today was a big day!- i went to six flags discovery kingdom at vallejo with chinda, andrew, carroll, kyle, keizha, lynna, and lindsay! we were all supposed to meet up at joe’s (at geary and 25th avenue) for breakfast at 7am. kyle and i got there at 6:55am… it wasn’t even opened yet. the restaurant people came a minute later and opened the doors. the 2 of us sat there til 7:15am, and then i called carroll, while kyle called lynna, to ask where they were. i think they were all still at home except chinda who was at 3rd avenue and andrew was probably on the 38 bus. chinda got to joe’s at 7:30, andrew came soon after, then lynna and lindsay, then carroll at 7:45am. keizha came after we all finished eating breakfast at 8:40am… i guess she didn’t want any.
we left san francisco right away toward vallejo after we finished breakfast and got to six flags at 9:40am or so. we got a $9 medium locker to put some of our stuff in there. and we had to wait a little bit for the park to open at 10am. when it opened, the first ride we rode was MEDUSA! it was a pretty good roller coaster. right after medusa, we went to KONG, which was not bad. after that, we took pictures with daffy duck and bugs bunny! the duck blew a kiss to me when we left. i hope it was a girl in there, lol. 😀 so now we walked past the penguins, stingrays, and dolphins, and got in line for the new roller coaster: TONY HAWK’S BIG SPIN! this ride was cool; each cart can spin in circles during the twists and turns! after this, we went to VERTICAL VELOCITY! right when this ride starts, you get shot straight forward at like 70mph, and then you go backwards all the way up, like a 90º angle, and go back down forward. it’s pretty fun, we rode it twice.
after this ride, we walked past thomas (the train) town, past the building about sharks, and stopped at the food court area. there we saw the joker! he scared keizha twice, once while she was recording, and another time when she was trying to take pictures. 😛 so for lunch, lynna, lindsay, and chinda got nacho, fries, and popcorn chicken or something. kyle and carroll shared a $10 footlong roast beef subway sandwich. and i just ate some of keizha’s huge bag of popcorn. after eating, we went on WHITE WATER SAFARI! this is the ride where we are in a big donut in the water. we all got pretty wet here. :] carroll went back to the front, where the lockers were, to put his wet jeans in there. we got in line at SCAT-A-BOUT while we were waiting for him and he made it back in time to ride it. this ride spins around in a circle and the arms that connect to our seats also spin in a circle… kind of hard for me to explain in words. :[ anyway, we rode BOOMERANG next! its cool.
carroll and i went to a small cafe place next while everyone else went to voodoo, i think. carroll got some $6 garlic fries and i got a $14 souvenir sports bottle because it has free refills for the whole day.
while i was getting my bottle refilled for the 2nd time, some lady gave us a bunch of one-time-use flash passes because her bus was leaving! these passes let us ride the coasters without waiting in line! 😀
when everyone was back, we went to shouka stadium to watch shouka, the killer whale! it was kind of weak… i was expecting shouka to jump up high and touch the red ball at the top, but it didn’t do it. :[ after the 17 minute show, all of us except carroll went to the TASMANIAN DEVIL ride! this ride spins in a circle really fast while swinging back and forth. i actually got a little sick from this one. next, we went to another water ride, MONSOON FALLS! this ride is the one where we are in a boat, and it just goes down a steep ramp and makes a huge splash. just as we were finished getting dried, we all got wet again- this ride got us more soaked than the first water one! we sat down to dry for a little bit but i was standing, and a dolphin came up behind me and gave me a hug! man, these people in costumes love me! :] soon after, we went to BUMPER BUGGIES! we all ganged up on chinda. it was hiliarious! we kept bumping into her and making her glasses fall. 😀
after bumper buggies, and still a little wet, we went to the carnival-type-games area. chinda paid $5 at this one game where the “psychic” guy gets to guess your age, birth month, or weight… and the guy guessed the age and month correctly!! :O for the weight, i think he actually guessed correctly at first, but then he changed it and it was wrong… or something like that. but either way, chinda gets a prize no matter what. the guy had to leave because someone else came back. lynna was playing with a prize there… and when we left, she said thanks and took it with her because that guy didn’t know that she didn’t play! hahah so chinda and lynna both got a prize.
next, we rode on COBRA! this was a smaller roller coaster for kids… it was ok. we still had the flash passes to use! so everyone, except me, carroll, and chinda, went to medusa and they got to go straight to the front of the line and get seats right away. the 3 of us who didn’t ride medusa again went to get a funnel cake! i bought a $7 funnel cake with strawberry for us to share. the other 5 came back from medusa and it was like 7:30pm, so we got our stuff from the locker and went back to san francisco.
at ~9pm, we arrived at in-n-out at the fisherman’s wharf for dinner. i ate 2 cheeseburgers and they let me refill my bottle with water there. chinda dropped andrew, carroll, kyle, and me off at our houses- i got home at 10pm. it was a great day today. :]
by the way, i didn’t put any sun screen lotion today… and my neck area and shoulders are red and hot right now! here’s a picture:
i hope it goes back to normal soon without peeling. x]