by chadster » Sun Jul 17, 2011 6:18 pm
After my whoring, and in an effort to save some coin, we made our way to Safeway to purchase discount tickets for Wild Waves. Well, as we found out, not all Safeway stores in the area sell them, so, we ended up going to two stores saving about $25. So, if you're going to Wild Waves, make sure you check that the Safeway store you are going to has the discounted tickets ;)
So this 27th day of July was spitting rain off and which assisted in keeping the crowds away. With fours coasters, I found Timberhawk: Ride of Prey to not only be the best the park has, but it's pretty darn good too! It didn't beat you up, had some nice surprises of air and a layout that kept me interested. Coming in second for me was Wild Thing, with automatic double rides for everyone, our first two cycles weren't too bad, the last two cycles we had slapped us around a bit, but still, it's not a bad ride, just not a top tier ride.
One thing we found really funny happened at the Klondike Gold Rusher. Basically two cars out of three running, the line was about 50 people deep which equalled about a twenty minute wait. Why was the wait that long? Well, anytime someone loses something on the ride, the ride is closed, a mechanic is called, the item is retrieved, and the ride reopens. The mechanic had just retrieved a hat and someone lost their flip flop on the platform. Back comes the mechanic, gets the shoe. Then you were instructed to hold the bar at all times, even on the lift. Don't even think about removing your hands from that bar. If you remove your hands from the bar, they will "talk" to you when you get back. Mouth off to them a little bit (note: did not mouth off to them, a group of people did) they will call security on you. The best part, security told the ride ops to basically get over it, lmao!
As far as food goes we grabbed a couple of personal sized pizzas and I have to say, they were pretty tasty and fresh out of the oven!
So if you want a good laugh, decent food, and loads of Zamperla goodness, head to Wild Waves.
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- Welcome to Wild Waves, here we have the, wait for it, wait for it, Wave Pool!
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- Here we have a food outlet...
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- A park map...
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- and an ACEr.
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- The water park looked nice, had about everything you'd want in a water park, slides, river, wave pool, and a new toilet bowl. But at 70 degrees, I'll pass.
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- Across the pond we find rides!
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- Shirts are optional, yay!
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- Shooting whales.
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- So for our first credit of the day, a powered kiddie coaster!
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- This little ride kicked some serious A$$, and dare I say it, was kinda fun!
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- Next we headed to the Zamperla "better hold on to the bar or else" wild mouse thing.
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- The girls running this ride got the award for worst ride ops of the park. SLOW!
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- Nerd Shot!
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- On the way into the park, Laura mentioned she wanted to ride the Kangaroos, I was all for it, unfortunatley it was in several pieces. Lucky for us, they got it put back together, minus about half the seats. I blame ACE for exceeding the weight limit.
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- Laura was ready to box some ears!
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- Next up, we headed to Wild Thing. And for you lift hill motor nerds, this shot's for you!
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- Wallking up the stairs to the station, we found people working on the new toilet bowl.
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- But about 3pm, the workers were done. Gotta love bankers hours.
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- Anyway, back to the coaster. Any guess as to who these two are?
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- Scenic view through the coaster spying on the water park.
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- Scenic view with a coaster train in the way.
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- After lunch, we walked by the pond. Ever heard the term flop like a fish, well, i think this is where the phrase was invented.
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- So we grabbed some fish food and teased them a bit. The ducks were walking all over the fish, some stepping in the hungry mouths, others just trying to get the hell away!
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- Feeding the fish was easily the most fun we had in the park.
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- Next we headed to this pissed off looking thing.
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- This pus was actually really well themed, and the best part, double rides!
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- How about a classic carousel?
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- Best.Paratrooper.Ever.
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- Laura was excited to ride again
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- Next up, the woodie!
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- Given the quality of the rest of the parks coasters, this was a welcome attraction. Ran great, airtime, sharp turns, it has it all. And, it had the longest line in the park. But, since we like it in the rear, the wait time was much less, three trains at most.
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- In Washington, this sign means, put your crap here.
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- Bend Over.
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- The park even has homeless people!
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- Laura the Lumberjack.
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- Ok, so we laughed at these tea cup looking things at first. Then we decided to ride. Looks innocent, but VERY NAUGHTY!
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- Super fast spinning, everyone should ride this!
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- Over in the enchanted village the dragon grabbed hold of Laura. NAUGHTY DRAGON, give her back!
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- See, we are in the enchanted village.
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- But what do I see back here?
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- Best.Scrambler.Ever. Full power from the start, lots of banging, good motion, and a happy ending. What more could you want?
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- So I tried to yank on my sword, but I was apparently doing it wrong
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- So Laura gave it a shot, but it wasn't going to pop
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- So we ended up on the Ring of Fire. Overall, good carnival ride.
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- I'm a pleasure seeker! This park just redeemed itself!
So that was the end of our day at Wild Waves. Not a great park, put a park nonetheless. Glad I went, we both turned it into a fun time.
On the way back to Portland...
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- we drove thru downtown Tacoma. And found this. WTF??? A kid with adult toys?