Geauga Lake

Wow. Ok. So much to write, so little time.

Rides I went on:

Liked:
The Merry Oldies (you drive a car around a track)
The carousel
the swinging ship thingy--that was my favorite!
the 3D dino show

Didn't like:
The Beaver Mining something or other (small roller coaster)
Dominator (roller coaster)

Didn't care:
The scrambler thingy ma do
bumper cars
ferris wheel

The first things we did were the roller coasters.
First the small one. It was my first time on a roller coaster, and I wasn't sure I liked it too much. So I went on it again, trying to get more confident. It was a little better the second time. I went on it again later in the day and it was even better then, but still not fun on some of the corners.
Then the big one. I did not like it. Hannah and Dad went on it first, and Hannah loved it, so Abby went, and she loved it, so she took me, but I didn't like it. There were a number of factors:
>I did it because I thought I should, not because I wanted to.
>I sat on the edge seat. I'm not actually sure if that made it worse, but Hannah said it was shakier on the edge seat than in the middle seats.
>I had my eyes shut the whole time. I think I closed them on the big hill up.
My heart was beating soooo fast! I think if I had opened my eyes I might've had a heart attack!

Ok, bad stuff over--after that Hannah, Dad and Abby went on X-Flight. The first thing they said when they got off: something to the effect of "that was so cool! I loved it!" Second thing, "Katie, you would not like that." I used that as ammo when they said, "Don't you want to go on it?"

Then we ate lunch, I think. That's when my day started to improve, my burger was really good and it was nice to sit down and have a drink of water! We went on the merry-go-round, bumper cars and the Merry Oldies thing next. I've already said everything remarkable about those. I think I would like the bumper cars if I were in an energetic enough mood. Whiplash just didn't seem all that appealing today. I like the car thing because it's SO HARD to steer! I drove Hannah the first time. I wasn't totally sure that you had to steer, so we're approaching the first turn and Hannah yells, "Turn!" I'm like, Oh, ok. Sounds good. Oops. So that was fun.

Then my day improved about 200%: we went on the Swinging Ship. That's not its actual name, but who can keep those all straight? It was REALLY FUN!!! Yeah, it's like a 3 thrill rating and I sat in the middle, (abby: "cuz your a wimp") but I had so much fun. I went on it three times straight in a row and screamed every single time!!! Um, then we went on the Scrambler thingy (once again, Dad and Hannah tested it and then Abby and I tried it. It was ok. I probably would've liked it more if I hadn't just gotten off my favorite ride.)

Uh, let's see, finishing up quickly...I went on the car thing again while the Coaster Three went on Dominator again. Oh, and then they did X-Flight again.

It was the perfect day to go: it didn't get too hot, there were virtually NO LINES! I stood in line for something twice, just waiting for it to go once, we were like the first people in line. So if you really liked something (like the swinging ship) you could just get off and get on again! It was pretty breezy all day too, which was really nice. We kept getting really thirsty from screaming and the heat, but the vendor people give you cups of water (thank heavens, we're not reduced to buying water).

We're all really tired, but it was really fun! And now I have to go wash off my Geauga lake sunscreen and sweat.