The Blue Streak...or...How my Mom Tried to Kill Us

If you're from the mid west it is likely that at some point in your life you have been to Sandusky, Ohio. There's not a lot in Ohio other than a pretty well kept turnpike, but there is Sandusky, home of Ceder Point. Often people not from the mid west make fun of our mild obsession with the amusement park, but that's only because they haven't been. Cedar Point is awesome. I finally caved a couple years ago and went to Disney World and realized that Disney is about the pagentry. Cedar Point is about the rides. Tt's the only park with four coasters that are taller than 200 feet AND as of 2010 it had 75 rides which is more than any other amusement park.

Suck on that Disney lovers.

We didn't do a lot of vacationing when I was a kid but what we did often involved a trip to Cedar Point. My mom is a big fan of the rides and unfortunately for her usually got stuck hauling around one of us who was too little or scared to do most of the rides. On one trip she had my little brother and they rode the Iron Dragon (one of the first suspended coasters). Poor Brian was scared out of his wits when they got off but the line was so short and mom really likes roller coasters so she told him to just "stay here" and ran around to get back on for one more ride. Two seconds later she realized that he was huddled next to her and asked if he wanted to ride again. No, he was just too traumatized to be alone.

Mom's favorite coaster at the park is called the Blue Streak which, built in 1964, is one of the park's oldest rides (if not it's first coaster). The park's website rates it as a 4-High Thrill. That was not good enough for mom though! Proving its age the Blue Streak does not have one of those over your head harness things or even the bar across your lap. It has seat belts. Adjustable seatbelts. Anytime we rode the Blue Streak mom would tell us "just loosen your strap a little then you'll lift off your seats when we go down the hills".

You can't see me but I'm making a semi-horrified disapproval face.

If you're ever near Ohio during the season you should give Cedar Point a try. The Blue Streak is one of the first rides inside, just to the left of the entrance. It's bright blue, you can't miss it!

Just in case anyone reading this isn't already somehow related to me and/or knows my mom I would just like to say that other than a couple incidences (like that time that she locked the van doors after my finger got slammed/stuck in the sliding door) my mom was a great mom and rarely tried to kill us outright.