25 Days of Summer- Cedar Point

Ride On...

I went to Cedar Point all the time growing up. Only 40 minutes from my parents home, we were able to have a season pass a few years when we could drive. Loved it and still do! Now it's different because I don't feel the need to run to the rides. I enjoy experiencing the park through my children. It's so different now, but still my favorite rollercoaster park in the world.

A few weeks ago I got a notice Cedar Point was running a BOGO sale on admissions tickets. I was pumped. I called Jeremy at work and asked if he was interested in going. Well, the catch was that the tickets had to be used by the end of July. Guess I should have read the fine print. We were running out of days. We decided that today was the day.

What a day. Called for rain and rain it did. The good news is that is warded off a lot of people. It also kept us under cover for about 20 minutes. But then it got hot. Isaac talked me into going on Snake River Falls. I knew better, but he wanted to do it so bad, so I had Jeremy hold my shoes and away we went. SOAKED. Yep, drenched. I spent the next hour drying out. Isaac thought it was fantastic.

My mom went with us so we could take Isaac on the bigger rides while Olivia and mom hung out in snoopy land. Isaac was 51 inches this year, one inch shy of getting on many of the major rollercoasters. He was bummed. I'm guessing that next year we are going to need to take mom again and we may never see her and Olivia while we ride on every rollercoaster in the park.

The park was open until midnight, but we made it until10:30 and headed back home. Everyone was worn out and had another amazing day at an amusement park.

31 Days of Summer- Kings Island

Ride On

Every year since the kids have been born we have headed to Kings Island with Jeremy's parents. I love that the kids are getting old enough to really enjoy the rides beyond Snoopy Land. Isaac was just under the 52 inch mark, which prevented him from going on some of the really large rollercoasters like Diamond Back and Flight of Fear. I give him another year and he'll be tall enough to ride. 

So Phil, Jeremy, Isaac and I got FastPasses this year so we didn't have to wait in line. It was fantastic. We bought the tickets on CyberMonday and got each ticket with the FassPass for $70. Olivia and Deb passed on the rollercoasters so they spent most of their day around Snoopy Land just as content. 

We also got a $10 FunPix pass for the day. It was great to get all the pictures of the rollercoasters, like this one of Phil and Isaac on the log ride. This is a tradition now for those two to ride on since Paw was the only one who would get wet with Isaac last year. Now it's become a tradition that they ride this.

We absolutely can't talk about this year's park experience without a shoutout to my bestie Sandy! She hooked us up with a parking pass and lots of secrets of how to conquer the Island in a day and not spend much money.  Plus her and the boys were able to join us in the morning and the whole family that evening, which made for an even more amazing day. Loved catching up with great friends at the park.