A late post but a post nonetheless… I went on vacation last week and enjoyed the shit out of it. I left Tuesday afternoon and we drove to Sandusky, OH where we stayed the night. Got up the next morning and went to Cedar Point on both Wed & Thurs. While we were there we stayed at the Comfort Inn Maingate and I must say it was the most uncomfortable bed I’d ever slept in. It felt a lot like sleeping on the damn floor. Terrible! The room itself wasn’t all that bad but the beds made it not even close to being worth the $81 a night. We were there for Cedar Point anyway, so I didn’t care too much.
Cedar Point was fucking amazing. In the two days there we got to ride pretty much all the good coasters and all the good thrill rides except the power tower (just never got around to it though we had time). They unquestionably have some of the best roller coasters around today… The new one, called the Maverick, is simply one of the best coasters I’ve ridden despite not being the tallest, fastest or “anything”-est. It’s just simply one of the best. Millenium Force is still awesome after 7 yrs, Magum XL is still a great coaster… Top Thrill Dragster is one of those “must-ride” coasters. Zero to 120mph in 4.0 seconds! One second you’re sitting still, next thing you know you’re being rocketed forward at autobahn speeds in the blink of an eye. It’s pretty insane. Raptor is still my favorite inverted coaster. Still smooth, fast and tons of fun. I want to go back already. It was Tammy’s first trip and she apparently loved it… I kept bragging non-stop about how awesome it was and now she understands why..
After that, we went to Cleveland… spent the night at the Sheraton Cleveland Airport, which was a pretty damn nice hotel. We stayed Thursday night and then got up and ate, then went to Projekt Revolution in Cuyahoga Falls @ Blossom Music Center. Projekt Revolution this year is Madina Lake, Styles of Beyond, Saosin, The Bled, Mindless Self Indulgence, Julien K, Placebo, HIM, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance and Linkin Park. We didn’t show up til about 4pm so we only caught from the tail end of Mindless Self Indulgence on. Needless to say, MSI is amazing live and we’re planning on going to see them in Nashville soon. Julien-K is pretty fucking badass (two former members of Orgy), HIM and Taking Back Sunday really suck so I can’t say I enjoyed them much. My Chemical Romance and Linkin Park were both completely mindblowing. Linkin Park may very well be one of the best bands I’ve seen live. Definitely worth going to see! I took pics and they’re all posted here.
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