Roller Coasters @ MindSay 
Thrill me
A fairly successful weekend. Had a friend come down which was nice. We hit up the parks, scaled down the river front, and whatnot. Also I've noticed I'm beginning to use the term 'whatnot' for almost everything. Sometimes it doesn't even fit into the sentence very well. (I hate using poor vocabulary.) I would like to do something out of character for myself. Perhaps ski diving, scubaing, or wrestle a bear. Who knows, I just want to get a bit more out of life and a few more natural highs.
It's been too long since I've been camping. In fact, there is probably dust on my hiking boots. I rarely push myself to step outside my comfort zone, that's why I like being with people who will help me out. I used to freak out about roller coasters, I wouldn't even consider going on one, but then that changed when I started dating a funny, out going guy. We would have so much fun doing the most random things. All it takes is trusting in someone to really open me up. I miss having someone there to egg me on or tease me when I'm being a total pussy. I love being one of the guys, but what I love even more is showing them up. I'm ready to trust so I can feel that adrenaline rush as I flip upside down while hanging from my arms when going 50mph.
It's been too long since I've been camping. In fact, there is probably dust on my hiking boots. I rarely push myself to step outside my comfort zone, that's why I like being with people who will help me out. I used to freak out about roller coasters, I wouldn't even consider going on one, but then that changed when I started dating a funny, out going guy. We would have so much fun doing the most random things. All it takes is trusting in someone to really open me up. I miss having someone there to egg me on or tease me when I'm being a total pussy. I love being one of the guys, but what I love even more is showing them up. I'm ready to trust so I can feel that adrenaline rush as I flip upside down while hanging from my arms when going 50mph.
This Ride is Insane
On Saturday, I went to Hershey Park and went on this crazy ass roller coaster. It starts out by slowly taking you 90 degrees upwards, and then drops you rapidly down 90 degrees on the other side. It then proceeds to go extremely fast in several loops. Friggin insane. Any of you been on it before?
On Saturday, I went to Hershey Park and went on this crazy ass roller coaster. It starts out by slowly taking you 90 degrees upwards, and then drops you rapidly down 90 degrees on the other side. It then proceeds to go extremely fast in several loops. Friggin insane. Any of you been on it before?
I went to kennywood yesterday!!
It was definitely a ton o' fun...haha..Myself, ophelia87, anja05 , and ophelia's friend Lynn all went..:D
I drove everyone into pittsburgh, since we would save gas that way...
We had so much fun riding everything...There is this new ride called the SwingShot and it's effing amazing....it's like a a giant swing except you only have a lap harness and then once it starts swinging like a giant pendulum you feel like you are going to go upside down and it's the greatest feeling...tons o' fun..
Then we went on the bumper cars...and I am a bloodsport kinda of person so I made sure to run into all my friends first, then I made my way towards SMACKING into little kids and old people...oh god it was fucking hilarious...I smacked some little kid so hard his glasses fell into his bumper car...
Then we rode all the coasters again at night, which The Phantom's Revenge is an awesome night coaster because it goes through some tunnels...
We stayed until closing time...so it was a long day, but well worth it...because we are all going back to college on sunday...so it was our last Hurrah unti we can all get back together again...haha...
best day ever....
In the Valley, there is a Fair....
Because Amy mentioned something, and because I am mildly OC. This'd be every ride at Valleyfair, save for those in the kiddie category, and the Challenge Park, which is an extra charge.
Antique Autos - you drive your little car around a rail-track. You don't go fast, and you don't get to be terribly creative with where you go, as you're restricted to keeping a rail between your wheels. Nice, easy, fairly boring, but pretty terrain. Good if you've just gone on the Monster.
Bumper Boats - pretty standard. I don't entirely understand the purpose of these, but at least you get splashed. I like water rides. A lot.
Bumper Cars - also standard. You get in your car, you drive around in this big open rink(?) and try to nail other people - preferably in the side, has the best repercussions. Definitely more fun with your friends - all of you spread out and try to nail each other, and each person tends to have one intended target. Fair amount of neck-jostling, if you're prone to back issues, this one might not be for you. Has absolutely no ups or downs, no height issues. Rare detail - this one's inside, so if it's raining or something, you're under a roof.
