Amy (cincy's mom) Trains Next Generation Race Car Drivers

[4 Dog Mother]

This weekend we took the kids to Cedar Point. Carl's place of work had their "Day" where we got free tickets for Carl and I and the others had disount tickets. Now on to the pictures

Here is Amy and Dominic on the Peanuts 500 ride:
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So who had the most fun, big kids or little kids?

[4 Dog Mother]

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When Amy and Christy were little, it really didn't pay to take little ones to Cedar Point, there just wasn't enough kids rides. It us unbelievable as to how much they have now for the kids. As Disney Land has Mickey Mouse, Cedar Point has Snoopy. At the front of the Park is World Snoopy and at the back Camp Snoopy. Since I stayed with the little kids, I didn't get pictures of any of the big rides that Amy, Christy and Carl went on. I think everyone had fun though.

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Here was Jasmine's favorite ride - the Froghopper - she couldn't quit laughing all the time she was on it. And she only rode it 4 times.
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[shais_mom]

what a happy day!
I bet you had some pooped kids - Big and Little! :D

[4 Dog Mother]

Jasmine also enjoyed 2 different roller coasters - this is Junior Gemini
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The Woodstock Express is the other roller coaster - it was had to get any pictures of it

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[4 Dog Mother]

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[Cincy'sMom]

It was a fun day! It was hot and humid, but the sun wasn't beating down, so it was bearable. And it was so fun to watch the kids experience everything for the first time...and Christy too. She hadn't been onthe Maverick or Top Thrill Dragster yet, and I think she was pretty impressed.

I took a few pictures and they are http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AbM3LVi3cuGLmY

The park as you come across the lake
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Airplane pilot in the making
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Enjoying a show at the Snoopy Theater
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[4 Dog Mother]

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We got there at 10 in the morning and didn't leave until 10:00 at night - I never thought we'd last that long - but I think all the kids and maybe the grandparents had a great time!
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[ramanth]

What fun!! I remember when I was a kid, Berenstain Bears were the attraction. Not sure when they phased them out and replaced them with Snoopy. :)

I need to make a trip down. Haven't been in a couple of years.

[lizbud]

What great pictures of Dominic & Jasmine. They look like they enjoyed
themselves.:) In fact, looks like eveybody had a great time.:D

Thanks for sharing these pictures.:)

[4 Dog Mother]

This is the Maverick - I took from the Cedar Point website
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Wicked Twister
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Top Thrill Dragster
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I am not sure where my girls got their sense of adventure - I know it wasn't from me and I'm pretty sure it wasn't from Carl!!!

[Almita]

Ah! That looks like fun. I can see both generations had a blast haha. Great photos!

[gini]

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It is very possible that I need to return to Findlay and steal this little boy for a while. (with Grandma's permission that is).

Dominic, I have a Snoopy collection you would just love!! And I bet I could find more blueberries too.

[cyber-sibes]

Awww, these are GREAT pictures, Diana! All the big kids look like they are having as much fun as the little ones! What a fun day! I don't think you could get me n one of those new-fangled roller-coasters, though - yikes! :eek:

I have fond memories of Cedar Point from childhood - not that we went often, but I just remember how much fun it was. That was back when "Jungle Larry's Island" was first opened. (it probably isn't even part of the park anymore)

[Cincy'sMom]

I have fond memories of Cedar Point from childhood - not that we went often, but I just remember how much fun it was. That was back when "Jungle Larry's Island" was first opened. (it probably isn't even part of the park anymore)

It isn't, but I remember Jungle Larry's! I had forgotten until you metioned it....it was back by the Corkscrew (and I just looked up to see if closed in 1994!)

[lizbud]

Wow, I get sick just looking at those roller coasters.:eek:

I wish you could send Brian these pictures. I'm sure it would cheer him up
to see how happy they were.:)

[Ginger's Mom]

What a fun day! I just couldn't help smiling while looking at all of those happy faces. But, yeah, I would have stayed in the kiddie section, too. ;)

[Cinder & Smoke]

I would have stayed in the kiddie section, too. ;)

I found out, 'many years ago' ... that the "kiddie Rides" can be a bit 'tense' for
the old pharts ... not to mention the "adult" rides! :eek:

A buncha the Fire Gang went to Idora Park - Youngstown, Ohio's once famous
(and now mostly burned down) amusement park - home of the World-Class Wild Cat Coaster
and it's older (1910) lil brother, the milder Jack Rabbit. A lot, including the kids, hopped a ride or two
on the 'mild ride' on the Jack Rabbit ... Piece-a-Cake, said I after 3 spins around the block.

OK, sez Colleen, one of the feisty ones (and a Volunteer Dispatcher) ...
let's do the Wild Cat!
There were no other 'takers' ... by the time we'd inched our way to a :eek: FRONT seat in our train ...
I was totally convinced I shudda stayed home!

But WOW! :D

I decided on one hand on my glasses and one with a death-grip on the safety bar ---
Colleen was on her own! I managed to keep an eye open for most of the gut-wrenching ride ...
and we both managed to stay mostly 'in" the car ...

It took about three hours of ribbing, but The Gang finally managed to talk us into a
'repeat ride' before we left ... I was pretty sure TWO was quite enough when we
got off the second time ... I had a lotta trouble making the old knees work right! :rolleyes:

Kiddie Rides?

It really WASN'T a Kiddie Ride, but Colleen's pre-teen son insisted he wanted to ride
the **huge** "spinning airplane ride" --- another famous Idora ride.
Two-person "airplanes" hanging from dog chains from the top of a WAY-too-high round tower ...
that began spinning at an ever increasing speed ...
with centrifugal force flinging the lil airplanes UP and out! :eek:

Way too late I decide I'd been connad by both Colleen (*I'm* not ridin that THING;
and niether is HE without an adult!)
(Wes: PaLEEZE, Unka Phred!?) ~ AND the Lil Kid ...

Too Late (again) I realized the KID grabbed the outer seat - which became the
"upper" seat after we took off; I had the inside seat - which became the
:eek: "LOWER" seat ... the view off my left wing-tip was STRAIGHT DOWN (a hundred feet)
to the ground *whizzing* around at a zillion mph!
Just *PEACHY*! :eek:

And we weren't half way *UP* to crusing altitude when my young pilot announced
that "He'd really like to get OFF, NOW!"

I said (with my voice cracking) that it might be best to wait till we "landed" ...
praying that our chains wouldn't break and send us off for a crash landing
at the airport - 25 miles away!

After THAT ride, the ole Bumper Cars seemed really mild!



I said it might be best to wait till we "landed".