So, this past Sunday we had the blessing of taking our two older children, Sam and Zach, to Six Flags to experience Fright Fest.
We had been to Six Flags in July but half of the park was closed that day and lines were long for the rides that were running and it just wasn't a good day. Thankfully, we toughed it out knowing that they had already given us four complimentary tickets to return by October 30th so we had to make sure we weren't going to pass that up.
Our original plan was to go a little later in October but we had such beautiful Fall weather this past Sunday and were worried if we put it off we would run into rainy and cold weather on a different day and that obviously isn't a good mix when parading around an amusement park all day. So despite the fact that it was little Luke's birthday that day, and we felt bad leaving him to go and have some fun, we left him in good hands with my Mom and made sure he opened some presents before we left and brought cake for him when we came home. Honestly, he doesn't get the birthday thing yet anyway so I'm sure he will be unharmed from it all.
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| Lukas opening one of his birthday presents |
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| Singing Happy Birthday when we got home |
So, we headed to Six Flags to experience what would end up being a "roller coaster" of a day, not just because we were riding coasters but because, well, you'll find out.
The park opened at 11:00 am on Sunday and we got there about 11:20 am. Once again, when we were all getting out of the car we all commented on what a perfect day it was, sun was shining, warmer and not windy. We all walked into the park with only long sleeve shirts on and pants and were more than comfortable. What a gorgeous day!
We decided when walking up to the gates we were heading to one of our favorite rides there, Batman. Zach had never been on this because it was one of the rides that wasn't running when we were there earlier this year and he was finally tall enough. We got to the ride itself and literally walked right up to it and got on. No waiting in a long line. We love that!
I think before the ride started Zach was a bit nervous, not knowing what to expect. But I can tell you that once the ride was over he was more than thrilled to have rode it and we were all pleased to know that we now had yet another roller coaster enthusiast in our family. We all knew we would be riding a lot more coasters during the day with Zach excited about each and every one of them.
After exiting that ride we headed as a group to find the next rollercoaster we could and we came along V2 or Virtual Velocity. In all the years we had gone here none of us had ever rode this and this year Sam was begging me. Jeff and Zach wanted nothing to do with it. I of course, not wanting to look like a wimp and let my daughter down, decided to suck it up and take my chances. Yikes!!!
This ride is interesting to say the least. It takes off at a speed of about 70 mph and heads up a vertical twist that is nearly 18 stories high. Once you come to a slight stand still there you fall backwards ay 70 mph and head backwards up a vertical straightaway that goes up, yep you guessed it, 18 stories again. You do this two separate times and the ride comes to a hault leaving you wondering "Why the hell did I agree to do this?"
Through all of it I kept a brave face, while almost secretly pooping my pants, and acted as if I really enjoyed it (what I won't do for my kids, heh?) and continued to march off the ride with my thirteen year old daughter, to be greeted by Jeff and Zach asking how it was. They of course had huge smiles on their faces when we met (probably because they were smart enough to stay off the damn thing!), and we then continued onto the next ride of the day.
We then decided we were going to brave one of our favorites at the park, the infamous American Eagle.
The American Eagle was built in 1981 and it starts you off with the famous 147 foot drop down. It is a wooden roller coaster so it shakes a ton and at many times you feel like the cars you are sitting in are literally going to fly off the tracks. It is very exciting and your traditional roller coaster. Zach insisted when getting on the coaster that he sit with his Mom (I love when they fight over me). He is pumped to no end.
The ride starts, the anticipation rises and those little butterflies show up in my stomach thinking about what is to come. We head up the big hill to the 147 foot drop, all four of us ready to scream at the top of our lungs. The drop is coming slowly and we peer over the drop......all of our arms go up (okay maybe not mine) and here we go!!!! We are flying down the drop at fast speeds, we hit some of the smaller hills and drops and are having a blast now, we head around the curves and are going real fast now and Zach is screaming like a wild man and all of a sudden...BOOM!!!...Zach's hard head bangs into the temple area of my right eye. Ouch!!!! I think I did black out for a bit but thankfully we were almost done.
