We all popped up and out of bed around 7:30, had our complimentary breakfast of toast, cereal, eggos (gross - when they said waffles....), and fruit, and then bustled out the door. It seemed overcast, but the locals said it was the 'marine layer', which would 'burn off in a couple of hours'. The park opens at 10:00, and we were there a full hour early!! Nothing was really open, but we found a bakery where there was coffee. As it was only about 16 or 17 degrees, we were freezing...as we are now full Phoenix blood!
When we first got in the gate, we decided to split up so that Tia and Scott could do the scary roller coasters first thing, and the rest of us headed to 'Camp Snoopy', for the tamer rides. We spent the first 2 hours walking right onto all the rides in Camp Snoopy. Scott and Tia didn't fare so well! Some of the big rides didn't open until 11:00, and 1 was closed for filming a commercial in the morning, so they lined up for the 'Ghost rider', a wooden roller coaster, and ended up being in line for over an hour - poor them!! We all met for lunch and shared a big plate of chinese food and some snacks I had packed, then Scott and Tia lined up for some of the big rides. Shaina and Madie both discovered they love some of the faster rides they hadn't tried before, so they also had a great time! Anika loved every ride she was big enough for!
My "I can't believe I did that" moment was when I realized I was bending over, (at Anika's request), to check if Anika's camel on the merry go round was male or female...
Near the end of the day we had all split up to do everyones favourite things, and the girls had a great time! They rode rides until the very end of the 6:00 day! We were an exhausted group walking back for the truck to drive just up the street for round 2 at Fudruckers! They had a great deal for 20.00 - 4 hamburgers, 4 drinks (pop or BEER), 4 fries, and 2 cookies.
What a fun day!!
When we first got in the gate, we decided to split up so that Tia and Scott could do the scary roller coasters first thing, and the rest of us headed to 'Camp Snoopy', for the tamer rides. We spent the first 2 hours walking right onto all the rides in Camp Snoopy. Scott and Tia didn't fare so well! Some of the big rides didn't open until 11:00, and 1 was closed for filming a commercial in the morning, so they lined up for the 'Ghost rider', a wooden roller coaster, and ended up being in line for over an hour - poor them!! We all met for lunch and shared a big plate of chinese food and some snacks I had packed, then Scott and Tia lined up for some of the big rides. Shaina and Madie both discovered they love some of the faster rides they hadn't tried before, so they also had a great time! Anika loved every ride she was big enough for!
My "I can't believe I did that" moment was when I realized I was bending over, (at Anika's request), to check if Anika's camel on the merry go round was male or female...
Near the end of the day we had all split up to do everyones favourite things, and the girls had a great time! They rode rides until the very end of the 6:00 day! We were an exhausted group walking back for the truck to drive just up the street for round 2 at Fudruckers! They had a great deal for 20.00 - 4 hamburgers, 4 drinks (pop or BEER), 4 fries, and 2 cookies.
What a fun day!!
I forgot to mention the train ride Anika and I took on a 100 year old train. There were some bank robbers in the middle of the ride. My little shy girl, (who won't even hug DARIAN!), gave the train robber 'five'...like 3 times! She has been talking about that train robbery ever since - made a big impression on her!!
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