kittenpooh Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 This is long.. sorry.. and full of pictures! This is our first family trip of the season. The main reason for a trip was it was my 11 year olds birthday. He didnt know we were going untill it was time to leave... So on Friday we told the kids bed time at 9. Sorry guys early bed time big day tomorrow. So I get that, what are we doing mommy where we going mommy. I have no idea where we are going but I know we have to get to bed. So I get all the kids in bed sit down to watch the news and the weather man says 70% rain... woo hoo. We all say we are going rain or shine so off to bed with the alarms set to be up at 7 to be leaving by 9. We wanted to leave at 9 so we could make a pit stop at the bank. I dont like to go anywhere with out emergancy monies. So 745 rolls around and I happen to look up at the alarm.. crap!! We over slept!! I get up get everyone else up and grab a quick bite. Come on guys lets hurry and get ready. We still had to get to the bank and a last minute stop at Wal-mart for some odds and end. So we hit i-75 runnin .... Everyone pack in and ready to go. OH yeah! Big news We are all packed into our new (new to us!) 2006 toyota sienna we just bought on Friday! ready for the 2 hour drive. We get on the road and think we will stop in Georgetown for gas its always cheeper... wrong! It was 2.21 for gas in Lexington... Georgetown..2.29 The damage after filling up. The trip up was pretty nice on the way up. Steady flowing traffic and several are you happy and you know it songs going on in the back. We hit Cincinnati. Along with the nice hills and curves the rain makes it's first apearence. The rain made traffic slow a bit but we got threw Cincy and headed on our way on 71. This is about the time I got those. How much longer mommy. When are we going to get there questions. I told them it would be much longer and we would starts seeing KI shortly. The kids getting hungry and cranky at this time. Then up and over the hill you see... Kings automall. This is the point you know your getting close. Ok Gavin just wait, should be coming up.... wait for it .... wait for it... OH look mom!!! thats all I heard. It was great. Gavin had never seen Diamond back before. I hear cheers and all kinds of screaming and yelling from the back!! Yay there it is. I get my pass scanned for free parking find a very very close parking spot in gold parking and start getting things ready to go. When getting out of the car all I hear is mommy im hungry. I want to eat. We packed a lunch so getting something to eat wasnt a big deal. So lunch before going into the park was a must. Gotta love going with kids. LOL. The time we got to the park. Lunch out of the back of the van. After 30 min for lunch we headed into the park. Going in we saw boots. The girls were not sure but still wanted to say hi. I talked them into a picture with him. After that they ran from him. The first ride of the day was the swings for Mindy and Emma. I figured I would start them easy! After that Mindy, Gavin and my mom went to the fairly Odd coaster. This would be Mindys first "big" roller coaster. She was not sure about it but loved it when she got off!! My mom bought the on ride photo, she is to scan it and send it to me when she gets home I will share it when she sends it. While they were waiting to ride the coaster Emma and Ryan rode the sky tours. After the sky tours Emma and Kelsey got on the turnpike. They loved it!! Emma and Kelsey after there ride. We did blue skadoo. Emma was not sure but Kelsey wanted to ride. We had to explain that she was to little. Then we were trying to figure out what to do next and Kelsey saw the horses on the carousel. We had to go do it!! Mindy and Emma Kelsey After the carousel it was time to get on a ride for just Emma. We found out she could ride little bill with mommy. So I got the joy of riding it twice. Once with Emma and then once with Mindy. I have to say it was a snug fit... At that time my mom and Gavin split off with there sights set on Diamond back. Mind you mom has not been to the park since The Beast was 25 and Gavin had done everything in the park except Diamondback. He had no Idea what he was in for.. Me and Ry were left in kiddie land with 3 hyper little ladys. I was ready to get Mindy on something like she had never been on before. I took her to avatar while he took Emma and Kelsey over to La adventura de azul. Fun stuff there! The girls loved it. Mindy on the other hand.. well I will let the picture do the tallking. After Avatar Gavin and my mom made it back from a very very short 15 min wait for Diamond back. At that point I told my mom I couldnt take it anymore I needed my Db ride. So Ryan, Gavin and my self headed over. I was ready for a short wait just like they had talked about... not! 50 min wait for us. I got Gavin in the very back! Row 16, red train. I have not seen my son that freaked out. I kept telling him to put his hands up but there was no way! I could do nothing but laugh at him. Threw the last helix I told him to put his arm out over the water. He didnt get wet but I sure did.. Water filled my sead. My butt was wet!! No fair!! After our Db ride, mom handed over the girls. She and Gavin were off to take on Beast and Vortex! We took the girls on the train. Something nice and calm. Something we all could do together! Facts sheet about Db on the train. After we got off the train I got a text from my mom saying they were about to get on Vortex to come over and meet them there. Some how we found what train they were on and got what I think is a kick butt picture! My mom and Gavin in the front seat. After they got off Vortex, Mom said hi to the girls and Gavin was going on about wanting to get more coasters in. I dont know in what order they did it but I know they got in a Red Racer ride and a AE ride. Me, Ry and the girls just went for a walk. On that walk I was like hey, Zach said he was working south coney. Zach doing his thing! After talking to Zach for about 10 min. All the girls starting saying they were hungry. We decited to walk back to the car for a snack! Walking out the front of the park we were glad we had made that choice. Its started to rain pretty good. eek! so we got everyone in the car and had a snack of chips and Carrots. I was wondering where my mom and Gavin had ended up. Gave them a call and they were in line for the Best and they had just shut it down. At the time I had noticed that none of the ride had ran in a bit. The clouds were very black and the wind had picked up a bit. It rained for about 2 min and then was done. We sat in the car for about 20 min. I was tired of just sitting there so I got everyone together to go back in the park when we notice the rides were up and going. It was still really nasty looking... yuck. Ryan took some random pictures upon entering the park. Storm clouds I love this picture! nice job Ry! We headed back to the "big horsies" Kelsey called them. I had forgotten how beautiful these horses really