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| My eye on Monday morning. |
We exit this ride and a confused and not feeling so well Mommy shows everybody where Zach wacked me. There is just a small red spot where we made contact but needless to say it's not feeling too well. But, once again, I decide to go on Raging Bull like a trooper. Raging Bull is by far the best ride there. The first drop on this ride is roughly 20 stories high but this has got to be one of the smoothest roller coasters I've ever come across. Truthfully, I have never felt sick to my stomach when riding a roller coaster. This time was different though. By the time I got off this ride, oh man, I had all I could do not to toss my cookies over the side of some fence.
At this point I want to lay down, real bad, and the kids are getting hungry anyway, so we head back to the truck for lunch and I decide I am taking a nap. So after they all finished eating, I allowed them to go back to the park and I stayed in the truck and slept on the backseat for a good hour and a half. I guess this is a sign of Mom getting old. Thankfully, after my nap, I did feel a little better and met up with them again in the park. I decided it would be best though not to go on anymore rides.
The rest of the afternoon consisted of the kids whining about getting something, the kids getting thirsty, Mom still not feeling the greatest, Jeff's legs being sore from not being used to his tennis shoes and Mom and Dad feeling bad for leaving Lukas at home on his birthday.
Eventually, becausee the kids just wouldn't stop whining, Zach talked us into letting him get his face painted scary because of Fright Fest. I guess he wanted to fit in with all of the ghouls and goblins that were there. Funny thing is, when we got home I set my Mom up and told her to come in and look at Zach. I told her he fell off a roller coaster and she fell for it and asked "Well how high was the roller coaster?" when I couldn't take it anymore and told her, "Mom...it's fake." Hilarious!!!
And then, because you have to be fair when it comes to your kids, Samantha had to go to a store and pick out a new ring for her finger. I guess she doesn't have any of these and REALLY needed one. We actually had quite the conversation before I let her get one about how spoiled she is and how unappreciative she can be at times (she didn't care for this conversation at all). But as usual, Mom decided to be too nice and gave in. I did, but I hope I got my point across during all of this.
After we got done with the face painting and ring buying we decided to to a trek around the park and check out all of the scary dudes walking around due to Fright Fest. It was that time of the day when they all started to appear and I look forward to seeing the scary getups and watching them surprise and scare people throughout the park and the kids said they did too.
So we start walking and came across a few groups of scary people and both Sam and Zach were pretty excited to see them but at the same time stating that they really didn't want to be approached by one of them. I was kind of hoping one of them would just to see how the kids would react. After all they were the ones so excited to come down for Fright Fest.
Well a little while later we are walking towards yet another group of scary people. One is a large kind of Bigfoot looking like creature. Jeff and I walk towards the outside to try to shelter the kids from him. Sam is next to me and then Zach on her right. We pass the scary guy unharmed, or at least we thought. All of a sudden he is stalking Sam on her left side while Zach is curiously watching. He stares into her face as she tries to ignore him, while at the same time begging to him "Please don't, please don't..." He continues to walk along side her and says "Why won't you look at me?!" in this scary voice. At this point I am watching from behind and I see her face start to crinkle up funny...oh boy, here we go.....yep, the tears start rolling and she is obviously not happy with this guy. He does walk a few steps more and then leaves her alone and Jeff and I being the bad parents we are, start laughing a tad. I know, it sounds bad, but seriously, it's Fright Fest, the guy obviously is in costume, it's still light out, what's he going to do?! I'll never forget it. I think because she always plays so tough with all of us now that she's this big teenager and all, but this big teenager literally just filled her pants. LOL!!!
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| The Bigfoot guy that scared Sam looked a lot like this guy. |
So, needless to say, shortly after this incident, and having to hide her from a few ghouls and goblins on the exit out, we were headed home for the day. I still laugh inside thinking about it all.
So, like I said. So many emotions throughout the day. From the excitement of going in the first place, to the fear of the crazy people there, and then the disappointment for me to have to sit out on a lot of rides for enjoying one of the other ones too much, what a roller coaster of a day.
Overall though, it was still a great day filled with fun, laughter and many memories and I look forward to doing it again next year.
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