lAgOoN aWaRdS!

Ok, so it's no Six Flags, but I had a lot of fun today.  Best of all . . . it was FREE!  Jessica's office took their employees and their friends to Lagoon today.  We got there early so we could get on the rides while there were relatively small lines, and rode every roller coaster in that park that didn't involve spinning (we both get sick, and didn't feel like hurling in an amusement park).   So here are the awards to sum up the day:

BEST ROLLER COASTER
My favorite would have to be the Spider, since your car moved around with the motion of the coaster, so there was a little spinning, but it wasn't enough to make you sick.  It was cool to be facing forward at one moment and then backwards the next.  Nice work, Lagoon!

BEST WATER RIDE
Better than the 24-second long Log Flume Ride, the winner is definitely Rattlesnake Rapids.  It's that water ride where you are in the big yellow boats and you go under waterfalls, over rapids, and under bridges.  My favorite part had to be the fact that Jess and I really wanted to go on the ride, but we didn't want to get wet, so we kept moving seats as the ride progressed.  At one point, Jess even hit her bum on the railing while trying to avoid the rapids.  I haven't seen the bruise, but she says there is a small one there.  Nice.

WORST RIDE
Hands down, this had to be the Terroride.  Now, I don't usually like to be scared, but I know Jess likes the thrill, so I agreed to go.  I didn't need to worry.  Jess and I rode the entire ride without screaming once.  No, really.  Even when the ride takes you to a completely black room and all of a sudden you see car lights and a loud horn beeps. . . we got nothing.  And the ride took approximately 20 seconds to go through.  Yeah, when the ride was over, Jess and I quickly agreed that it was uber lame, but we wouldn't let people know it.  So as the doors swung open, we hooted, high-fived, and hollered like it was the greatest ride ever.  And no one called our bluff.  Ha!

WORST PAIN FROM A RIDE
For Jess, it was the Rattlesnake Rapids ride, but for me, it was the twisting and jerking that my head and back got on the stupid Mouse Trap ride.  The car takes you to the top of the ride, where you are flung from side to side through a course of hairpin turns.  I am surprised that Jessica wasn't squashed from my being thrown against her.  Yeah, my back is hurting me a bit!

BIGGEST LOSS OF BREATH
This came from a ride that took you to the top of a 50-foot tower, with nothing but a seat strapping you to the ride, and a heart-stopping sudden free fall where you are bounced up and down a few times.  The worst part was not knowing when the ride was going to drop you the fifty feet.  Jess and I agree that the one that shoots you straight up was better.  You at least had your heart remain where it should be instead of catapulting to your throat.


BIGGEST WASTE OF TIME
Even though the Mouse Trap ride was the worst, this award goes to the fabulous ride, The Bat.  Jess and I were able to walk onto the ride with no wait, and that should have clued us in.  It's one of those rides that you sit in a seat and a bar secures you in, but your feet hang loose.  We had a laugh at the sign that let us know that if we put our feet up on the seats in front of us, our legs would break off and go through our necks.  Nice.  And then we embarked on a 15-second ride that left us wondering, "was that REALLY IT?!"  We literally asked that twice when we pulled into the station again.  I think we went over one 10 foot hill and the rest was just on a flat track.  Biggest waste of time, ever.

It was fun to get to go to Lagoon on someone elses dollar, but I think my next park will have to be Disneyland.  That place is FUN!