were. Walking back there we had seen some changes with the park we really didnt like. The floral clock is gone and so was the bell they had on display. I dont know how long it has been gone but this was the first time I had noticed it. Can anyone tell me whats missing from this picture? I mean come on. I know CF took over but do they really need to take all the visual beauty away from the park? Flowers out side the tower Little bit of the past left behind On the "big horsies" By this time my mom and Gavin had met back up with us. My mom was wore out. This was the time I got to ride the scrambler with Mindy. She was so not sure! Then we went over to the Monster. This freaked Mindy out but I told her she was ok. She did really good on both of these rides. Gavin also rode the monster but no one else in the group likes these kinds of rides so he had to go by himself. He loved it though. Mindy and mommy after scrambler Gavin waiting on the monster! Mindy gives the Monster a thumbs up! Ok time to shorten this up..... After the monster we did Jimmys air tours, Planktons plundge, mommy and Mindy on Reptar. Danny fantom flyers (ry and mindy) Scooby, I got in trouble. Jimmy nutrons atom smashers. The air tours agian for Mindy. Then Ry got Mindy on reptar again. After Reptar we took advantage of the 50% off sale of Nick goods. Everyone got something and didnt spend over 30 bucks! I love it. Me ry and Gavin went to DB for a night ride while my mom took the girls to the front of the park to wait for the fire works. I dont think they even made it threw them. The night ride was cold.. I mean freezing. But thankfully I got front seat with Gavin. He loved it! Took my ride total for DB to 17, Rys total 6 and Gavins total to 3! We had a wonderful day. The weather was not as bad as everyone was making it out to be. My kids were wore out. We stopped at Wendys and ran in at 1055 right before they closed at 11. We ended up at the house at 145. Wow... what a long but fun day! I will post some random pictures a bit later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markr Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Great seeing you at the DB souvenir shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittenpooh Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 Ok .... just more odd end pictures. Kelsey ry and Mindy on flyers the day ended up so so pretty. Emma and her pony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittenpooh Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 This was so funny I had to share click it to play it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiruler102 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 aww. your daughters crying and your not even looking. JK great PTR hope to see you again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Good news...the floral clock and the Liberty Bell will be back. They are never in the park this early. Why? Possible frost and freezes until late May... Your girls are adorable! And you let your son have a Mohawk! Good for you. Has that been any problem for him at school? Some schools won't let boys have them... Terpy, who loved your report Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiruler102 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 we cant have them at my school, they say they will distract others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rypie91d Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Good news...the floral clock and the Liberty Bell will be back. They are never in the park this early. Why? Possible frost and freezes until late May... Your girls are adorable! And you let your son have a Mohawk! Good for you. Has that been any problem for him at school? Some schools won't let boys have them... Terpy, who loved your report Actually, Terpy, we didn't allow him to have it.... we don't like it too much. His dad let him cut it like that for his birthday last week..... Oh well, perhaps he will outgrow it! He hasn't had any issues at his school. His friends all it's cool. He does say that it is cold alot of the times, but I kinda understand, I usually still get a military haircut even tho I've been out over five years now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 My father would have snuck in in the middle of the night while I was asleep with a pair of scissors and.... Terpy, whose dad was like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rypie91d Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 well, that's what I had kept saying, but it hasn't happened yet...... I guess I can keep that as blackmail tho!!!!!!! HAHA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 My father would have snuck in in the middle of the night while I was asleep with a pair of scissors and.... ...blamed the dog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_M17 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Great TR Kitten. I wish I could've joined you guys for a night ride on DB but my dad called me with an "emergency" just as I was about to text you and find out where you guys were at. Maybe next time though, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomkatt7 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Great pictures! I really enjoy seeing the kids play. The little girl crying on the bumper cars just broke my heart though.. Her monkey was adorable though. Looked like she kept it with her all day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittenpooh Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 Great pictures! I really enjoy seeing the kids play. The little girl crying on the bumper cars just broke my heart though.. Her monkey was adorable though. Looked like she kept it with her all day! That little girl crying is my 3 year old Emma. It was sad, but gosh we all just laughed. That was the first time she had got the car to move. Poor baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor75 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Great pictures and report I can't wait to take my oldest daughter but she won't be big enough until next year to really ride anything but hey next year should be a hoot then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawana Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Great TR. That's what KI is all about. Family memories. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XGatorHead 8904 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 I was wondering why there weren't any pictures in your TR. Then I realized... work just put in a new internet filter starting today, which apparently blocks out ALL pictures in the TR's!!! I tried looking at my TR's... nothing! Well, it could be worse... they could have blocked out this site entirely! I thought about you on Saturday when the weather turned out to be not too bad, and wondered if you made the trip up. Good to see you all went and had a good time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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