We made good time driving through Chicago traffic and tried stopping in the Dells for a little Avalanche but the girl on the phone said it was not open today! :'(
Oh well, I guess I won't be tired driving tonight. We made it to St. Paul Mn and crashed for the night. Got up early and had a good breakfast at Denny's. After the great start we headed to Como Town. We got there early so we headed next store to take a peak at PTC's #33 Carousel from the MN state fair grounds. Then we headed over to the park and rode the *new* coaster -- Screamin' Dragon. They have added a lot of new rides and the park looks to be growing strong.
Twelve minutes later we were back in the car and off to Valleyfair! Started off great as it was almost 11 am and maybe a few hundred cars were in the parking lot! Caitlyn had missed the last credit whoring weekend that Gage and I did two years ago so everything was new to her. Steel Venom mis-launched two time as we were next in line and Caitlyn wanted to know if Ed was nearby! LOL
We got a few rides on everything with little to no waiting except for Renegade which was running one train early in the day. After waiting 45 minutes for the back seat we got a good ride but I still rate TH and KR ahead of Renegade. I was really surprised in the copper train with the bad shuffling already!!!!! We didn't notice it in the blue train but we also took front seat rides on it. Renegade hauls ass, but with CF's awesome maintenance on woodies I see this being trimmed!
We took a ride on Flume (best non name ever) as we missed it last time and I was surprised on how good it was. Speaking of names, what is with a Pirate Ship being named *Looping Starship*??? Took a little nap as the kids watched Dolphin's in the IMax theater! How can a movie be interesting and so boring at the same time?
So about 5pm it started to rain so we headed out to The Park at the Mall of America. I bought the $35.00 package and this got all of us on Timberland Twister (new to Caitlyn), Ripsaw and the best flat ride ever, Treetop Tumbler. I finally got a arm that went back wards during part of the ride. I wish I had taken in my camera to show you how much construction is going on in there. Signs everywhere on the new theming to Nickelodeon Universe.
So we were done with coasters today and were hungry so headed up to the 4th floor where all the restaurants are supposed to be. Only Hooter's was left up there. That was fine as that was where we wanted to go but what happened?
The MoA also took out Cereal Adventure and now has Moose Mountain Adventure Golf. It is a nice mini golf course but it is way pricey!
So I drove for about 2 hours back to toward the Dells and we stopped and crashed for the night. Got up and hit up another Denny's ( I usually do not eat at these but had two great breakfasts) in the Dells right next to Knuckleheads. So after breakfast we went to Knuckleheads to make Minor Mike......
Also on a sad note. We stopped at the former spot where The Wonder Spot was and this is all thats left.....
This is the parking lot..
This is where the shack used to sit.
Some wood pieces from the shack!
Sad to see it go after all these years in the Dells!
Iggy
