Tulip Festival: Lagoon, 4/17/2021

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I actually completely forgot to get any pictures of the tulips, lol. But it was a good trip.

Continuing the trend of this surprisingly social 2021 season of mine (not that I’m complaining!), I met up with Nathan and a small group from Coaster Studios, including Taylor himself, which was pretty cool. While I was on camera at least once, I doubt any of the scenes with me in them will make any of the cuts. I looked like absolute trash due to finals hangover/hathead/mesh mask/too much ice cream. Most of the day I spent with just Nathan, since it was most likely his last visit for a while (due to moving to Florida, #thedream) and I wanted to make sure he could make the most of it. Me, I have all summer and last year we didn’t even get a preseason, so it was a pretty laid-back day for me. It was awesome to ride Cannibal with Coaster Studios, though!

I was extremely tired when I woke up on Saturday morning, but I went and ran 9 miles anyway. As a result, I got ready for the day so slowly that I finally hobbled (yes, literally) into the park at around 12:45 PM, sore as heck, with a plan to leave at around 5 to go to Texas Roadhouse with some friends. It was a mild day in the 50s, with sun. Cold in the shade, and warm otherwise.

Enter, and enjoy.
I got a surprising amount of pictures of Roller Coaster despite never riding it today.
Enjoying the fountains!
I love this thing.
Our first destination of the day…CANNIBAL! Again. I’m sorry. This blog will be fairly monotonous until I get out of Utah. πŸ˜› πŸ˜› πŸ˜›
Exiting Turn of the Century.
Still the 2nd best wave swing ride I’ve been on, after the one at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk which goes right next to the ocean.
Then it was time for some Colossus. Wicked is still closed.
We both got some pretty awesome pictures of the ride!
πŸ™‚ Let us praise our Lord and Savior, Anton Schwarzkopf πŸ™‚
This one is probably my favorite πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚
Longest line for Bat I’ve ever seen, so we skipped it. I don’t want to get beat up THAT badly.
We then hung out by the go-karts and got some cool pictures of Cannibal from an angle that I hadn’t considered before. Also, is that tree by the Lagoon roll new, or was it always there? :V
My favorite roller coaster in the world, folks. <3
Whoever said you can’t theme a hypercoaster was DEAD. WRONG. I have never noticed the mΓΆnke before.
I love this so much
After Cannibal, it was time for Rocket! We did Blast Off this time. Also, anticipating that launch is a really weird sensation when you have to pee.

Then, we got some snacks. I got some nice french fries with fry sauce, but they forgot to give me my water cup. And it costs 25 cents for some stupid reason. :V Who on earth pays for water that isn’t bottled? This is America lol.

Love this painting. Also, our ride was delayed because some lady was too Big Chungus and couldn’t fit in the car D:
Anyway, I left the park closer to 6. But I was able to get home, shower, and make it to Texas Roadhouse just in time. After that, I crashed in bed and let myself sleep a ton in order to recover from another insane semester.
But in all reality? I wouldn’t have it any other way.

I wonder when the part from Wicked is finally going to get here so we can ride it! Anyway…my coaster withdrawal is satiated, at least for the next 7-14 days. And water park and carnival season is fast approaching. This is going to be awesome! It was a great trip!

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