Normally going to Disneyland isn't anything to really talk about. We have annual passes, and go once or twice a month. We tend to go on the same rides each time, and in a very similar order. But Anna has been working on building up Duncan's courage to go on the Matterhorn ride again.
When Duncan was 4 years old, met the height requirement (35"), and was brave enough (or convinced enough), I took him on the Matterhorn. Everything was cool until the ride began, then it got a little scary. It isn't long till the ride is over, and I can start doing "damage control" to convince Duncan that the ride was fun. We were on the left side of the ride that ends nearest the submarines, and if you've ever been on that side of the ride, you know that when it stops, it stops very suddenly. Well, Duncan was not ready for that and his head flew forward bumping the "padded" rail in front of him. He did not like that, and before I could console him, it stopped the second time, and he hit his head again! Same spot! He was in full blown cry mode at that point. Because it was his firt time on such a "big" ride, we had the camera ready...
This was right after the first bump. He's a little upset.
Two knocks to the head is two too many.
Up until a about a month ago, when Anna started putting it in his head that he was a much bigger more brave boy than he's ever been, riding the Matterhorn was out of the question! But he had agreed to go on it again with Mom the next time we were there, and he did! Of course we didn't have the camera with us, we forgot it at the stroller, and since we were doing the "baby/rider change" thing, we were already at the head of the line. No time to get it at that point. But he did fine, and Anna did a great job of helping him find things about the ride he liked, like the colored crystals.
It was also to be Jennan's first time on the Matterhorn, but we ran out of time. While Anna was getting on the ride with Duncan, the line attendant mentioned that in order for all 3 kids to have a single turn, the last one has to be on before the last person in the regular line gets on the ride. (Disneyland was closing at this point obvoiusly.) I thought that would be no problem, but they were putting people through the line at a superfast pace, and sure enough, after I got off the ride with Liam, the ride had closed. Luckily for us, Jennan didn't really know what she was missing, so it wasn't a big deal to her. It'll be her first time next time.
4 comments:
That dude in the green shirt looks like someone famous.
Yeah, I think he's used to be in a boy band or white boy rap group!... Or he sports a mustach every April. It's one of those.
(www.mrsasquatch.com)
Actually, all three! First, as a teenager he mainly danced and sang along with the chorus for the boy band Changing Voices. Then, when his voice stopped changing he busted a rhyme with the group W.W.A. (Whitey's With Attitudes). Currently, he is known as Mr. Mustachio (a Rollie Fingers impersonator for a month and a half each year.
Kristi has Cadence pretty excited about Matterhorn. *Note to self-be wary of padded bumpers*
Post a Comment