Kings Dominion

On Wednesday, we spent the day at Kings Dominion.  The girls had been wanting to go to an amusement park this summer, and you don’t have to ask Mark twice to go (although I need a bit more convincing), so off we went.  We really lucked out with the day.  There weren’t crowds of people there so we didn’t wait in many lines, the weather was relatively mild, and the kids got to ride everything they could ride – multiple times! 

Lyla and Nina were both over 48” but not over 54”, so that meant they could both ride all the same things.  There were only a few roller coasters in the park that they couldn’t ride, but they rode every other roller coaster they were allowed on.  This was Lyla’s first time at Kings Dominion, so we “warmed up” with the Woodstock Express (a smaller roller coaster), and after that, it was straight from one big roller coaster to the next.  If it weren’t for mom turning a big green after consecutive times riding again and again with no wait time in between, I think they would have kept up that pace the entire day.

Thanks to me, we did take a few breaks from the roller coasters by getting completely soaked on the White Water Canyon, and other water rides like the Log Flume, but if you ask the girls, their favorites included (but were not limited to) the Grizzly, the Anaconda, the Drop Tower, and the Rebel Yell.

The Intimidator was one ride that the girls weren’t big enough to go on, so Mark tried that one solo.  I was happy to take a break on the bench and just watch for this one! 

The whole family rode the Drop Tower.  It’s 270+ feet in the air, and it takes you up and drops you straight down.  At first, Lyla wasn’t sure she wanted to ride it, so Mark and Nina went together.  Lyla saw them do it and wanted to try, and Nina took a break.  Then, it didn’t seem right that I didn’t go on the Drop Tower, so all four of us got back on and rode together.  That was something!

     

I was surprised that both of the girls liked the Grizzly as much as they did.  It’s so fast and so rough, and I was seriously afraid that Lyla was going to fly out of her seat on some of the turns, but this is one they wanted to ride again and again.  They love the Grizzly!

The only roller coaster that they could ride together was the Woodstock Express, and I’m guessing they rode it at least five times.  By trip 4 and 5, both of them had their arms in the air the whole ride!

We left the park quite exhausted, still wet (at least I was), and quite fulfilled on roller coasters for at least a little while (again, at least I was). I would say it was a great day at Kings Dominion.