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This ride also = crazy.
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We spotted this guy from afar and decided to go in for a closer look.
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The park is right next to Lake Erie and this huge tower, called THE WINDSEEKER, is right on the waterfront. It's basically like a 300 foot tall version of the swings, but it was actually pretty terrifying to be up that high just blowing around on the swings.
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After we'd gotten our fill, we drove down the highway to some awesome roadside amusement center...
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...to do a couple of old school rides before heading out!
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Taken just a second before our car went over the drop. Hahah.
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Up next!
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Hands up before the drop, here we go!
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...boardwalk rides!
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Uhhhhh, there's no way I'm letting that guy anywhere near my Ghost Hole. Keep your pink veins to yourself!
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Right before the big drop (bonus points for accidentally taking a picture of the kid over my right shoulder shitting rocks).
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...the view was perfect.
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...then went over to Steel Force.
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We rode an old wooden coaster...
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The sun set a little after seven.
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How many of these photos could they possibly be selling?
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Last time I went to Great Adventure I only got to ride 3 rides!
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Awesome.
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Go!
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Hydra!
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Dramatic splashdown.
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Twisty and turny.
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Check!
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I broke off with a group intent on finding all the level 5 rides.
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Dorney Park's map has a ride rating system which is helpful in ensuring you don't wait in line for hours for something that underwhelms you.
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After experiencing level 5, we wanted to check out the a nearby level 4 ride.
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We only had to wait about 15 minutes to get on our first coaster.
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Perfect afternoon.
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Clearly in the grip of fear.
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It has an amazing view out over all the houses and when you get to the top, you can see the water on both sides!
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Here's Meredith, totally unaware that I'm going to ask her to marry me in 24 hours. Eeeep!
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We used our remaining tokens to go on the Ferris Wheel!
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Yes, please.
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Then it was time for rides! Check out how beautiful the rides there are! These rides make me so nostalgic. They are the same rides that were on all the Jersey Shore pier amusement parks we used to go to when we were little.
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I could pretty much ride this ride for 5 hours straight.
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Every time I get off it, my face hurts from smiling.
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And the view of us on the way down. Hahaha.
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The view from the top! Only Meredith and I were brave enough to go on the Sea Dragon on a full stomach. Hahah. You can see my whole family sitting on the benches down there watching us.
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Needless to say, we road that shit like three times! Hahahah. After the mall, our original plan was to go to Bernadette's skeet shooting club, but we ended up losing track of time at the amusement park by the time we were ready to head out, the shooting club had already closed! So after the mall, we went out for an Italian dinner (where I strangely didn't take any photos)...
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Check out the "windshield!" It was made up of three screens that wrapped around and fill your entire field of vision!
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Driving the thing was so realistic it was sort of terrifying. Hahaha. (Philip totally schooled my ass, btw).
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And just when I thought there was NO WAY things could get any better...we found this guy!
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As we made our way further into the "arcade section," the next thing we stumbled across was this thing! A super-advanced racing-simulator!
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Check this jim-jam out! It's a giant robot arm that has a two-person ROLLER COASTER seat attached to where you'd expect to find the giant robot hand! Meredith and I watched it for like 10 seconds and then we were like, "Yes, I think we'll try that."
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...an INDOOR AMUSEMENT PARK!
The driver is buckled into a racing seat that sits on a platform that's supported by four hydraulic legs that tilt, shake, vibrate and dip the "car" to mimic exactly what the car would feel like as you drive it on the track.
No caption I can write will really do this ride justice. Not only was the ride awesome and huge, it was made all the better by the fact that it was hard for your brain to believe that something that big was operating indoors.
This thing was RIDICULOUS! It wasn't so much of a ride as much as it was a robot-experiment in how much g-force humans can sustain without dying. No rhyme, no reason. Just a giant robo-arm whipping us around hurky-jerky and willy-nilly!
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Here's me going solo on THE OCTOPUS! (Thanks guys!).
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(Which Sarah just made the height requirement for, by the way)
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First up: THE ZIPPER!
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This ride sucks. It only ever scared one person ever. (and that was because he laughed so hard at how stupid it was that he scared himself). I want my four tickets back.
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The infamous Cyclone.
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Aw, yeah.