Wheeeee!!!!! :)
My dad and I went to an amusement park!!!! :)
It was in Tokyo Dome City.... It was so much fun! We had ride bracelets, so we did (almost) EVERYTHING! :)
First we did the "Tower Hacker"! It was one of those free fall kind of things.... Something I always wanted to try, and was very happy about doing so. :) It brought us up really high, then dropped us, and it was SCARY! I thought for a second I ceased to exist.... Strange, but true. It was scary, but fun! The weightless feeling kind of freaked me out. My dad and I agreed that once was enough for us.
Then we went to the Spinning Coaster. We joked around in line... There was a guy in a suit and tie waiting to ride this kiddy coaster type thing.... A "very official rider" as my dad put it. The spinning coaster was really fun.... The car swiveled, so it was spinny. :)
After that we went over to another part of the park, and went on the big ferris wheel! I got pictures up there. I'll get them up someday. :p Got some of the tower, so you can all see that... ;) I also got pictures of what we did next.... Definitely my favorite...
THUNDER DOLPHIN!!!!!!! Yes, it's a kind of strange name... But it was so much fun! Thunder Dolphin is their big roller coaster. It's certainly one of the most creative designs I've seen, though that I had to appreciate from the ferris wheel beforehand. It starts right off with a huge drop. You go up a hill, peaking at 80.5m (about 264 feet), and then before you know it you're flying at 127km/h (about 79mph) down a 74º hill, dropping 66.5m (about 218 feet). Then the track goes onto the roof of a shopping center, though I wouldn't have known had I not seen it before hand. There's a hole in a thing sticking out of the side of the building that the track swerves through, and then it threads through part of the ferris wheel. After more twists and turns and lots of fun, it's over. 1124.8m (about 3690 feet) of fast paced fun! We agreed we should go again. :)
Before getting in line, though, we went to look at the "high-tech ride photo". They take pictures at two points of the ride. One at the very beginning and one somewhere in the middle. It cost ¥800 to get the picture, but I wanted it.... Especially because my dad and I were named the "best couple"! :p I have no idea why, but that's OK. We got a sticker... And I bought the picture. It's a really good picture, or two pictures I should say. I took a picture (of the picture), so it'll come up here eventually.
After that we walked down to the "Wonder Drop", which is a water ride. Many people waiting in line had bought "ride ponchos", but we were both willing to get a little bit wet. We waited in line for probably about 30 minutes... That may have been the longest wait we did. Considering when I went to Six Flags I spent 2.5 hours in line for ONE ride, that is not bad at all! I'm not sure if it was worth the wait though.... It wasn't terribly exciting. The big splash at the end wasn't even that big! Not to say that it wasn't fun.... It was! :) But if I had to choose between waiting in line for Thunder Dolphin or Wonder Drop... Well, you can probably guess what I'd choose!
After Wonder Drop we walked across the park to "Parachute Land", where we rode Sky Flower. It was basically this big thing with parachutes tied to platform things. We got into the platform thing (it had cage-like sides), then the parachute was pulled up and dropped... Twice. It was fun. The view was nice, and it was no where near as fast or sudden as Tower Hacker was.
Then we decided to go on the one ride that at first we both said NO WAY to. After watching it go it didn't look bad, though, so we went for it. Linear Gale it was called. It was similar to the Superman at Six Flags, but scarier looking. If you're not familiar with the Superman, it shoots you up this hill really really fast, and then you go back down (backwards, of course) really fast.
Linear Gale was similar, but not quite... Because Linear Gale was in a U shape. Also, LG was suspended. Instead of the cars being on the tracks they were hanging from them. The suspended part was what first made me say no, but after watching it looked alright. We got on (near the front), and got all fastened in... Then we shot forwards and up. We soon went backwards, and up (backwards). This happened three times, and was not scary in any way shape or form.
Well, there's a few more things to write about, but I think I'll go take my bath first. I'll probably finish writing afterwards.
