Kings Island

Our dear friends, Chrissy and Shaun, invited us to visit Kings Island on the 4th of July when they offered free entry for military. This is the largest amusement park in the midwest and has rides for all ages. I hadn't been here since I was a teenager, so I was excited to take my kids.

Shaun's sister in law and nieces joined us. Everyone wanted to hold Shaun's hand.

The kids have been very interested in rides, so this was an exciting day. As soon as we entered the Snoopy kids area, we had them measured to see which rides they qualified for. Both fell into the 36" bracket, which is the smallest, but tall enough for quite a few rides.

They rode about 8 different rides, and rode their favorite, driving a car around a track multiple times.

We all enjoyed some Kings Island signature blue raspberry ice cream.

Later we experienced their Dinosaur Alive walk. It's a densely forested area with a winding walkway that leads you thru about 40 animatronic, life-sized dinosaurs hidden throughout. This makes it the World's largest animatronic dinosaur park! The kids really enjoyed the walk although Asher was a little scared and had his ears covered for a good portion of the walk.

Check out Asher's shoes. They leave dinosaur prints when he walks! He loves them.

I have to admit, it was strange leaving there without riding something, and no, 

the Snoopy helicopter thing I rode with Asher doesn't count! We did manage to catch 

the 4th of July fireworks before driving home! A perfect ending to a great day!