Point once a year. My parents would never tell us kids ahead of time, lest we'd stay up all night in anticipation. I think the only other morning that rivaled Cedar Point was christmas morning! Of course I hardly recognize Cedar Point any longer - we would usually ride the double ferris wheel as our last ride. Some of my other favorites from my youth: the mill race for a quick cool-off at lunchtime since it was so close to the picnic pavillions - we always brought plenty of fried chicken, potato salad and oreos. A big deal was the year I finally got to ride the Jumbo Jet with my dad, since you had to be 60" tall to ride it. The best french fries were to be had over by the Wildcat and the funhouse. With lots of malt vinegar and ketchup. And of course we always picked up a couple of boxes of salt water taffy - when it was made right there in the park, not in China!Randall Chetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-58147272905528310332012-06-04T19:45:01.986-04:002012-06-04T19:45:01.986-04:00They also took out the river boats, and Demon Drop...They also took out the river boats, and Demon Drop was moved to California. Cedar Point is going downhill. Of course, these are the same dopes that ruined Geauga Lake. They've also made some bad decisions involving King's Island, so that that park's also not as fun, and no longer worth the trip down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com