Side note: The high-school circle of friends used to go every summer, sometimes twice. Traditions mentioned are referring to this bunch. We'd deliberately pick a day when the weather wasn't so great, because it means less crowds, a cooler day, and riding roller coasters in the rain is freakin' awesome.
Carousel - very standard. You pick a horsie and ride in circles, being blasted by polka music when you come around to one side. I think some horsies on the inside are stationary. It doesn't have all the cool animals like the one at MOA - it's just a little carousel tucked into a corner off behind the mini-donuts shop. But according to tradition, we always ride it to end the day.
Chaos - two-person swinging car. You go forwards in a circle, up and down over hills. Then you stop and go backwards over the same little hills. This is one that makes a few people sick, but if you don't get sick very easily, you should be fine. Another one that's under a roof - good for when it starts raining.
Corkscrew - this is the shortest rollercoaster in the park - I think we clocked the ride as being less than a minute long. It doesn't go very high - the point of this one is the loops - there's maybe five of them. I think Amy and I rode this one twelve times one day. We were trying to get her over her fear of going upside-down. I haven't known anyone to lose their glasses on this one, but it's your call whether you want to play cautious on this one - most of it is over water, so if you lose something, it's probably going to stay lost.
Enterprise - two-person car (well, more of a cage than a car), one of you will sit in front of the other. Make certain that this is a person you don't mind having in your space, because the g-forces will have you somewhat pinned to each other. Free-swinging car on a spinny-disc that gradually raises at an angle to the ground, so that the car swings out as you keep going faster. You will be going upside down. You will also, if you're a dork like us, be playing with the way sound travels in this environment, and generally sounding like a bunch of yahoos to anyone standing outside.
Random note: We are not in the business of caring what people standing outside think of us. We're having fun together. If you were concerned about your image to total strangers, you wouldn't come with us.
Excalibur - another roller coaster, this one has the unique scare-feature of always feeling like it's going to fall apart. As far as I know, it never has. There's a little back-wrenching on this one, but I'm pretty sure that it's just a standard roller coaster - some hills (the highest is only 100 feet), some hard turns, no loops. You can see this one from the waterpark.
Ferris Wheel - we always ride this one after lunch. We've never stopped at the top and kissed. We have stopped at the top and thrown Skittles at the other car of our group. We also tend to say random things to the operator as we pass by, usually taken from recent commercials.
Flume - 'flume' is short for 'log flume'. You will get wet on this ride. You may get very wet on this ride. I think you can put three people in a log, but it might be just two. You'll be straddling a plastic bench-thingie inside a smallish boat-thingie that looks like a redwood log. This ride alternates between riding on a kind of roller-coaster track, and free-floating down a moderately fast-moving current. It runs through some rather pretty sections of the park. Somewhere in there, you do go down a hill and send up a sheet of water that cascades back over you. You will get wet.
Another note: Do not wear jeans to Valleyfair. You will at some point want to go on a water ride, and there's nothiing quite like chafing jeans to make your day un-fun. Wear khakis, they dry much faster. And please, if it's not your swimsuit under your khakis, make sure your underwear is light-colored. I don't really recommend wearing your swimsuit underneath, because then you're riding home wet, and you get chilly. However, if you don't want to pay for a locker, it works.
Flying Trapeze - swings. You sit in your swing, play with the chains until you lift off, and then you ride in an angled circle. A rather fun feeling if you're barefoot. Sara and Matt try to catch tree branches on this one.
High Roller - this is from the days of old-school rollercoasters. This is an actual, standing, all-wood rollercoaster. Rather tame, but everyone has to go on it once to believe it. We learned that I have the ability to stop this one, but we're not sure how one taps into this ability. Bunny hills.