It was in Tokyo Dome City.... It was so much fun! We had ride bracelets, so we did (almost) EVERYTHING! :)
First we did the "Tower Hacker"! It was one of those free fall kind of things.... Something I always wanted to try, and was very happy about doing so. :) It brought us up really high, then dropped us, and it was SCARY! I thought for a second I ceased to exist.... Strange, but true. It was scary, but fun! The weightless feeling kind of freaked me out. My dad and I agreed that once was enough for us.
Then we went to the Spinning Coaster. We joked around in line... There was a guy in a suit and tie waiting to ride this kiddy coaster type thing.... A "very official rider" as my dad put it. The spinning coaster was really fun.... The car swiveled, so it was spinny. :)
After that we went over to another part of the park, and went on the big ferris wheel! I got pictures up there. I'll get them up someday. :p Got some of the tower, so you can all see that... ;) I also got pictures of what we did next.... Definitely my favorite...
THUNDER DOLPHIN!!!!!!! Yes, it's a kind of strange name... But it was so much fun! Thunder Dolphin is their big roller coaster. It's certainly one of the most creative designs I've seen, though that I had to appreciate from the ferris wheel beforehand. It starts right off with a huge drop. You go up a hill, peaking at 80.5m (about 264 feet), and then before you know it you're flying at 127km/h (about 79mph) down a 74º hill, dropping 66.5m (about 218 feet). Then the track goes onto the roof of a shopping center, though I wouldn't have known had I not seen it before hand. There's a hole in a thing sticking out of the side of the building that the track swerves through, and then it threads through part of the ferris wheel. After more twists and turns and lots of fun, it's over. 1124.8m (about 3690 feet) of fast paced fun! We agreed we should go again. :)
Before getting in line, though, we went to look at the "high-tech ride photo". They take pictures at two points of the ride. One at the very beginning and one somewhere in the middle. It cost ¥800 to get the picture, but I wanted it.... Especially because my dad and I were named the "best couple"! :p I have no idea why, but that's OK. We got a sticker... And I bought the picture. It's a really good picture, or two pictures I should say. I took a picture (of the picture), so it'll come up here eventually.
After that we walked down to the "Wonder Drop", which is a water ride. Many people waiting in line had bought "ride ponchos", but we were both willing to get a little bit wet. We waited in line for probably about 30 minutes... That may have been the longest wait we did. Considering when I went to Six Flags I spent 2.5 hours in line for ONE ride, that is not bad at all! I'm not sure if it was worth the wait though.... It wasn't terribly exciting. The big splash at the end wasn't even that big! Not to say that it wasn't fun.... It was! :) But if I had to choose between waiting in line for Thunder Dolphin or Wonder Drop... Well, you can probably guess what I'd choose!
After Wonder Drop we walked across the park to "Parachute Land", where we rode Sky Flower. It was basically this big thing with parachutes tied to platform things. We got into the platform thing (it had cage-like sides), then the parachute was pulled up and dropped... Twice. It was fun. The view was nice, and it was no where near as fast or sudden as Tower Hacker was.
Then we decided to go on the one ride that at first we both said NO WAY to. After watching it go it didn't look bad, though, so we went for it. Linear Gale it was called. It was similar to the Superman at Six Flags, but scarier looking. If you're not familiar with the Superman, it shoots you up this hill really really fast, and then you go back down (backwards, of course) really fast.
Linear Gale was similar, but not quite... Because Linear Gale was in a U shape. Also, LG was suspended. Instead of the cars being on the tracks they were hanging from them. The suspended part was what first made me say no, but after watching it looked alright. We got on (near the front), and got all fastened in... Then we shot forwards and up. We soon went backwards, and up (backwards). This happened three times, and was not scary in any way shape or form.
Well, there's a few more things to write about, but I think I'll go take my bath first. I'll probably finish writing afterwards.
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