Six Flags Whitewater

After getting rained out yesterday Teresa texted me saying she hoped we had better luck in Florida.  I sent her this screenshot.  We are planning on going to Universal Studios on Monday and Tuesday.  Let's hope this changes!

We arrived at Six Flags right before it opened.  We got inside, but they were holding everyone back.  Here Preston and I are crouched at the starting line ready to head to Dare Devil Drop.

Stephanie and Preston

The plan worked perfectly.  We were the second card to ride the Drop ride.  There was one major problem.  This ride you wear these goggle things.  As you are riding, you press the side of the goggles to shoot the airplanes.  We never noticed that the sign (quite small) says you can only wear the glasses if you are over 12.  It never mentions anything about this on the maps that we had, even though it had all the height restrictions.  Preston did not take this well.  He cried and cried.  I told him I wouldn't wear the goggles either.  He sobbed, "I don't want to ruin it for you!"  The workers were telling him it was okay.  He sobbed loudly, "No it's not!"  The goggles were kind of frustrating.  I was worried they were going to fall off the entire time, so I was holding them while being whipped around.  It is a good concept of a ride, but needs some work I think.  Preston was upset when the ride ended, so I sent Mike off with the other kids.  They rode Goliath and got the front seat of Superman.  Preston and I rode the extreme swings and The Great American Scream.  The second ride is just like the white roller coaster, but longer.  It wraps around Hurricane Harbor.  That was cool. Hurricane Harbor was called Skull Island the last time we were here. It is a lot bigger now.  They have a wave pool and a tornado.  We met up with Mike after and the kids rode The Great American Scream with Preston.  Stockton and Maysen wanted to ride the Wile E Coyote.  It is now called the Joker.  I groaned when Mike told me they were in line for that.  That line takes forever!  I remember that line! Maysen, Stockton, Preston and I waited in it.  For at least an hour.  Stockton kept telling me we were making memories.  (The ride is a roller coaster similar to Bombora.  Not worth an hour wait.)  We all rode the Sitting Duck ride again.  So fun!  They need one at Lagoon!  Then we were off to Six Flags Whitewater.

Jorja, Maysen, Preston, Stockton, Mike

 Jorja, Maysen, Preston, Stockton

We had a great time today!  There were so many fun rides.  The weather was great.  The park closes at 6, except on Thursdays.  We lucked out on that one!  At the end of the day Mike, Maysen and I went to ride this waterside that Maysen remembered, we weren't sure if we would get to it before the park closed.  The other three played in the kids area while we were gone.  They had a great time, but the ride we went on was so fun I wish they had done it too!  It was fun to have Maysen to ourselves though.  We went straight from the park to Stone Mountain.  We got here right before dark.  It was kind of tricky to park, so I'm glad it was still light outside.  Preston and I were on the picnic table reading Harry Potter when a young girl with no helmet went flying past on her bicycle.  I thought, "Wow.  She's pretty brave.  She much know how to ride a bike well to be going that fast."  Turns out she didn't.  She had a nasty crass into a tree at the bottom of the hill.  Yikes!

Six Flags Over Georgia

This morning we drove back up to Villa Rica to eat at the Waffle House near our old home.  There are Waffle Houses everywhere in the South, but this one was ours.

Jorja, Stockton, Preston

 Stockton, Maysen, Jorja, Preston, Stephanie

Our next stop was Six Flags!  We had such a fun day today.  It was fun to watch the kids so happy remembering things.  A lot is the same and a lot has changed.  We were disappointed that Preston wasn't tall enough to ride many of the rides.  I didn't even think about this.  He can ride all the rides at Lagoon and loves the scary roller coasters.  He wasn't tall enough for Superman, which is my favorite ride.  So sad!  Mike waited with him while I rode Superman with the others.  We picked the very back.  I sat next to Stockton and loved hearing him laugh during the ride.  That one is a fun one!  We rode Monster Plantation together, which is a silly monster version of It's a Small World.  That was Jorja's favorite ride years ago.  They have a new extreme swings ride.  It is fun! You are up so high and the world is beautiful!  Mike and I were talking about the clouds while we were on this ride.  We were pointing to how dark they were looking.  Every time we swung around the dark clouds got closer and closer.  When we landed they stopped the ride until further notice.

Extreme Swings

It started drizzling and people were running for cover.  The rain felt so good!  We were laughing at the people running.  I told Mike that I wanted to go back to the motorhome for lunch and to wait out the storm.  "Don't you remember Georgia storms?"  Georgia storms are super powerful.  It rains sideways.  I did not want to get caught in that. We were at the back of the park at this time.  We made it half way through the park when the rain came down!  We ran and ran and ran to the motorhome.  We were soaked by the time we got there.  Jorja got lost.  Her contact had fallen out and it was raining so hard she couldn't see.  She wasn't lost for that long, she managed to stumble her way to the motorhome and arrived one minute after we did.  I think she was scared because she didn't know where she was.  We knew where she was so we didn't have the same reaction.  Anyways, we changed clothes, ate lunch, napped and played games until the weather calmed down. We were able to ride several more rides, but the favorite of the afternoon was Daffy Duck Bucket Blasters.  This is also a new ride.  It was hilarious.  Mike, Maysen, Stockton and Preston rode this one.  In order to ride it, you need someone who is short enough with you.  This is where Preston's height came in handy.  The cannons in the buckets shoot far.  The buckets spin the entire time.  Everyone gets soaked, including the people waiting in line.  They loved this ride.  Mike thinks it should be called "The Sitting Duck"

 Stockton, Preston, Mike, Maysen in the purple bucket

 Stockton's getting hit in the back of his head

 Stockton in enjoying this ride!  He's getting the crowd I think.

 Mike in battle with a toddler

 Mike shooting a kid in a wheelchair

We were so excited for Preston to ride the Tweety Bird ride.  He was not as excited as us.  Maysen loved this ride when she was little.

Preston

 Stockton, Silvester, Preston, Jorja, Maysen

 Stockton taken by Jorja on the hot air balloons

 Jorja and one of her many selfies

We were waiting in line for the new virtual reality ride at Six Flags.  The Dare Devil Dive.  Preston is tall enough for this ride, so we were excited about that.  The line is usually 2 hours long, but we got there with only an hour wait.  We decided to go for it.  It started raining again when we were about twenty minutes away.  We decided to stay where we were because we were under cover.  They let us for awhile, then they said we needed to leave.  All the workers took off.  We waited in a gift shop until the rain let up a bit, but it became clear Six Flags was done for the day.

Jorja

We decided we would come for a few hours in the morning tomorrow. We bought season passes because we are planning on going to Six Flags Whitewater tomorrow and the passes were cheaper this way.  The passes also came with free parking, so that is nice.  Anyway, we tried to find somewhere to camp nearby but had no luck.  We ended up driving back to Douglasville and parking in our old church parking lot.  Lots of memories there too!