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It’s a straight shot east on I-90 from Chicago to Cedar Point (One Cedar Point Dr, Sandusky, 419-627-2350; one-day pass $42.95), and as you’re passing through Sandusky on the way to the park, you’ll see plenty of motels and hotels lining the highway. But if you can manage to pay a little more to stay in one of the park’s hotels, you won’t regret it. The Breakers (One Cedar Point Dr, 419-627-2106; rooms $70–$272, suites $170–$1,000/night) is a more than 100-year-old resort that sits on the shores of Lake Erie, sporting a wide, spotless beach with volleyball nets and watercraft rentals. The rooms are nothing spectacular, but for a place to crash after a day of hurtling your body down 300-foot-high drops and stuffing yourself with funnel cake, it’s just fine. Not to mention there are five restaurants in the Breakers (including a Japanese steakhouse and a TGI Friday’s—don’t hate, its margaritas are fabulous on a hot day), and an indoor and outdoor pool, and the entrance to the park is just a two-minute walk—so close you hear the blood-curdling screams as soon as you step outside the hotel. The best part? Stay in any of Cedar Point’s resorts and you get into the park one hour earlier than everyone else—a valuable perk considering lines for the superpopular rides can hover in the hour-long range, even at this time of year.

But even on its most crowded days, Cedar Point rarely feels choked with people, and the grounds are lush with towering old trees, flowers and benches. You’ll need those benches for a breather after exiting the more intense coasters, some of which are so frightening you need a brass set of balls to even stand in line. Top Thrill Dragster reaches 120mph in four seconds before climbing straight up a 42-story hill and then careening directly down in what feels like a free fall. The park’s newest coaster, Maverick, hurtles down a 95-degree drop (for those of you scoring at home, that means the coaster falls inward), then hugs impossibly tight curves and loops, races through a dark tunnel and generally scares the crap out of you for the two-minute, 30-second ride. And then there’s the Millennium Force, one of the tallest, fastest roller coasters in the world; the first drop is so steep and long, you have to take a breath midhill in order to continue shrieking.


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