Monthly Archives: February 2012

Visit to the Cleveland Aquarium

As part of Lex’s birthday weekend we went to the Greater Cleveland Aquarium.   This year we didn’t do the whole birthday party thing.   Last year we went on a train ride and had a dinner at Ihop.   We invited along family and ten of us mingled through the aquarium.  We managed to

Bullied Almost to the Point of Breaking

I was a victim of extreme bullying growing up.  Surprise, surprise a fairly hard-core geek was picked on.    What I realized today is how many people don’t understand the difference about being picked on and being bullied is.   They think they should just stand up and be a man.   Fight back and

Cedar Point Memories – Part 5 – Tiki Scrambled

That my friends is a picture of the Tiki Twirl. Do you know how hard it is to find a picture of the Tiki Twirl? I hunted and hunted for a picture of this ride hoping that it would jog a memory. I finally found an image in this forum here. Even though it was

Cedar Point Memories – Part 4 – AM Cleveland Break

Searching for pictures of the Tiki Twirl I found some a post on a Cedar Point blog that had videos of Cedar Point in 1985. Below are the YouTube videos, for other general Cedar Point information check out Pointbuzz.com. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 OK, next time the Scrambler and

Cedar Point Memories – Part 3 – Cars, Cars, Cars

The Cadillac Cars taken by Andrew Borgen The cars at Cedar Point.   You either loved them or hated them.   Part of that also depended on your age group.  When I was young I loved these, especially the turnpike cars.   For the most part except on extremely busy days these are all walk-on rides.  

Cedar Point Memories – Part 2 – Arcade Hijinks

The next attraction in my weird chronology at Cedar Point is the Midway Carousel. This carousel came to the park in 1946 and I’m going to say that it was one of my first rides at the park. I’ve ridden it a few times, but I don’t really have any interesting pointers or stories about

Cedar Point Memories – Part 1

Cedar Point was a large part of my childhood.   It almost seems as a constant in my life, an old stability that you grew up and will always remember fondly.   I’m guessing people in Orlando feel the same way about Disney World.   This was different.  Cedar Point was the king of coasters.