As new Cedar Point season pass holders, I was anxious to hit the park for the first time in 2011 and get on some rides! It was a super great day for Sydney (in addition to being her 8th birthday!) as she now clears the 48 inch mark on the sign. That means a park full of roller coasters awaits here. Sadly, Zachary was a tad shy of the elusive 46 inch mark, so no coasters for him. As you can imagine, that was a bit of bummer for him - because as he told us, he would ride ALL of the coasters and not be scared of them like Sydney might be.
When he hits 46 inches tall, he'll be big enough to ride Shoot the Rapids. In the meantime he just has to dream about it and practice hitting the riders with water jets. Zachary and I did get some pretty good shots in, so we were definately doing something right!
Today was Memorial Day, and with the hot weather, and it being a Monday holiday, there really weren't al lot of people at the park. We got to ride some of our favorite rides several times. We didn't even mind getting soaked on Shoot the Rapids. It was a welcome relief from the near 90 degree weather.
We also bought a new rolling cooler for our upcoming adventures and packed it up full of food for lunch and dinner. As a special treat, we brought along the rainbow cupcakes that were left over from the party yesterday. Yum!!
I think I am mostly designated at the "spinny ride" rider. Especially today since Alan is not feeling so great. Sydney wanted to keep going on the Corkscrew and then the Tilt-a-Whirl. I had to put a pause on those rides for awhile to let my stomach settle. blah!
The kids are such cute mini coaster riders. No fear!!
While Alan and Sydney went on the big rides, Zachary and I got to spend some quality time on his favority spinny rides. Alan mentioned to Sydney that the Magnum was not as scary as the Corkscrew, so she agreed to go on it the Magnum. She was not so thrilled when she got off of it... seems it was a bit more scary than Alan remembered! I'm surprised she even agreed to get on it. Seems she didn't really check it out before she got on it!
We made it a short day because the kids still have a couple more days of school left. And us parents were whipped from the heat!!