Hurricane Falls - this is in the waterpark. Four-person raft, huge waterslide. You ride up on the walls of the slide quite a bit because of the way the water runs. If you don't want us to try and flip it, tell us beforehand. It should be noted, though, that we've never succeeded. This one's usually a long line - stand with people you like to talk to.
By the way, if you're checking out anyone while you're standing in line with them and you're all half-shivering and grinning in your swimsuits, you'll only get a comment then if you're being obvious about it. However, someone will be sure to rib you about it later. Over and over again. There's a chance that you may never hear the end of it.
Hydroblaster - I like this one. However, for some reason, it's outside of the waterpark, so you have to at least be wearing shorts over your swimsuit to go on it. Two-person raft, waterslide in the dark. Two different courses, I'm not sure what the differences are, and I go on it every year. Something about not being able to see where you're going makes it hard to remember where you went. They do have a rule on this one about weight distribution and total weight allowed for a raft.
Looping Starship - I don't know why they call this the Starship, everyone I know calls it the Viking Ship. I don't know specs for this one - it holds about seventy people. I wouldn't go on it for years, because I'm terrified of heights, and this one looks like it goes very high and upside-down. It's a ship, it holds about fifty people, maybe seventy, I can't remember. You sit facing the center, and the ship begins to swing back and forth, and finally loops around a few times. Then it slows, and does it in reverse. Very fun for screaming. Secure your pocket-stuff first.
Mad Mouse - do not ride this. It's kind of a neat idea, but it was poorly designed. It's basically a little roller-coaster in a cube-shape. No big hills, but a lot of whipping around turns, and it really yanks at your spine.
Minnesota River Valley Railroad - I've never figured out why we ride the train, it's just one of the silly things we do sometimes.
Monster - this is another one that's about weight displacement. If you do it right, your car will be doing a lot of leaping and spinning. Sailing through the air spinning in circles - this one's a lot of fun. Tendency to become very disoriented on it - fortunately, there's a nice sitting spot right outside it in the shade. There are two or three owls on this one.
Owls: Valleyfair has stationed several plastic owls around the park to keep away certain birds. It's a moment of joy and pride whenever you find one before anyone else in the group has seen it.
Due to location, I think one girlfriend and I once made the rather ridiculous choice to go back and forth between the Monster and Corkscrew several times. The lines must have been short, because our brains didn't quite have a chance to catch up with us for a long time. I don't recommend this.
Panic Falls Body Slide - three waterslides, varying in speed and some things about design. I think one of them has a four-foot drop halfway down. I love waterslides, these are all pretty easy and fun. I've gotten reprimanded by lifeguards - they want you to be sitting when you go down them.
Panic Falls Speed Slides - as instant-wedgie rides go, these aren't actually that tall. But it's the standard arrangement - you lie down, arms cross over your chest, free-fall for an instant before the water catches you, and then you shoot down the rest of this nearly-vertical slide into a long chute. Rearrange your suit, get out, and when you're comfortable once more, decide if you want to go again. After the first time, it isn't scary, just fast - but the first time, you're wondering if you're going to hit one of the waterslides that crosses in front of it.
Note: I think I'll be doing Noah's Ark next - I love it there.
Power Tower - ah, the crowning achievement. You can see this from anywhere in the area. There are three towers - the blue one simply shoots you up. I recommend this if it's your first time - just so that you know what 250 feet from the ground looks like. The red ones draw you slowly up, and then shoot you back down. Screaming is very fun. If it's your first time on a red one, look out around the parking lots and the distant hills - you can see the watertower in the next town from there. Looking down will not ease your mind. I like this one.
Raging Rapids - also in the waterpark. You get a hard tube, and you ride down a small river on it. I have fallen off once, because I was clowning around. Little hills, little rapids, you go under one or two waterfalls and through a tunnel. Waiting in line for a tube can take awhile, but it's pretty fun.
Ripple Rapids - you wade in, find a tube you like, plop down, and ride lazily around the waterpark. Good for socializing and relaxing. The lifeguards rather frown on the chase scenes we attempt. The river's not quite three feet deep. Very easy and predictable.
