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memorialrainbowIt took me forever to get out of Zanesville today, but I felt a lot better when I realized I really do know how to get to the Point from Zanesville. It's not a straight shot like KI, or even a moderate shot like the Point from Oxford. What's required is a jog in just the right places -- 586 to 13 to 250. The good thing is that I know Sandusky enough that even if I get lost, I can find my way back, at least around the Cedar Point area.
I got into the park around 5 and went to the beach first thing. I was hoping I could check it out. My fam is going on vacation to the beach, and I can't go when they're going, so this was my only chance to really go to the beach this summer. There were signs up, though, saying that it was the Hotel Breakers beach...meaning that the beach was only for people from the hotel. You can walk along the boardwalk, but I wasn't sure about the beach.
I wanted to follow the rules and just watch the beach from the boardwalk. But I decided not to. I wanted the beach, and I wasn't hurting anything. So I took my beach towel to the beach. Normally, when I am out at the beach, I do relax and take things in, but I never empty my head. I think about other things I have to do, and I'm glad that I'm on vacation but it never fully leaves my mind. I put on headphones and drown out the world and lose myself in the music. Today, I tried to relax and not think about anything. I didn't want to think about anything. Home isn't exactly the most pleasant thing right now. (Tuesday night sucked.)
So I let my brain relax and didn't think about anything. I focused on the sounds around me and the patterns they made. Sounds themselves don't really have pitches to them -- although this one bird did, because it was singing -- but they do have black and white patterns in my field of vision. To my right I could hear the waves, and to my left I could hear Magnum's lift hill. Instead of letting my brain run, I focused on the sounds and let them flood my mind, like white noise. I wasn't out too long -- it was warm, but it got colder, and I got chilly. But it was really nice to relax.
It was so nice relaxing that I went to Dragster's stands and sat there for a while, still relaxing. (Top Thrill Dragster, per the name, is themed after a fuel dragster, and it has stands like a racetrack where you can watch the coaster take off. They are often quite busy with people either too scared to go on the coaster or waiting for family members.) I had mentioned before to Dylan that Kingda Ka (same model as Dragster) didn't have the same feel as Dragster did, and I figured out why -- it's because of Dragster's sound effects. They add a synesthetic to the experience that the silent Kingda Ka cannot help. It's something that only I notice, something that's only important to me. Sitting there, listening to the coaster sounds and watching it launch...that was also very soothing for me. I don't know if I'll make it back to the beach tomorrow, but if I want to relax, I'll go to Dragster.
I then went to go ride some coasters. I had my bag with me, so Mill, Dragster, and any of the newer coasters were out because of no carry ons/no bins, but I was okay with that. (Platinum means I'll be on Mill first thing in the morning anyway.) I went to Magnum, then Gemini, where someone recognized me from Dragster's stands. We ended up talking and hanging out -- it was her and her son, and they kept looking for the food stand in Frontiertown that sold turkey legs. When we got there, they were all sold out. Even so, it was a lot of fun to hang out. After they left, it started to spit, so I went and browsed some shops. Then I went on the up Power Tower, Corkscrew (the guy running the station did an AWESOME job!), then Iron Dragon, Raptor, and Blue.
I make friends wherever I go, so being alone wasn't too much of a problem. Since I got to the park late, I parked far out, so I went to security and got someone to walk me to my car. I'm glad I did it. That won't be a problem tomorrow, as I'll be right in front.
I had such a fun time today! I'm looking forward to going back. I have sand in places I don't even remember having.
I got into the park around 5 and went to the beach first thing. I was hoping I could check it out. My fam is going on vacation to the beach, and I can't go when they're going, so this was my only chance to really go to the beach this summer. There were signs up, though, saying that it was the Hotel Breakers beach...meaning that the beach was only for people from the hotel. You can walk along the boardwalk, but I wasn't sure about the beach.
I wanted to follow the rules and just watch the beach from the boardwalk. But I decided not to. I wanted the beach, and I wasn't hurting anything. So I took my beach towel to the beach. Normally, when I am out at the beach, I do relax and take things in, but I never empty my head. I think about other things I have to do, and I'm glad that I'm on vacation but it never fully leaves my mind. I put on headphones and drown out the world and lose myself in the music. Today, I tried to relax and not think about anything. I didn't want to think about anything. Home isn't exactly the most pleasant thing right now. (Tuesday night sucked.)
So I let my brain relax and didn't think about anything. I focused on the sounds around me and the patterns they made. Sounds themselves don't really have pitches to them -- although this one bird did, because it was singing -- but they do have black and white patterns in my field of vision. To my right I could hear the waves, and to my left I could hear Magnum's lift hill. Instead of letting my brain run, I focused on the sounds and let them flood my mind, like white noise. I wasn't out too long -- it was warm, but it got colder, and I got chilly. But it was really nice to relax.
It was so nice relaxing that I went to Dragster's stands and sat there for a while, still relaxing. (Top Thrill Dragster, per the name, is themed after a fuel dragster, and it has stands like a racetrack where you can watch the coaster take off. They are often quite busy with people either too scared to go on the coaster or waiting for family members.) I had mentioned before to Dylan that Kingda Ka (same model as Dragster) didn't have the same feel as Dragster did, and I figured out why -- it's because of Dragster's sound effects. They add a synesthetic to the experience that the silent Kingda Ka cannot help. It's something that only I notice, something that's only important to me. Sitting there, listening to the coaster sounds and watching it launch...that was also very soothing for me. I don't know if I'll make it back to the beach tomorrow, but if I want to relax, I'll go to Dragster.
I then went to go ride some coasters. I had my bag with me, so Mill, Dragster, and any of the newer coasters were out because of no carry ons/no bins, but I was okay with that. (Platinum means I'll be on Mill first thing in the morning anyway.) I went to Magnum, then Gemini, where someone recognized me from Dragster's stands. We ended up talking and hanging out -- it was her and her son, and they kept looking for the food stand in Frontiertown that sold turkey legs. When we got there, they were all sold out. Even so, it was a lot of fun to hang out. After they left, it started to spit, so I went and browsed some shops. Then I went on the up Power Tower, Corkscrew (the guy running the station did an AWESOME job!), then Iron Dragon, Raptor, and Blue.
I make friends wherever I go, so being alone wasn't too much of a problem. Since I got to the park late, I parked far out, so I went to security and got someone to walk me to my car. I'm glad I did it. That won't be a problem tomorrow, as I'll be right in front.
I had such a fun time today! I'm looking forward to going back. I have sand in places I don't even remember having.
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Date: 2011-06-16 05:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-16 08:39 pm (UTC)I just realized that literally everything is a different experience for you than it is for me and the rest of the world! Everything to you means something different than it does to me and everyone else. Well, maybe not so much different as there is "more" to everything for you than the rest of us. *Sigh* Another reason I'm still falling in love with you.
What constitutes "awesome job?"
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Date: 2011-06-17 07:06 pm (UTC)And without a doubt that ride operator was one of the most entertaining I've ran into in a long time. It was one train operation night #1, so in between, while the train was running, he'd tell jokes or different facts or ask trivia -- which I got some of.
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Date: 2011-06-16 11:21 pm (UTC)And you rode the Power Tower! I'm happy that's become a staple for your Point visits.