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austin_dern) wrote2024-11-06 12:10 am
We need its energy
I'm taking a pass again on the Halloweekends trip report because we spent today celebrating bunnyhugger's birthday and if that weren't taking up my thoughts, the US politics situation has left me feeling I need to spend all my time barfing. Here's Eclipse Day at Cedar Point photos, a much better way to spend the time.
Now here's the sun eclipsed by MaxAir, a giant swing ride we used to ride when SkyHawk was down for what sure seemed like a copule seasons in a row. Not so much anymore.
I forget if I posted their little Eclipse Day map before so here's a fresh copy for insurance.
The Giant Wheel and the countdown clock, showing it's all counted out.
Ooh, the Dodgems! We haven't ridden the bumper cars in who knows how long; are they running today?
Nope! The cars are still put away for the season and somehow look adorable huddled up for warmth like that.
Scraggly little bushes planted outside Dodgem, that I photographed to see if I remembered to take photos of the same area when they were grown and see how they developed. Did I? ... Place your extremely safe bets!
Then I went on the Giant Wheel, with a couple who talked about their eclipse photography. They got photos of the disc that looked good. Well, here's the Coliseum Arcade and past that ValRavn.
Looking out toward MaxAir, the Kiddy Kingdom Carousel (on the right, about 4 o'clock), and in the background the roller coasters Raptor and Blue Streak.
Looking down more specifically at the Kiddy Kingdom. You can see Troika in the lower left corner.
Now over on ValRavn, if you have perfect eyes, you might be able to see people on top of the lift hill. Turns out there was a VIP package that let you go up there, possibly even during totality, and that's wild but I understand why bunnyhugger didn't even ask if I might be interested.
Oh, and I think if you look closely at the spire on the right you might just see a test cycle of Top Thrill 2, but I'm not sure. The cluster that I think is the cars might just be an optical illusion. They were running test cycles, though, ahead of the coaster's opening the next month.
Troika seems like such a big ride when you're on it; from above, it looks just wonderfully toylike.
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