Riptide - new ride, I haven't been on this yet.
Scrambler - it does about what it says. A lot of spinning. I can't remember if it's a two-person car, or more. I think I've only gone on this a few times. Majorly conflicting forces on your body.
Steel Venom - ah, this is nearly a classic. U-shaped roller coaster - your feet hang free on this one, go barefoot. You get shot forward at highway speed, up a twisty prong until you lose momentum and fall back. You then get shot backwards up a straight prong, get some time just hanging there (don't ride in the front your first time, unless you like the view), and then race straight down at the ground to curve back to a stop. Do not, I emphasize, do NOT wear glasses on this one.
The Wave - y'know, I honestly don't know whose idea this was, but for some reason it's tradition to go on the Wave first. I have no idea why, because it means that you're soaked for quite some time after that, but I don't think we really cared. It's basically a 20-person flume. You go up, you go around, you go down, and you send up a BIG sheet of water that sprays over the bridge (where people like to stand), and you get very wet.
Thunder Canyon - the reason we declared jeans to be a bad idea. You don't realize when you get on this how wet you're going to get. It's a four-person round boat-y thing - not quite a raft, as you're all sitting in chairs and seatbelted. You ride down a river, going under waterfalls and getting knocked about quite a bit. Lots of fun. You will probably get soaked from at least the waist down.
Tilt-A-Whirl - standard. You get three, four people in this half-shell spinny car, ride around in circles going up and down. If your partner's good at this, you get a LOT of spinning on this. Matt is the man on this one. We all hail his superior powers.
Wheel of Fortune - you need a partner on this one. Wheel spins, gradually raises to an angle.
Wild Thing - whether you're terrified of it or love it, you know it's there. Valleyfair's most well-known rollercoaster. The first hill is 200 feet high, at an angle that makes you wonder whether the train will fall off the track. Sara and I rode this in the rain, arms up the whole way. Very stimulating, and slightly painful - the rain acts like little darts. Definitely fun.
From this whole quarter of the park, people turn to watch a train go down the first hill. There's a deliciousness in the pause that everyone enjoys.
Xtreme Swing - new ride. Haven't been on it yet.
Other notes - food is, as expected, fairly ridiculously priced. We tend to leave the park for lunch and do some sort of tailgate fun. Sara's mom is awesome - she packs enough to feed everyone, even though most people bring their own food. By suppertime, we've usually split up into groups of two and three people, so everyone sort of fends for themselves.
All of us went to school in this town. This means that at least half of us have parents at either IBM or Mayo. This means that as long as we plan things at least a week in advance, we can get discount tickets. We compare how much of a discount each employer offers, and go with the logical one.
Figuring out drivers is always based on what vehicle is available, and who's okay driving to Shakopee. We've got the van, and it's awesome for long trips, but I'm not comfortable in the Cities. Matt has his beloved Jeep, which only seats four or five, but he can drive in any situation.
Usual cost/person -
Valleyfair ticket (gets you in, and every ride except Challenge Park) - roughly $30
Lockers - $2-4 in quarters, depends on how often you raid yours
Gas and parking (we split the cost) - usually about $5
Supper - $8-10
Hanging out with high school friends - having to occasionally step out of comfort zone
Riding with Matt - listening to Matt sing recent pop songs (actually, this is a mixed delight, because Barbie Girl used to be on his playlist)
Running around in the sun all day - Amanda gets sunstroke (we always forget this, and every year that we go on a day without rain, this happens)
We think it's worth it. Must get started planning this year's trip. :)
Antique Autos - you drive your little car around a rail-track. You don't go fast, and you don't get to be terribly creative with where you go, as you're restricted to keeping a rail between your wheels. Nice, easy, fairly boring, but pretty terrain. Good if you've just gone on the Monster.
Bumper Boats - pretty standard. I don't entirely understand the purpose of these, but at least you get splashed. I like water rides. A lot.
