The whole house was up at 7am rearing to go. Adam collected the car earlier in the morning using the car share system. Without this system the day wouldn’t have been possible.
We hit the road heading to a ‘drive through diner’, which the boys were keen to eat breakfast at. Even with 4 out of the 5 people in the car having iphones, we missed a slipway and were lost within 30 mins. Thanks to the technology it didn’t take long to get back on the right road.
The highway network is very impressive; there are 4 lanes each way with easy entry and exit points. It makes me wonder why Australia is so behind when it comes to the road network considering the number of people who own a car is so high. It would be so much safer too.
The ‘drive through diner’ was closed, but it was fun checking out the place.
We drove on to another classical diner called White Dottes and I experienced my first roadside meal. I ordered the super breakfast and it was big all right (in terms of fatness). The waiter convinced me it was the best breakfast in town. 
I had to ask Adam if she was serious! (It was a plate full of greasy eggs, bacon fat, chips and sausages (if you can call them that)).
I had completely forgotten about the theme park we were heading to, and just let my stomach cravings take over common sense (riding crazy rollercoasters).
We rolled up to the theme park just as it was opening. 
A family had been given an extra kids pass, so we convinced Arjun to try and get in using it. He passed as a 6th Grader (11 year old). It was rather comical (junior pre med Penn student passing as an 11 y/o!).
We were able to ride some rollercoasters early on with no wait times. We were passing signs that said “wait time 90 minutes”. I was very grateful we rose so early so we could get our moneys worth before the crowds filled the park up.
The first ride we tactically sat at the back; to give us more ‘whip’ in the rides. This didn’t sit too well with my super breakfast so I had to slow down on how many rides I rushed onto.
We decide to queue for the front seats on one of the better roller coasters in the park and we were rewarded for our patients (only took 10 mins waiting though).
It was so much fun being at the front and seeing what was coming. We filmed all the rides with our goPros (Adam has one as well) so we’ll make a movie of the day soon.
There were 3 sections of the park that had the rollercoasters. In between were those pointless fair games that cost 3 or 5 dollars to play for the chance of winning a stuffed animal and other useless toys. Watching so many people hand over 15 or more dollars to play and not wining anything at all was rather humorous.
We rode the wooden rollercoasters too. The experience was mixed; on one of them it was similar to going 4x4wd down a rocky hill-face with no breaks. It hurt. 
The other was smooth and fast with some great drops and some close passageways that made you feel too close to the wooden supports holding the coaster up! I got some great video of this one.
Thankfully Max and I brought a salad from the service station earlier for lunch so we had something to settle our stomach down with. For the others there was only more fatty food that would have put me in some strife on the next ride! And of course they cost a fortune.
It was now time to do ride the tallest rollercoaster in the world, Kingda Ka. It was a very simple ride, but the rush was the greatest of them all. We accelerated to 206 km/h before going vertical 45 stories high and coming straight back down. Max and I went for the front seats and it was just incredible.
I didn’t take the goPro on this one, as it was a ‘serious ride’ not for amateurs (tallest in the world, fastest in Northern America). By the time we’d come down from the rush the line was too long to ride again. I enjoyed every millisecond of it though!
We rode another track that was more intense with loops and rolls and even fire balls in one section. I think you’ll enjoy the video of this one. Some of the footage is superb as it captures the expressions on our faces. 
We left the park at 6, exhausted, rattled, and satisfied. I felt a little ‘car sick’ from the tossing and turning of the rides, but the upset stomach was well worth the rush. Especially on the Kingda Ka ride!
We all drove to Emily’s house where her parents Ellen and Tom kindly cooked a dinner for us. She live 30 mins or so form the park so we thought it might be fun to spend the evening there. We watched some of the footage from the rides on the big screen tv. Unfortunately for me the sound was rather clear so I was slightly embarrassed when everyone heard my screams of pleasure or of concern on the coasters. It was all a great laugh though.
We enjoyed home made burgers, salads, beans, quiches and local New Jersey Corn (it was so sweet you didn’t need any butter or seasoning!). For dessert Ellen had baked a banana cake that was moist and also shared some polar ice creams (which went down well too). 
The evening brought me back home to mums cooking and our back yard as we all sat outside in the warm night telling stories and enjoying the serenity of the area. The saccades were out in force and Pogo (a young poodle with boundless energy but soft in nature) made me feel right back in Perth on a warm summers night. It was a lovely evening spending time in a suburban home (my first experience of the ‘suburbs’).
Adam did a good job driving back to the city and we arrived home around 11.30pm. Arjun and Trisha feel asleep pretty quickly in the back seat. I enjoyed chatting to Max and Adam, not only to keep Adam awake, but because it was so easy to get on with fellow engineers who had so much character!
I passed out in exhaustion as soon as my head hit the bed.
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