Mid last week, I decided on a whim to plan a family trip to King's Island, over in Mason, OH for just the three of us. We have NEVER, with the exception of 1 Father's day trip to the local zoo gone anywhere with just the 3 of us since we've had Bayleigh. It was nice.
We had talked last summer of looking into going to Holiday World, but King's Island is closer and I found a coupon code online for tickets saving us $93 for our family. I was SOLD! Larry had taken Friday off and I had as well in anticipation of renting a cabin and boat with some friends of ours and then we learned that the cabin was unavailable, so we both decided to go ahead and take the day off to just be together. It was SO much FUN!
Once we got there we had Bayleigh measured so that she could get an armband and not have to worry about height requirements the rest of the time there. She measured in at exactly 42 inches! The day was gorgeous and the park was not busy at all. The longest we had to wait for a ride was 10 mins or so and that was at the end of the day. Most everything else we pretty much just got right on.
When I was a kid, the BIG rollercoaster on the kiddie side was called "The BEASTIE", now that same rollercoaster is called The Woodstock Express". Bayleigh, has been on a big rollercoaster in Disney World called Big Thunder Mountain, but this was her first BIG one for King's Island. SHE LOVED IT! She rode with me the first time and I said, put your arms up! She DID! And she NEVER put them down! It was so cute. I LOVED hearing her laugh the whole ride! The same thing happened on the carnival type ride called, The Scrambler. We rode both of those rides SO MANY TIMES! LOL! We didn't mind though, it was all about Bayleigh anyways. We had also caught the Snoopy Rocks On Ice Show as well. It was a pretty good show and it was air conditioned. Nice break at 6:30 before dinner. :)
Here is a view of The WoodStock Express from the Eiffel Tower.
We also met a few of the characters. I have pictures of Sally and Snoopy too, but how many character pictures does one blog need? ;D
We paid the extra money to do the Dinosaurs Alive thing too. IN MY OPINION: Not worth the extra $5 a person. We actually paid and extra $7 to see the 3D movie as well. I don't suggest it to others. You basically walk just under a mile in a circle, that goes UPHILL on the end of the walk to see dinosaurs like the one pictured above. Great Concept, but just include it in the price of the park and don't charge extra.
Bayleigh kept saying she wanted to wait to go up in the Eiffle Tower until very last thing. She kept saying, save the best for last. I have to agree with her thinking. When we got up there, there, the breeze was terrific and the sunset view was beautiful! You're about to see how out of order my photos are here. LOL! Sorry.
At the end of the day, before the Eiffle Tower, Bayleigh wanted to ride in the front car of the BIG rollercoaster. SHE LOVED IT! 
Here she is on the Kite Flying Ride. I told her to show me her scared face! The girl wasn't scared at all! 
These pictures are from our wait in line to see the 3D Dinosaur Movie. 
HILARIOUS!
My loves after coming down from the Eiffle Tower. We anticipated sitting there watching the fireworks, but the guy at the top said the best spot to watch was the parking lot and we thought it'd be a great idea to already be in the car so that we wouldn't get caught in the traffic. He was right, the view was perfect! 
Probably the best ride of the day was on her daddy's back on our way to the car. I couldn't help, but capture the moment on my cell. Sorry for the poor quality. We had SO much fun on this trip and I hated when it ended. I can't wait to go back again and make more memories!
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