Bumper Cars - also standard. You get in your car, you drive around in this big open rink(?) and try to nail other people - preferably in the side, has the best repercussions. Definitely more fun with your friends - all of you spread out and try to nail each other, and each person tends to have one intended target. Fair amount of neck-jostling, if you're prone to back issues, this one might not be for you. Has absolutely no ups or downs, no height issues. Rare detail - this one's inside, so if it's raining or something, you're under a roof.
Side note: The high-school circle of friends used to go every summer, sometimes twice. Traditions mentioned are referring to this bunch. We'd deliberately pick a day when the weather wasn't so great, because it means less crowds, a cooler day, and riding roller coasters in the rain is freakin' awesome.
Carousel - very standard. You pick a horsie and ride in circles, being blasted by polka music when you come around to one side. I think some horsies on the inside are stationary. It doesn't have all the cool animals like the one at MOA - it's just a little carousel tucked into a corner off behind the mini-donuts shop. But according to tradition, we always ride it to end the day.
Chaos - two-person swinging car. You go forwards in a circle, up and down over hills. Then you stop and go backwards over the same little hills. This is one that makes a few people sick, but if you don't get sick very easily, you should be fine. Another one that's under a roof - good for when it starts raining.
Corkscrew - this is the shortest rollercoaster in the park - I think we clocked the ride as being less than a minute long. It doesn't go very high - the point of this one is the loops - there's maybe five of them. I think Amy and I rode this one twelve times one day. We were trying to get her over her fear of going upside-down. I haven't known anyone to lose their glasses on this one, but it's your call whether you want to play cautious on this one - most of it is over water, so if you lose something, it's probably going to stay lost.
Enterprise - two-person car (well, more of a cage than a car), one of you will sit in front of the other. Make certain that this is a person you don't mind having in your space, because the g-forces will have you somewhat pinned to each other. Free-swinging car on a spinny-disc that gradually raises at an angle to the ground, so that the car swings out as you keep going faster. You will be going upside down. You will also, if you're a dork like us, be playing with the way sound travels in this environment, and generally sounding like a bunch of yahoos to anyone standing outside.
Random note: We are not in the business of caring what people standing outside think of us. We're having fun together. If you were concerned about your image to total strangers, you wouldn't come with us.
Excalibur - another roller coaster, this one has the unique scare-feature of always feeling like it's going to fall apart. As far as I know, it never has. There's a little back-wrenching on this one, but I'm pretty sure that it's just a standard roller coaster - some hills (the highest is only 100 feet), some hard turns, no loops. You can see this one from the waterpark.
Ferris Wheel - we always ride this one after lunch. We've never stopped at the top and kissed. We have stopped at the top and thrown Skittles at the other car of our group. We also tend to say random things to the operator as we pass by, usually taken from recent commercials.
Flume - 'flume' is short for 'log flume'. You will get wet on this ride. You may get very wet on this ride. I think you can put three people in a log, but it might be just two. You'll be straddling a plastic bench-thingie inside a smallish boat-thingie that looks like a redwood log. This ride alternates between riding on a kind of roller-coaster track, and free-floating down a moderately fast-moving current. It runs through some rather pretty sections of the park. Somewhere in there, you do go down a hill and send up a sheet of water that cascades back over you. You will get wet.
Another note: Do not wear jeans to Valleyfair. You will at some point want to go on a water ride, and there's nothiing quite like chafing jeans to make your day un-fun. Wear khakis, they dry much faster. And please, if it's not your swimsuit under your khakis, make sure your underwear is light-colored. I don't really recommend wearing your swimsuit underneath, because then you're riding home wet, and you get chilly. However, if you don't want to pay for a locker, it works.
Flying Trapeze - swings. You sit in your swing, play with the chains until you lift off, and then you ride in an angled circle. A rather fun feeling if you're barefoot. Sara and Matt try to catch tree branches on this one.
High Roller - this is from the days of old-school rollercoasters. This is an actual, standing, all-wood rollercoaster. Rather tame, but everyone has to go on it once to believe it. We learned that I have the ability to stop this one, but we're not sure how one taps into this ability. Bunny hills.
