Wednesday.
A weird day of the week. Sometimes referred to as Hump Day.
Wednesday is my day off. I like having Wednesdays off b/c I only have to get through work on mon and tues. then sleep in and do whatever on wed, then just get through thurs and fri. It's kind of a sweet deal but also kind of sucks b/c everyone I know works during the day during the week and it can get kinda lonely sometimes.
Today Matt Clark and I went to Six Flags. I had never been to the one here. It was pretty sweet. Same kind of rides/games as the one in STL, including the Hurrican Harbor water park, except of course, for different roller coasters.
We got there about 4pm. Not too crowded, waited about 20 min for most rides, i'd guess. and excellent temps. not too hot/not too humid.
the first thing we went on was a coaster called the Wizard. It was pretty sweet actually. We were up in the second car from the front. There were no loops, but it went fast and had sharp banks and was still exciting. good warm up.
Then we rode the raging bull, which i understand to be the premiere roller coaster there. the cars seat four across, and the seats have a lap bar that looks like the riders are on those little rascal scooters. no loops on this one, either, but its FAST!! and there is a MAJOR drop. something like 208ft. drop on the first hill. hands up! eyes closed! lungs screaming!!
Then we went to the Hurrican Harbor to get some water slide action before that part of the park closed. The lazy river ride, which is my fav, was closed, which was a dang shame. All those lonely yellow tubes, floating around the loop without any bathers...criminal, i tell ya!
but we went on some FAST water slides. it was actually kind of scary in the watertubes b/c it was so dark in there, i couldn't see anything, i was just zipping and zigging and zagging. We went twice down the bowl slides, that empty out into a bowl and we circled the drain so to speak before sliding down the last part of the slide. The water park was a lot of fun.
The Hurrican Harbor closed at 7pm, but the rest of the park was open til 10pm. We hit up the batman coaster, which is the same as the batman in stl. its sooooo smooth, and and nighttime its so dark and the corkscrews are so fast and tight. its really scary.
Rode a coaster called the demon. it was okay. lots of loops and corkscrews, and one part with a tunnel and lights that was a huge surprise, but the ride was jerky and kinda hurt my head banging around on the body bar.
Also rode the Superman, which that ride was totally bad ass. I have never ridden a ride like that before. After we were all in our seats, the backs pulled up and we were parallel with the ground, like we were flying. it was terrifying! there was one loop in particular, when we were upside down, going around, and i could see the track ahead of us. There was a great pic that camera caught of me, mouth open screaming, eyes terrified, arms up.
the V2, which i think stood for vertical velocity was kinda cool. just one track, with one train, going forward and backward, each time getting higher and higher. it was pretty good.
the american eagle, which is similiar to the screamin' eagle, was an old wooden white roller coaster. really rickety and jerky. no loops, but that element of danger, like the train was going to fly off the tracks at nearly every hill. an of course a great first drop.
some other coaster we rode, don't remember the name, but we had to stand up on it.
then we rode the raging bull again. we got onto the last train of the night. first car. it was totally bad ass. again, epic first drop. fast curves and high hills. adrenaline was pumping. hands up, lungs screaming! eyes wide open in terror!
waiting in line for the last raging bull train of the night, with american eagle wooden white structure in the background:
saw these rasta bananas as prizes on the way out:
i kind of had a huge headahce. i made an conscious effort to drink water throughout our time there, so i don't think it was from dehydration. probably from hunger and/or so much screaming/g-forces/blood rushing loops.
on the way home, we drove around looking fora dang taco bell, finally got to one in glenview. geez, i could not get those burritos in my mouth fast enough! haha!
dropped matt off at his house, hug goodnight. great time today! totally exhausted. i will sleep well tonight! :)
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