Sunday, April 29, 2012

Opening Day

Jim and Lilly have been planning for Knoebel's opening day for sometime.  They plotted and planned to be the first riders on the brand new roller coaster.  Only to find out the roller coaster actually opened at the end of last season and they would not be the first riders.

They were disappointed to learn that information, but that did not crush their dreams, they just changed their goal. The new goal was to be the first riders on the Ferris wheel for the 2012 season.  After all their planning and work, their Knoebel's dreams came true.



We were in fact the first riders on the Ferris wheel..  Lilly got to pick which color car we sat in and we had the whole ride to ourselves.



The children loved the ride, Jack said "wheeeeee" for most of the ride.


It was a cold day for Knoebels.  The high was 50 degrees with a forecast for rain.  As a result the park was pretty sparse for the first hour.  We got to ride a lot of the rides with no lines at all.


The park took a beating with the 2011 flood, but it was all fixed up with the new flood lines marked.





Jack wasn't quite tall enough to ride the frog hopper. Maybe next year Jack.


The slide, with no lines.




Lilly is a good big sister and rode the kiddie rides with Jack.




Jack on the train.


Great first day at Knoebels!



5 comments:

melissa said...

Hooray for dreams coming true! Lilly's toothless grin is adorable!

Kate said...

This makes me happy.

jessamyn said...

I need Knoebels!! I don't know when I will be able to go again, probably not until 2013 :(
I love all the pictures of your beautiful, happy children.

Angel said...

This is the year we are coming to Knoebels with you guys! Maybe sometime in June?

Scott said...

I'm envious, but not about the ferris wheel or coaster!

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