Hurricane Falls - this is in the waterpark. Four-person raft, huge waterslide. You ride up on the walls of the slide quite a bit because of the way the water runs. If you don't want us to try and flip it, tell us beforehand. It should be noted, though, that we've never succeeded. This one's usually a long line - stand with people you like to talk to.
By the way, if you're checking out anyone while you're standing in line with them and you're all half-shivering and grinning in your swimsuits, you'll only get a comment then if you're being obvious about it. However, someone will be sure to rib you about it later. Over and over again. There's a chance that you may never hear the end of it.
Hydroblaster - I like this one. However, for some reason, it's outside of the waterpark, so you have to at least be wearing shorts over your swimsuit to go on it. Two-person raft, waterslide in the dark. Two different courses, I'm not sure what the differences are, and I go on it every year. Something about not being able to see where you're going makes it hard to remember where you went. They do have a rule on this one about weight distribution and total weight allowed for a raft.
Looping Starship - I don't know why they call this the Starship, everyone I know calls it the Viking Ship. I don't know specs for this one - it holds about seventy people. I wouldn't go on it for years, because I'm terrified of heights, and this one looks like it goes very high and upside-down. It's a ship, it holds about fifty people, maybe seventy, I can't remember. You sit facing the center, and the ship begins to swing back and forth, and finally loops around a few times. Then it slows, and does it in reverse. Very fun for screaming. Secure your pocket-stuff first.
Mad Mouse - do not ride this. It's kind of a neat idea, but it was poorly designed. It's basically a little roller-coaster in a cube-shape. No big hills, but a lot of whipping around turns, and it really yanks at your spine.
Minnesota River Valley Railroad - I've never figured out why we ride the train, it's just one of the silly things we do sometimes.
Monster - this is another one that's about weight displacement. If you do it right, your car will be doing a lot of leaping and spinning. Sailing through the air spinning in circles - this one's a lot of fun. Tendency to become very disoriented on it - fortunately, there's a nice sitting spot right outside it in the shade. There are two or three owls on this one.
Owls: Valleyfair has stationed several plastic owls around the park to keep away certain birds. It's a moment of joy and pride whenever you find one before anyone else in the group has seen it.
Due to location, I think one girlfriend and I once made the rather ridiculous choice to go back and forth between the Monster and Corkscrew several times. The lines must have been short, because our brains didn't quite have a chance to catch up with us for a long time. I don't recommend this.
Panic Falls Body Slide - three waterslides, varying in speed and some things about design. I think one of them has a four-foot drop halfway down. I love waterslides, these are all pretty easy and fun. I've gotten reprimanded by lifeguards - they want you to be sitting when you go down them.
Panic Falls Speed Slides - as instant-wedgie rides go, these aren't actually that tall. But it's the standard arrangement - you lie down, arms cross over your chest, free-fall for an instant before the water catches you, and then you shoot down the rest of this nearly-vertical slide into a long chute. Rearrange your suit, get out, and when you're comfortable once more, decide if you want to go again. After the first time, it isn't scary, just fast - but the first time, you're wondering if you're going to hit one of the waterslides that crosses in front of it.
Note: I think I'll be doing Noah's Ark next - I love it there.
Power Tower - ah, the crowning achievement. You can see this from anywhere in the area. There are three towers - the blue one simply shoots you up. I recommend this if it's your first time - just so that you know what 250 feet from the ground looks like. The red ones draw you slowly up, and then shoot you back down. Screaming is very fun. If it's your first time on a red one, look out around the parking lots and the distant hills - you can see the watertower in the next town from there. Looking down will not ease your mind. I like this one.
Raging Rapids - also in the waterpark. You get a hard tube, and you ride down a small river on it. I have fallen off once, because I was clowning around. Little hills, little rapids, you go under one or two waterfalls and through a tunnel. Waiting in line for a tube can take awhile, but it's pretty fun.
Ripple Rapids - you wade in, find a tube you like, plop down, and ride lazily around the waterpark. Good for socializing and relaxing. The lifeguards rather frown on the chase scenes we attempt. The river's not quite three feet deep. Very easy and predictable.
