Kentucky Kingdom and Hurricane Bay

I thought I had 2 free passes to Holiday World and we made plans to go there this Saturday since Camden didn't have musical rehearsal.  Turns out I didn't, so we decided to try a different park.  King's Island was closed, so we checked out Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville.  The drive down was easy and the park was not crowded.  It was also a perfect day to be outside.  We grabbed a drink (free all day with our admission) and headed to rides.

Camden was brave enough to try Cyclos.  Kevin and I both opted out.  This is like a pendulum that eventually goes around a complete circle.  The one we watched while in line went over the top only once.  Her ride went 4 times!

She is to the right of the empty seat.

Next was Lightning Run.  Camden went the first time by herself and I joined her the second time.  It was a very smooth ride, but in all the inversions and corkscrews, you were dependent on that lap bar.  I am learning I am becoming less of a fan of extreme rides as I age.

But this girl has the thrill ride bug just like Kevin and I do/did.  Next up was Scream Extreme.  It was a really cool ride and she rode it early and late in the day.

She and I both rode a smaller coaster called Roller Skater.   It was very similar to the Toy Story coaster at Disney.  It was short and sweet, but still had some fun curves.

I have no pictures from the large wooden roller coaster called Thunder Run.  We all three rode it and I threw out my neck on the jerkiest ride I have ever been on.  Kevin loved it and Camden was okay with it, but didn't like that it hurt me - like "done for the day" and the next few as well.  I severely strained my neck.  No more wooden coasters for me...ever!

Camden decided to do the newest, most impressive one.  I wish I wasn't in such pain.  She and Kevin walked up together and when he left her to ride, she gave him a salute and said, "see ya after the storm."  He came back laughing so hard!  It ranked as her favorite ride of the day.

Next she did T3 and high swings.

She was about done by that time with rides, so we headed to the wave pool to enjoy about an hour in the water.

This wave pool was as rough as I have ever been in.  It was like the surf before a storm.  It was cool and refreshing though.

We rode a few rides again to end the night with a few games.  Camden totally smoked a family of 6 on the squirt gun game and won a large/jumbo prize - an adorable stuffed Dori.  No luck at the other games she tried.

We loved our day and will visit again soon!