America's Roller Coast

I grew up in Ohio, and I still take any chance I can get to visit Cedar Point. If you enjoy roller coasters it is hard to beat. This Toledo Blade article on Dick Kinzel (via my dad) is a great look back on his career and the park.

My favorite part is this story, but the whole article is worth reading:

"But with the Magnum XL-200, it was the Saturday before the park opened and we were on the platform. And they sent the first train around -- one time around! -- and somebody said, 'Let's go,' and we hopped in the front seat and we went up that crazy hill.

"Coming in, the brakes weren't on in the station. You know how you come around and you come back into that station and there's a set of brakes there? None of those brakes were hooked up and we didn't know it," Mr. Kinzel said.

"So we went screaming into the station. Nobody was hurt or anything but that was a real exciting day,"