The vacation was way fun. It had some let-downs but over all, AMAZING!
So let me just start from the beginning...
We drove 4 hours (which was interesting since we had to take Dad's poop-ish car). I seriously don't know how any of us made it since none of us had really slept the night before and we were all cranky. Oh well, proud of myself (I stayed awake the whole time, which is a total feat and I didn't kill anybody).
Then we checked into the Paradise Motel (which seemed great on the internet, LIES) and were totally bummed about that. I mean it looked super good on the internet, and it cost enough to be like a five star hotel here but it wasn't. Far from it in fact (and it was torture since this amazing looking HOTEL ROME was across the street from our crappy lookin' motel). At least it gave us free tickets to Mount Olympus, half off on Noah's Ark tickets, had a pool and hottub and we had a jacuzzi in our room so all was not lost.
At least our hopes were (sort of) lifted when we saw the other room. It was double as good as ours, so it made us feel better that the hotel was actually good, we just didn't get that room, which made us upset since we were paying for the best hotel room (we looked up the rates and talked to her about it beforehand) and she didn't give it to us.
Mount Olympus was pretty fun. Well at least the wave pool (Poseidon's Rage) was really fun. It was more like a tidal wave pool, not the one with the little continuous waves.
But they had one rollercoaster I fell in love with, HADES. It goes underground, and well it's just all over fun. You'll just have to go (and go on it!). Then they do this nighttime thing and we got to ride it at night, it was AMAZING. I screamed my head off (and I'm usually not a screamer).
Noah's Ark was pretty great too. Of course there was a lot of water (and sun, although the water was freezing and it wasn't very great weather the first day), but they best rides were Stingray and Scorpion's Tail (that ride left me speechless, it was just that beastin'. I mean they lock you in, and the ground drops out...and well... you just have to ride it). Then there was the Curse of the Crypt, or whatever it was called. Definitely fun (and scary, scary enough my Mom started crying and freaking out and punching us. Yeah she's a spaz, and definitely not a fan of haunted houses...or snakes).
It was actually pretty funny. Not to be mean. The whole time Chris was freaking out and trying to use me as a human shield, but as soon as we got out he tried to act all macho and cool and was like "Man, I wasn't scared at all. That was awesome! I want to do it again." and then a few minutes later he was like "Next time, I'm gonna do it with my eyes open!". You just had to be there, it was pretty funny.
The 4D theater was kind of cool too, I just liked the pickle smell (they seriously had me craving a pickle after that).
The diving board had some mishaps (like you know, bikini not staying on really...but I'm pretty sure nobody saw).
And then there were totally some CODs (creepy old dudes) there, hitting on me. Total bleck.
Sadly, there weren't a lot (make that any) hot guys there. Even the lifeguards were gross (and not to be racist but all the name tags listed where the were from and like the majority weren't from the U.S. The accents were cool actually. It was just interesting).
There was this one guy there though, he had the most amazing green eyes. You know how in books they will say someone has moss/forest/emerald green eyes? I always thought that wasn't real, but I am now a believer. Plus, he didn't look that bad either. I think I might have creeped him out though, since the line was an hour wait and I kind of stared at him the WHOLE time up. Not continuously, but I did keep sneaking peeks (well more full on looks).
Definitely a good time! Can't wait to go next year (since next year we know how it all works and we can bring other people) :D
Always Three Words,
Nadia Echo
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