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I  have been luckier that most.  See, California is riddled with numerous theme parks and I have already been to four, no five of them.  As someone who loves to go to theme parks, California is the place to be, right?

While growing up, I wasn’t able to go to one aside from the yearly Carnaval that materializes every November during the City Fiesta.  Now, those rides are old at best and dubious at worst.  With all the rust and peeling paint…well, let’s just say it puts scary to an all new meaning!  This isn’t to say I didn’t ride on them rides because I did!  Heck, what choice did we have?  I rode on a rickety and rusty coaster, a scary octopus ride, an enclosed Ferris Wheel, rode numerous Go Carts, been on a Carousel (which I must say was safest ride!), saw numerous magic shows and avoided the “side-show freaks” because I  thought they were demeaning.  I’m sure a few of my friends have been to the Carnaval, yes?  That’s Dumaguete for you.  I did enjoy them, though.

I could just remember our last visit where my cousin’s GF uhhh lost consciousness because she didn’t tell us that she was scared of heights.  We ended up spending the remainder of the evening at the ER, though.  P, well, he was feeling a bit queasy but when the girl collapsed, he couldn’t even think of his queasiness.  Hehehehe

Ahhh, now I’m rambling.  Moving on to California theme parks… The first one that I went to was Universal Studios Hollywood.  The first time that I came here, we got the annual pass for the Universal Theme Park.  This park is about 10 minutes away from where I live and is very accessible to us.  I got to ride The Mummy ride, saw the Waterworld show, and meet familiar characters.  Sadly, I lost most of my photos and I only saved a few.

The next theme park that I went to was Six Flags Magic Mountain.  For the fearless and the coaster addicts, this is the place to be!  From the tallest, scariest, and innovative coasters, you have it here!  I admit that I balked at a few rides.  OMG!  This place is uber scary and for the thrill seeker, paradise!  Their thrill rides are sure to please.  I just checked on their site and I found out that I rode on TWO MAX THRILL RATING rides!  I can’t believe I balked at the lesser thrill rides! Hahaha Now, I want to go back again and check them out!  Unfortunately, I don’t think I have someone to go on the rides with.  Anyway, I rode on the Goliath, one of the fastest coaster which climbs up 26 stories then races down at 85 mph…oh man! I think I felt my stomach leave me! Hehehe after this ride, I refused to get on the others that I thought were scary when in fact, they weren’t as scary as the Goliath!  I did go on Batman The Ride twice because I thought it wasn’t as scary.  Little did I know that it is one of the rides with MAX Thrill Ratings!  Sheesh!  I went on The Ninja which was moderate and Roaring Rapids which was mild two times to cool off because it was uber hot!  They have added a few MAX rating coasters since the last time I went and I want to go on them, scary ride or no scary ride! No photos here because I forgot to scan them and they’re back in the Philippines hehehe.  We brought them old film cams because we didn’t want our techy gadgets to get damaged.

Next, was Disneyland and last week, Disney’s California Adventure Park.  I have been to Disneyland twice and I loved all the rides!  They are mild compared to Six Flags but they were still awesome!  I believe their scariest ride is Space Mountain which I rode the second time I went. The other rides I rode were Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Indiana Jones,  Matterhorn Bobsleds, Splash Mountain, and Star Tours.  These are their scary rides which I thought were not scary at all.

Disney’s California Adventure Park was a different story.  This park is packed with thrill rides that are not for the faint hearted.  They have rides like California Screamin’, Maliboomer, and my all-time favorite The Hollywood Tower of Terror!

The last park that I went to was  Sea World in San Diego.  Yeahp!  I saw Shamu and I got a lunchbox to prove it!  Hahaha too kiddie, I know but I was planning to give it to my hubby’s nephew but I forgot to bring it home with me! Hehehehe  There was only one trill ride Journey to Atlantis, which I obviously went and the MOMster vowed she was scared stiff!  Lucky for us the ride didn’t malfunction when we were on it because a few minutes later, the ride had to stop!  Scary, yeah?  Nahhh it was mild compared to the others that I’ve been on.

Whoooaaaahh!  I didn’t realize that I went on a whole lotta rides!  No wonder I’m starting to get scared! Hehehehe

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