john amato

made my somewhat annual trip to cedar point last week while katie was home. chuck thought it would be a good idea to take a few kids from his kids unlimited with us. it was fine until dywuan was included. although he did wear his limited edition toboggan shirt, he probably set a record for consecutive minutes crying at 68.

it was a decent time overall though. the most memorable moments revolved around dustin keeping tabs on roger, cameron, and stormin’ norman. our first coaster with the kids had him seated next to stormin’. the kids were a little young for the big ones so the gemini, we thought, was a good place to start. as we prepared for that first hill, stormin’s body went completely limp next to dustin. dustin’s encouragement to ‘keep your head up norman!’ couldn’t even get the kid to look. chuck and i, seated behind them, were worried that it induced a seizure and chuck was about to file his first insurance claim. luckily stormin’ made it through to the end and surprised us all when he said he loved the ride. stormin’ pulled through with the line of the day when we all made a pit stop in the bathroom and, after following dustin and me in, exclaimed, ‘don’t look at me dustin!’. good thing dustin stared straight ahead in proper bathroom etiquette.

remember when the iron dragon used to be a great ride. i guess it just doesn’t have the thrill it used to. check out roger, completely unamused…