 by Chitown on June 22nd, 2003, 10:41 pm
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Summer officially kicked off this weekend and the park was starting to show it.After attending my father's wedding on Saturday as the best man and my daughter as the flower girl, we decided to hit the park on Sunday.Arrived at the parking booth around 3:00 pm and noticed that the backlot was about 1/4 full with cars. Right there I knew we were in for a crowded park. After having no choice but to park in the backlot, we got through the metal detectors and headed into Hometown Square.I told my daughter that we could do whatever she wanted. She decided on hitting some shows for a change of pace. Sounds good to me, so we made our way over to "Grand Music Hall". They had just started the new ice skating show this month called "Cold Fusion".While I am not a big ice skating fan, I did enjoy this show. It was a solid 45 minutes of talented ice skaters switching to different themes and music while performing cool skating tricks. What made it even better were the female skaters dressed in skimpy outfits on some of the sets. Good eye-candy.After the lights came on and we exited the Hall, we made our way over to the Southwest Ampitheatre for the new "Haspa Espanol" Circus. Some of the stunts were cool like the Extreme Wheel and the Swaying Poles, but the rest of the tricks were your basic traveling circus stunts.Alright, after 2 shows, it was time to get on a coaster. We made our way to Raging Bull and saw that it was running 3 trains and the first switchback shelter was half full. Not that bad of a line at all. We proceed through the line, make it half-way up the stairs before the station house and BAM, the ride closes down. They start dispatching empty trains and finally all is quiet. We wait about 10 more minutes and Jasmine(my daughter), decides that she doesnt want to stick it out.No problem, so we weave through the crowds of people and out the exit.MUST GET ON A COASTER!!The American Eagle should fix that remedy. Both sides were running with 2 trains on each side so the capacity was kicking booty. Chose backward blue and took a middle seat. I enjoy this giant woodie and going in reverse just adds to it. Big smiles all around when we got off.Starting to feel some hunger pains so we stroll on into Moose Burger Lodge. I had a taste for nachos, so I ordered some down at the saloon. Asked the bartender for some jalepeno peppers, but he has none. Here is where I found out you can supersize your nachos for the price of regular nachos. You get the nachos at the saloon, then proceed up to the "Fixin's bar" for the hamburgers where they have chili, salsa, and peppers. You add those on to your nachos for free and voila!!! SUPER NACHOS!!After that, we found a shop in Yukon Territory called "Cartoon Cabin". During KidsFest this week , all merchandise in this store is 25% off. This discount brings the prices down to normal retail value. I purchased a Six Flags Scooby Doo t-shirt which came to $9.50 with tax. Not to bad of a deal.As we walked out of the store and watched my daughter put her brand spakin new shirt on, I overheard someone saying that the Parade was going to start at 8:00. COOL, they got the parade going. We started walking at a fast rate to get over to Hometown Square where the parade starts with a musical starring some of your lovable Looney Tunes characters including Bug's Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn, Daffy Duck, and Sylvester the cat. When the musical ended and a fireworks display followed, the parade started.After the parade it was going on 8:30 pm and I we needed to head out.I enjoyed this day even though it was short. We saw 2 shows that we havent seen before, I discovered a cheap way to supersize my nachos , and we got to see the parade.Only 1 coaster, but with the entertainment we got from the other offerings this park has, we left the park extremely pleased.Thanks for reading.,,,,,
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