Over the Summer, Part One: Cedar Point

We hit Cedar Point for the first time as a family.  Both Parker and Mimi have gone with Orchestra though, so they were able to give us some ideas of what to do and what not to do.

For our trip I did VERY LITTLE prep.  This is not like me.  I want to make the day great for my kiddos, get our money's worth and generally not regret anything.  That requires preparation.  For our trip to Orlando I checked out 2 or 3 books!  So the night before I looked up all the websites with advice, took it all in and we went for it the next morning. 

For all of Mimi's reading challenges, she works really hard in school and won a free trip, so we just HAD to make it happen this summer!

So she was free, and the rest of us got in with a little discount.  That made me decide that we would pay the extra $10 to park close to the gate, totally worth it.

Another extra we paid for was a wristband that allowed us to get free drinks all day, that was $12/a person, but also, totally worth it!  They even have a wristband that allows you to get free food all day, that was $30/a person.  We only got 3 of those, but since we could share, we literally had more food then we could eat all day long!  

Cedar Point is known for it's giant roller coasters, but they have lots of old rides and small rides.  We had fun and will likely go again next summer with all our new knowledge.  The biggest advantage was going on a week-day, no crazy long lines, either a minimal wait or no wait at all.