Friday, June 12, 2009

King's Island

On Monday, we took a little family vacation to King's Island!! King's Island is an amusement park just outside of Cincinnati and we had wanted to go there some time before we moved out of Ohio. Monday was literally the only day over the course of a month that we could go. The weather was threatening thunderstorms with a high of 90 degrees, but we decided to give it a try anyway. It was a great day and we had so much fun!!
The kids were fabulous! We got there as the park opened and started riding rides. They have a great "Nickelodeon Universe" area that is full of rides for kids. We spent most of the day in that area and the kids had a blast! The longest we waited for a ride was about 20 minutes. We rode on rides until lunch time and then ate. Then we went to "Boomerang Bay" which is their water park. The water was kind of cold, but the kids had a good time. Then, it was back to the rides! Lindsey braved "The Beast" (the world's largest & longest wooden roller coaster with Jon and then later with me) and loved it. We ended up staying until 9:00 p.m. By that time, we were all starving and the kid's legs were giving out on them. They had been so good all day and had walked all over the place. It was such a treat to be all together!

We would definitely recommend King's Island to anyone! It was clean, they had great rides for all ages and I was impressed by their Baby Care Station, which had rocking chairs, highchairs, and an airconditioned place to nurse a baby. Definitely a plus in my book!!
Hannah didn't ride that many rides - so she was really excited about riding the merry-go-round




3 comments:

CamilleJohnFam said...

How did you enjoy "the beast?" My neck still hurts from when I went on that ride! Rachel was about 3 months old when we went. Somehow I missed the great changing/nursing room. I remember trying to find somewhere to feed that hungry baby! Glad you had a good time!

Debbie said...

how fun, that is one place i wish we had gone to, before we moved :(

The Lilly's said...

Looks like so much fun and that there's lots of stuff for all different ages. Can't wait to get together when you're moved and all settled!