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Thanks. It was a great time. I still am nursing blisters on my right foot though. Plan for next year Brad! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Have a great time! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I can't imagine the hours of practice they have put in and continue to do. I would presume there is strength training involved as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Cirque Imagine I saw all three shows on Sunday. KICers Because I know some have not seen the show I won't post a ton of pics. Looks like Beastie1980 is Stretch Armstrong. First time he has ever been asked for a selfie. CFK some of the participants. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

From Eiffel Tower

Kings Island Thank you to Momofbeastie1980 and Beastie1980 for letting us stay at your house (again). It was a cloudy and at times a rainy day at Kings Island. By the time we got to the park, we were truly exhausted. I had (still have( massive blisters on my feet. So it's actually a welcomed change to have a relaxing day at Kings Island. Katie and Melissa both were doing the Coasting For Kids fundraiser. Lucas In the Festhaus two very sleepy KICers catch a snooze. I think it's awesome to see the friendships that have been made through this site. More pics to come... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Drive by Wildwater Kingdom and Geauga Lake I did not take pics of the entrance of Wildwater Kingdom (it was closed before we arrived). It made me really miss SeaWorld just driving by the park though. Geauga Lake we took pics from Speedway across the street. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Conneault Lake Conneault is about 45 minutes from Waldameer. It has very few rides and one coaster. Blue Streak was built in 1938. It is rickety, it is slow, it was still fun. He would not give us his name, very nice guy. I told him we will call him Carl and he said that is fine. Again, I don't understand clowns. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Waldameer We were getting ready to go to Cedar Point for a few hours when we heard Cedar Point was closed. Well, we (Zach, Katie and I) decide to go to Wildwater Kingdom. As we start driving there, he realizes we are not going to be too far away from Waldameer and Conneault Lake. None if us had been to either park, so we figured why not go. Sometimes it really stinks when plans go awry, but I had a great day regardless. First stop, Waldameer. The park has a couple of options. You can pay per ride or get an all day band to ride all you want. If you are a member of GOCC, you can get discounts, but you have to get the code from Jason. With not planning for this trip and limited funds, we bought enough so we could ride the coasters we wanted, then went back and bought more points for another ride on Ravine Flyer II. I have to say I love this park. It's small, it's quaint. An amazing woodie, two decent coasters and a great selection of flats. It's similar to Indiana Beach as far as offerings. Ravine Flyer II far exceeds any wooden coaster I've rode. (Will be doing Shivering Timbers very soon, I hear it might be better than Ravine Flyer II.) I found me a man while at Waldameer. I really don't understand clowns being in amusement parks. Every child I know is terrified of them. Perhaps it's because of Pennyworth? Love the statues around the park. Comet was a decent coaster. Very smooth. I really enjoyed Steel Dragon. I cannot wait to go back to this park. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks! I wish I had a good camera. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

CoasterMania 6/6/2014 continued. One of my favorite things was the boat ride around the banks of Lake Erie. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

