The weather was beautiful this weekend, and even though it did get chillier on Sunday, the sun was still out. We took this opportunity to visit the local theme park, Six Flags Fiesta Texas. We have had season passes for many years, and last Friday, we went there to process our season passes for 2014.
For the first time we didn't have to wait in line to get our season passes processed. This was a Friday afternoon, so maybe everyone had to go back to work. We were glad we didn't wait until the weekend. For the first time also, they didn't need to take photos of all of us. They're switching over to a fingerprint identification system instead of the photos. I still remember when Alex was a toddler and we didn't make him get out of the stroller to get his picture taken.
After we got the new season passes, Anthony, Alex, and Natalie went off to ride on The Iron Rattler. The ride used to be called The Rattler and was a wooden roller coaster, but they put a new steel track on top of the previous wooden structure and made the drops steeper as well as adding a portion where riders are turned upside down. Anthony had not ridden the new coaster since it opened, so he really wanted to give it a try. Natalie said she didn't want to go at first, but her brothers convinced her to go and of course she loved it.
Eric didn't understand why he couldn't go too. We tried to explain to him that he was too little and that the bigger rides were not as safe and not made for smaller people. He even asked if people could be too big for some rides and we definitely said that was true.
Instead, we took him to the kiddie area. He and Patrick rode on the ZoomJets ride (first picture above) where the seats were red airplanes that went round and round and up and down. The next ride was the Kiddie Koaster (second picture above). When Eric saw the ride, he said, "That's not a good roller coaster. It doesn't go upside down." We thought that was statement was hilarious! We also saw our future of Eric riding on all of those big roller coasters that went upside down and which way, just like his older siblings.
For now, he seemed happy enough riding the kiddie rides. We also saw a big Christmas tree. Too bad we didn't see it at night when it was lit up. Just like when he saw the big Christmas tree in the Galleria in Houston, wondered out loud how big this tree was. We didn't know, but Eric seems fascinated with quantifying things.
Ironically, despite no line to process our season passes, the line for The Iron Rattler was quite long. We rode all of those rides with Eric plus walked around plus he played at this one playscape type of area. I'm guessing it was around a hour that we waited for the kids to finish riding that one ride. Eric rode on one more ride, the "Yosemite Sam's Wacky Wagons" that was a mini-ferris wheel. Neither Patrick nor I wanted to ride with him, and Eric didn't mind riding by himself. This ride was near the exit for The Iron Rattler, and the other kids came out just before Eric finished with his ride.
It was a short visit but it was nice to enjoy the weather and each other's company. The kids started back to school again today, and Anthony goes back to Boston next Monday. We'll be back to our busy schedule soon enough.
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