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Although this ride is short, it is still well worth at least one ride. Standing at the base of Dragster's hill is amazing, but you can't really grasp how big this is until you're about to be launched. You're struck with fear, as the size of the hill seems to have increased exponentially. The recordings of a revving engine only make you more nervous. You watch the lights of Dragster's christmas tree. Yellow, yellow, yellow, green. And green definately means GO! you get shot so fast, you can't take another breath until you're a good 200 feet up in the air. At the top, I was expecting to get some nice air time, but it was totally forceless. But being 420 feet in the air, you get an amazing view of Cedar Point. Every major structure in the entire area is shorter than this, so it is one great, but fleating view. On the way back down, the spiral is pretty fun, and the leveling off has some awesome positive g's. As you pass under the 'finish' sign, you feel both a sense of relief, and a sense of disappointment, both for the ride being over. And sliding down the brake run, you realize how big the last fifteen seconds of your life were. While Dragster isn't a record holder anymore, it still has an intimidating presence that very few rides have.
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