Though the weather man called for thunderstorms all day July fourth in Sandusky, we finally decided to take our chances and drove to Cedar Point. We got there late in the afternoon to beautiful weather and a huge crowd. Though Michael finally got the OK from the doctor to walk on his left foot without using his air cast, we were cautioned against too much walking just yet. Because of this he spent most of the time in his wheel chair. Many employees and other guests were feeling sorry for him and commenting on how sad he must be. Quite to the contrary, Michael was having the time of his life. Cedar Point has a handicap policy which allowed Michael to go to ride attendants with a book that we got from the main office and get a ride time to come back so that he didn't have to wait in line. He could then go play games , eat, watch shows, or even go on another ride with short lines. Then at the appropriate ride time he would go through the exit door and straight to the ride.This worked out great especially since he had never rode the new ride, The Maverick. This ride had between an hour and a half two over two hour wait which would have been way too long for Michael but he got to ride it not once but twice. He also got to ride many other rides with less of a wait. The other kids benefited by this too as he was allowed buddy passes. We had a great time and it never did rain while we were there. Honestly the only draw back to the trip was the traffic on our way out. Even though we passed on the light show and left an hour before the park actually closed , the traffic out was terrible. Parking in the Handicapped zone like we did proved to be a drawback as we waited a good half an hour to even get out of the parking lot. We finally did and the trip home didn't seem as long as usual, though it was three thirty AM when we finally pulled in our drive. The kids and I went promptly to bed as poor Mike walked the dogs and tried to come off of his coffee buzz. All in all I must say that it was another great independence day !
Michael rides one of the carousels
Robby and Cindy ride the rabbits on the carousels
