Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom
Yesterday, we did Dorney! 4 40something's and 5 kids. It's sounds like a bad plot line. This adventure was part of, what is turning out to be, the massive kick start to summer and, also, a cousin bonding time before we bid fond farewell to Delaney as she heads back to Camp Nock-a-Mixon for her 3rd summer.
The meteorologists has been calling for rain all week. "Friday thunderstorms" was heard repeatedly but it didn't scare us off. It did, however, scare off the rest of the population and we, seemingly, had the park to ourselves. Just like the Griswold's in the movie Vacation, minus the toy guns. And, the dead Aunt Edna. Oh, and it never rained.
Being at an amusement park without lines is truly an amazing experience. In 3 hours we did every ride, multiple times. Ryder and Delaney were the only kids tall enough to go on every coaster and since Delaney doesn't do the big rides that left Ryder as the sole contender. But, Todd and I went with him on most of them and I didn't vomit so it was an all around successful day.
It's true, I almost vomited from the first ride of the day, but that was my own fault for allowing a ride that begins with an uphill corkscrew to be my first coaster in 15 years. And, almost doesn't really count. It is also true that after that ride, the Stinger, I took a dramamine pill. And, maybe, there is something to be said that if you need such a pill to go on rides perhaps you shouldn't be riding. But, either way, it worked and I can say I rode all the big rides at Dorney and didn't get sick.
After many hours in the park, and a drenching from the White Water Landing, we headed back to our cars for a lunch break intermission before heading to Wild Water Kingdom.
At Wild Water Kingdom we stood in the longest line of the day, the ladies room. And, though the rides were fun and the water wasn't terribly cold, I could have used a warning that partaking in such a park required training, sort of like a couch to 5k runners program, in order to make it to the top of the steps without nearly dying.
Overall, it was a great day. All of us had a blast and I am pretty sure we raised the bar on the summer just 7 days post-school.
Being at an amusement park without lines is truly an amazing experience. In 3 hours we did every ride, multiple times. Ryder and Delaney were the only kids tall enough to go on every coaster and since Delaney doesn't do the big rides that left Ryder as the sole contender. But, Todd and I went with him on most of them and I didn't vomit so it was an all around successful day.
It's true, I almost vomited from the first ride of the day, but that was my own fault for allowing a ride that begins with an uphill corkscrew to be my first coaster in 15 years. And, almost doesn't really count. It is also true that after that ride, the Stinger, I took a dramamine pill. And, maybe, there is something to be said that if you need such a pill to go on rides perhaps you shouldn't be riding. But, either way, it worked and I can say I rode all the big rides at Dorney and didn't get sick.
After many hours in the park, and a drenching from the White Water Landing, we headed back to our cars for a lunch break intermission before heading to Wild Water Kingdom.
At Wild Water Kingdom we stood in the longest line of the day, the ladies room. And, though the rides were fun and the water wasn't terribly cold, I could have used a warning that partaking in such a park required training, sort of like a couch to 5k runners program, in order to make it to the top of the steps without nearly dying.
Overall, it was a great day. All of us had a blast and I am pretty sure we raised the bar on the summer just 7 days post-school.
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| Cousins (Minus 1) before we are Minus 1 for the summer |
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| Looks who is driving! |
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| Fast forward 7 years |
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