CoasterMania 6/6/2014 Wow. I think Cedar Point exceeded all of my expectations. It was a great day. Perfect weather. I participated in The Mean Streak challenge. They were giving away 10 2015 Platinum passes. It would have been awesome to win. Katie and Zach rode one train. I went two trains behind them (I went to Millie first). The challenge was simple. Keep water in a cup. Ha! I can say it's likely the most fair way to do the challenge. They duct taped (from what I could tell) a cup holder to the side of the seat and put a cup in it. They filled the cup to the rim with water. I kept almost a full cup until we hit mid course. I think I lose most of my water on one swoop. I am sure you can see Katie in the pic below. Local high school band performing. Lunch time was sweet. Ribs, shrimp, smoked sausage in kraut, cupcakes and cookies and more. Swag! My coaster club membership has paid for itself. My beautiful friend Dee. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You could have had the same conversation with her just based on their posts leading up to the event... Actually we had that discussion back before I had done with Scream for a Kid Again because it is an organization I am passionate about. She wanted to do that event, but I was not sure if she truly wanted to do the fundraising for the sake of helping or for the extra ride time. So we opted to have her wait until this event. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have a lot of pics so I started a new thread. This will take some time to do all the report because a lot happened in the span of four days. Katie and I left around 12:15 on Thursday, June 5 to head to Cedar Point. The trip was pretty uneventful in part to Rick (NoChicken) warned us of police presence along a stretch of the trip. We arrived around 4:45 to the hotel. Thank you Dee (MrsNoChicken) and Rick for letting us stay with you even though it was Rick's birthday. We headed to the park to process our Platinum Passes that we were finally able to upgrade. This was the fastest, most pain free processing I have ever experienced in my life. I think we walked in and out within 5 minutes. (We had paid online.) This was our second trip to Cedar Point and Dee and Rick's first trip. Thank you Zach for leading us around. We ran into Scott almost immediately (IBEWSparky). I tried to keep track of the rides and the order, however, aside from the kiddie coasters, the only coaster I did not get to ride was TTD. so bummed. I will say I love Millie. I rode in row one Friday morning and loved it. Thursday night I rode towards the back and was not disappointed. More to come for CoasterMania after I get home from work tonight. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You can ask, but I hope no one answers. It's not important everyone knows in my opinion. Someone made a poor choice and I hope the individual learns that it's not acceptable. I know I used it as a tool to talk to my daughter about doing things for the right reasons and not doing things for selfish reasons. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I am glad you and Chris reminded me to go back and read your trip report. I had started to when it was first posted and for some reason got distracted. For years I had a KK membership and strongly preferred KK over KI, especially during the KI Paramount days. The only "issue" I had at KK pre Six Flags was the amount of unruly children (brats) that were permitted to run the park. the Six Flag years were horrible. I am glad that opening day was a success. I really cannot wait until we can get back down there. I am hoping we can get there this season. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Tink1470 I am very proud of you. Great job! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My daughter tried hard to raise money. She felt bad not hitting $200 or more. It was not because she did not try collecting donations. People just did not have money to give right now. I am very thankful that members of this community are hugely responsible for helping Katie reach her goal. She does not actively post here, but many know her. I appreciate the wonderful people for paying to set her account up. Without them, she could not have done this. They aren't looking for praise because they paid for the initial cost, but they are examples of the people on this forum. However, I am sorely disappointed that someone would attempt to do the event without collecting the funds to do so. I am not sure why someone would think it's acceptable to do such a thing. Just knowing the generosity of people on this site, the funds would have been donated to anyone truly trying to reach the minimum for the fundraiser. Additionally, thank you to those of you who kept an eye on my daughter. I know she's 16, but I still appreciate it. She's a bit crazy (I think she's hilarious). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I love the show more each time I see it. The "rope lady" is truly amazing. I cannot imagine the hours of practice she has endured to get to her level of performance. She's breathtaking to watch. The gal that is now doing the ring is really good. Initially, I thought Neco 1 was better, but the gal holds her own. I think as the show progresses, this gal will be awesome. The trampoline part is cool. It's like they just glide or float. It's just cool to watch. They make it look effortless. I had posted a pic of Trevor the other day on Twitter. I don't know how he does his bike stunts. Even though he chalks it up to calculated risks. I think the clowns are brave, crazy or a bit if both. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

KIC Coasting for Kids. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have met people from this site that will sit here with me while it's raining and my daughter is doing CFK. In fact, I've met friends on this site that have allowed us to share hotel rooms, their homes, split the cost of gas and so much more. There are some very kind and nice people on this site. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We will be at the park on July 7. Not sure if we will be participating in the event. We are celebrating Princess Sparkles 17th birthday. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I loved CoasterMania. It was a fun event. Thank you to those who made the event a huge success. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I spy movement. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Front row Millie. Such an excellent seat. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk