Facing Fears: A Day at Cedar Point

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3,2,1 Whosh! whaaaaa! There it is, I see Top Thrill Dragster. We just drove to cedar point, seeing the 420 foot tall Top Thrill Dragster, made me think twice about being here. It was a surprise from my dad going here. After all I was always scared of heights and roller coasters. I wasn’t looking forward to this!
I am here with my Dad, sister, and my friend Seth. Even though Top Thrill Dragster is 36 seconds. At the beginning the cart goes 120 miles per hour in 3.04 seconds my dad says enthusiastically. I was scared for my sister because she was born deaf she has cochlear implants that connect to her head to make her hear. She could lose one of those and it would be a disaster. When I walked in I hear screaming from Top Thrill Dragster. …show more content…

My dad looks back at me are you ready? I didn’t respond I was to concentrated on the street light. Then it happened the street light changed red, yellow, green then we took off 120 miles per hour my eyes started watering and the breeze took my hair. We went down the runway and started for the cart to go straight into the air. In a slight motion I was suddenly looking straight up into the sky. Our cart was vertical, we went up 420 feet it felt like hours we were up there. Then finally we hit the top, it felt like I was the king of the world, I saw everything up here, Lake Erie was surrounding us. But I couldn’t be the king of the world forever. Then we went straight down 420 feet now I was looking straight down at the ground ready to take the slope down to ground level, now we were back on the ground horizontal. The cart moves forward ready for the brakes to hit the wheels, you could hear all the the people’s heads hit the head rests and then comes the sound, that a train makes when it stops. I hear the “wasn’t that cool, did you like it, wahoo's from the other people riding with us.” That was awesome I tell Seth, Seth liked it

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