A Day of Fun and Play in King's Dominion

How can I work in a theme park and not play in it especially when we can do so for free?

And so, in our last few days of work, we took a day off to play in King's Dominion.

Our first ride - the Skyflyer.

Usually, even employees have to pay US$25 to ride on it, but we were lucky that day.The supervisor there allowed us to ride it for free.

The ride brings the riders up to a few storeys of height and then releases them so that they go into free fall back and forth the structure like a pendulum - as if one is flying. It was sure a hell of a scary experience for me given that I hardly take any roller coaster rides in my entire life.

Getting ready...

Wearing...

And preparing...

And we're almost there!

The final lap - there's no backing out now...

Off we go!!!

And to the point of no return!!!!!!!!

Here are the pictures of all the other rides that are available in King's Dominion.

Clockwise from top left: Triple Spin, Drop Zone, Volcano, Avalanche

Clockwise from top left: Scrambler, Tomb Raider, Flight of Fear, Anaconda

Clockwise from top left: Scooby Doo and the Haunted Mansion, .. , Scooby Doo Roller Coaster, Carousel

Clockwise from top left: Sponge Bob 3D, Richochet, Shockwave

Clockwise from top left: Paramount Theatre, American Eagle, Avalanche, Italian Job

As you can see, this was the first time in my entire life that I took so many roller coaster rides before. I sat on everything except the Drop Zone (that brings you up to a super duper tall height and lets you free fall down), Hypersonic (it starts at hypersonic speed as the name says), Tomb Raider (it brings you round and round, as can be seen in the video, and I hate spinning round and round), and Berserker (this is really berserk as it is more than a viking. It brings you upside down and round and round.)

Berserker

We took pictures with Scooby Doo, Sponge Bob, Patrick and an unknown Rugrat character.

Lunch was sumptious as Freddie and I both have a $5 Oscars Cafe Coupon from our Sidewalk Art Contest participation, and Freddie was the Employee of the Month for the first month which won him another $5 voucher. This meant that we had much more food compared to our usual miserable sandwiches.

*Oscars Cafe fyi is the cafe for employees only.

Some random goofy pictures...

So many Sponge Bobs!

And back to our home - Waterworks!


Northside!

Clockwise from top: Tornado, Spiral Chute, Bhaja Bends, Shoot the Curl (Rides that I had worked on)

And not forgeting - Freestyling, one of my favourite rides

And Southside from top in clockwise direction: Pipeline Peak, Big Wave Bay, Splash House, Tidal Wave Bay

And Little Barefoot Beach

And presenting to you - my baby. He goes swimming or should I say drowning around the waterpark, waiting for us lifeguards to save him.

Naughty baby!