In the middle of our Ohio trip, we spent a couple days at Cedar Point, the amusement park that Dad grew up going to. It's his favorite amusement park in the country because it has the best roller coasters. Henry and I are of course too young to go on those, but we still had so much fun there. We arrived there at night and checked into our hotel, and even though it was time for bed, Henry kept saying, "Want to go on rides NOW!" Thankfully we were both distracted by a surprise hotel guest:
Snoopy! We saw a lot of him (and the other Charlie Brown characters) at the park.
We went on lots of rides together, and cuddled a bit on the train that took us around the park.
We had a special treat for dinner: Mom and Dad took us to a hibachi restaurant in the hotel, where the chefs make Japanese food right in front of you. Henry and I were both a little scared of the flames but enjoyed ourselves — and the food!
But of course, the highlight was the rides!
There was a Peanuts-themed store with a special play area where Henry and I waited for the Great Pumpkin.
He never showed! At least I got to see Lucy.
It was such a great trip. We watched Dad go on some scary-looking rides (like Top Thrill Dragster), went on lots of kiddie rides, and even cooled off in the water park, where I went on some kiddie water slides all by myself! As if that wasn't terrific enough, Grandma, Aunt Paula, Uncle Ryan and Adrienne joined us on the second day. Here's a video of all the highlights of our amazing Cedar Point adventure: meeting Snoopy, riding the Jr. Gemini roller coaster, hibachi dinner (Henry put a whole sushi roll in his mouth!), our own version of Dragster and much more:
Henry and I can certainly understand why Dad liked Cedar Point so much as a kid. We had the best time!
