"Everyone Loves Marineland"

With the summer holidays almost upon us (the kids finish school in about three weeks), the Season Passes at the local Amusement Parks/Wave pools et. al. have gone on sale. One of the best deals of the summer is always a Seasons Pass at Marineland. For about $45.00 per person, your pass gives you unlimited access to the Park from June until October! Needless to say, we practically live there in the summer, as it is a close drive for us and great to even go for a few hours of rides in the evening. So, a gaggle of us (my only sister/sibling, cousin's wife and all the babies/kids in tow) headed to Marineland this weekend.
I especially love the BELUGA WHALES.

We spent 9 hours walking around the huge park; watching the shows, visiting the underground viewing area of the Belugas and mostly going on the rides! The kids love all the Amusement Rides -my kids are very daring - no tame rides for them! "Dragon Mountain" was the tallest steel rollercoaster (30 acres) in the world until the late 80's, when it was de-throned by a coaster in Japan. It has four inversions and travels at 80 km/hr or 50 miles/hr. The lineups are non-existent at this time of year and even into high season are nothing like other parks, so we are able to ride it over and over again!

There are huge man-made ponds to feed the carp fish. Unfortunately, this was also the place that one of the kids fell in! Thankfully, Trinity, our fashion diva, always brings a wardrobe of clothing with her everywhere we go. So, she was able to supply fresh clothes to the "unbalanced kid" and also to her cousin when she was doused by a whale.

My sister (I call her the "Paparazzi") - takes a picture of me every minute - and she has some doozies! I believe she is holding them back for blackmail. I tried valiantly to get some "blackmail" pics of her - but unfortunately she looks great in these! I think her "free-spirited nature" shows through in these pics.

We only took about 760 pics between the two of us! I guess we were slacking off, eh Paparazzi?