Like many things, I did it for a girl.
The first time I rode the Demon Drop at Cedar Point was because of LeAnn. She insisted on riding it. Though I was a fan of roller coasters, I had never ridden Demon Drop. But I had to man-up, and ride it I did. And it wasn’t too bad.
Demon Drop was never on my yearly list of rides, but I would hop on every so often, just because. But I will not ride it no more, as it has moved to Dorney Park in Allentown, PA.
Built in 1983, it had it’s last ride on November 1, 2009. The Cedar Point blog made several updates – here, here, and here - about the dismantling of the ride. It will be odd to not see it looming at the front of the park. Without fail, the demonic voice from the 1980’s commercial would pop into my head whenever I would see it.
I was holding out hope that the ride would get sent to the closest park to me, Michigan’s Adventure, but that’s just crazy talk – it’s a pretty small park. But they got Thunderhawk from Geuaga Lake, and that is something.