Six Flags

Today we were up and at Six Flags Great Escape soon after it opened. The weather was great--not terribly hot and really not too many people. When we first got in the park, we walked by a show that was about to start, so we sat down and watched. It was a pirate/splash show--it was about some pirates on a ship looking for a treasure, so they had to dive down and get it. There was a "pool" and diving boards and the "actors" did some fun and crazy dives. There were two very small--like 1'x1' platforms that a couple of the people jumped off from. One of the guys dressed in all black, lit himself on fire, then jumped in. It was crazy! And one time, one jumped off a 70' platform--did a back flip and a dive into the water. So crazy! We were in awe!




Then we went into the Looney Toon area and the girls went on several rides. Ellie's favorite in that area was the swings--Libby's too, I think!
While I bought lunch, Brian and the girls watched a show with all the Looney Toon characters.



We ate lunch, then moved on to other rides. Ellie got pretty dizzy on Dorothy's Rosy Tea Cups, but they enjoyed the rest of the rides in Wiggle Town. They also did a cute Wiggles show that my girls enjoyed.




In the park, there is also a water park--Splashwater Kingdom, so we changed into our swim suits and played there a while. We took turns going with Eliza and Libby on the Black Cobra slide--one all in the dark. The line was long, but they both enjoyed it. After we had enough water stuff, we changed back and finished in the ride side. Eliza and Libby really wanted to do the log ride, so we hurried to make it before the park closed. They only let 4 on a log at a time, so I went with Eliza and Libby and Brian took Ellie on another one. It was a fun ride and I got soaked. Libby and Eliza got pretty wet, too. They all enjoyed that ride. At the end, people can pay to squirt people on the ride, so some punk totally got us wet. The cold water went all over my back! We did a couple other rides before the park closed...little Indy cars and some hot air balloons...I just thought that ride was going to be a nice, calm one, but it totally was crazy! It went around in circles, quite fast and the balloons swung out to the side and went up really high. Libby was in balloon and was a little scared and I was quite dizzy (no surprise). We ended on the carousel--Libby was glad it was still open when we got there. That is one of her favorite rides.





Overall it was a great time. The park was really clean and had a lot to do.

On the way home, we found a hole-in-the-wall pizzeria for dinner. It turned out to be fine. No one fell asleep on the way home like we had hoped, but they fell asleep fairly well after we got back.