Riptide - new ride, I haven't been on this yet.
Scrambler - it does about what it says. A lot of spinning. I can't remember if it's a two-person car, or more. I think I've only gone on this a few times. Majorly conflicting forces on your body.
Steel Venom - ah, this is nearly a classic. U-shaped roller coaster - your feet hang free on this one, go barefoot. You get shot forward at highway speed, up a twisty prong until you lose momentum and fall back. You then get shot backwards up a straight prong, get some time just hanging there (don't ride in the front your first time, unless you like the view), and then race straight down at the ground to curve back to a stop. Do not, I emphasize, do NOT wear glasses on this one.
The Wave - y'know, I honestly don't know whose idea this was, but for some reason it's tradition to go on the Wave first. I have no idea why, because it means that you're soaked for quite some time after that, but I don't think we really cared. It's basically a 20-person flume. You go up, you go around, you go down, and you send up a BIG sheet of water that sprays over the bridge (where people like to stand), and you get very wet.
Thunder Canyon - the reason we declared jeans to be a bad idea. You don't realize when you get on this how wet you're going to get. It's a four-person round boat-y thing - not quite a raft, as you're all sitting in chairs and seatbelted. You ride down a river, going under waterfalls and getting knocked about quite a bit. Lots of fun. You will probably get soaked from at least the waist down.
Tilt-A-Whirl - standard. You get three, four people in this half-shell spinny car, ride around in circles going up and down. If your partner's good at this, you get a LOT of spinning on this. Matt is the man on this one. We all hail his superior powers.
Wheel of Fortune - you need a partner on this one. Wheel spins, gradually raises to an angle.
Wild Thing - whether you're terrified of it or love it, you know it's there. Valleyfair's most well-known rollercoaster. The first hill is 200 feet high, at an angle that makes you wonder whether the train will fall off the track. Sara and I rode this in the rain, arms up the whole way. Very stimulating, and slightly painful - the rain acts like little darts. Definitely fun.
From this whole quarter of the park, people turn to watch a train go down the first hill. There's a deliciousness in the pause that everyone enjoys.
Xtreme Swing - new ride. Haven't been on it yet.
Other notes - food is, as expected, fairly ridiculously priced. We tend to leave the park for lunch and do some sort of tailgate fun. Sara's mom is awesome - she packs enough to feed everyone, even though most people bring their own food. By suppertime, we've usually split up into groups of two and three people, so everyone sort of fends for themselves.
All of us went to school in this town. This means that at least half of us have parents at either IBM or Mayo. This means that as long as we plan things at least a week in advance, we can get discount tickets. We compare how much of a discount each employer offers, and go with the logical one.
Figuring out drivers is always based on what vehicle is available, and who's okay driving to Shakopee. We've got the van, and it's awesome for long trips, but I'm not comfortable in the Cities. Matt has his beloved Jeep, which only seats four or five, but he can drive in any situation.
Usual cost/person -
Valleyfair ticket (gets you in, and every ride except Challenge Park) - roughly $30
Lockers - $2-4 in quarters, depends on how often you raid yours
Gas and parking (we split the cost) - usually about $5
Supper - $8-10
Hanging out with high school friends - having to occasionally step out of comfort zone
Riding with Matt - listening to Matt sing recent pop songs (actually, this is a mixed delight, because Barbie Girl used to be on his playlist)
Running around in the sun all day - Amanda gets sunstroke (we always forget this, and every year that we go on a day without rain, this happens)
We think it's worth it. Must get started planning this year's trip. :)
six flags (reveiw)
We went to the six flags in california (which is like the best six flags ever). Now I have this strang fear of heights so for a while I didn't get on any of the rides. Drove my friends crazy, actually they weren't really my friends I met them on one of the rides and we hung out for the rest of the time I was there...which means I didn't have to spend the time with my little brother and sis.I eventually got on one of the rollercoasters and it was AWSOME!!!! I got alittle sick though (a reminder not to eat in line).
It was really fun.
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