After a long layoff following wrist surgery in July, my past two weeks at amusement parks have been more about trying new things than settling for what I’ve done before. (Although there has been some of that, too.)
As general manager John Hildebrandt spoke Monday, Aug. 13, at the main gate about Cedar Point’s future, its past was being torn down a few hundred feet away.
Just two days after President Barack Obama’s stop on Ohio’s North Coast, Sandusky will be visited by another person of celebrity status. Granted, she’s nowhere near as important a figure in shaping our world, but she probably carries a tune better than the president does. (No offense, Sir.)
For about three minutes Friday, I desperately wished I could speak Japanese.
From the moment I climbed into a Millennium Force train next to a young Japanese man and in front of two others, I mostly missed out on what sounded like a hellaciously fun time.
If you cornered a Cedar Fair or Cedar Point executive and asked him or her what the most important thing is in park operations, I’d be willing to bet the rest of my life’s rides on Millennium Force he or she would say “the safety of our guests.”