Winnie the pooh

Winnie the pooh

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Top Thrill Dragster

Author’s Note:  Why are most people too terrified to undertake a rollercoaster―the almighty beast of theme parks?  It’s just because they haven’t considered the fact that rollercoasters can be amazing. Take a chance and try one because rollercoasters are America’s most favored teeth chattering thrill rides.  

About  4 years ago, my family and I went to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. I was in third grade and ready to take on all of the skin crawling ‘coasters, but little did I know that I was going to take on one of the tallest, fastest ‘coasters in the world.

It all started on a sunny warm August day in Ohio when my family, friends and I were heading down to the theme park. We got in line for the biggest ride there “Top Thrill Dragster” which was the most extended line there, the line stretched all the way back to the Dip and Dots stand about  a quarter of a mile back.

About 2 hours later we were up at the front of the line I looked at my friend, Maddy, and said, “Are you ready?” She told me she wasn’t going on, so I said I was going to bring her a piece of the sky on my way back down . Maddy laughed and I slid into my seat, buckled my belt and held on for dear life!

The coaster moved along to the front of the track and stopped at a set of stoplights . The lights went from red to yellow to green; at that point I knew that there was no turning back, I was on the rollercoaster blasting high up into the atmosphere.

The rollercoaster was going 120 miles per hour! It slowed down when we reached the top of the hill; we were so high I felt like I could eat the clouds as if they were cotton candy. We started to roll down the slope plummeting towards the earth. Reaching the station again I knew I had made the right choice of going on this extreme thrill ride.

It was the best thing I had ever accomplished and now I am able to say that I have been on the tallest fastest ride in the world.

Photo of Top Thrill Dragster