The Adventure Island Experience

Last year when we came down for our 'last hurray' of the summer, they didn't even open up the water park. This summer we were able to take that in, but the rest just didn't compare to Pirate's Cove. The bumper boats and go-carts are just so much better in Traverse City. The water slide was different, and the kids liked the one here in Cadillac. That might be the only thing we do at Adventure Island in the future. The other aspects don't add up, and the staff didn't help us out much this year. I don't mean to be negative on stuff, but when you're spending money, you don't need to be standing around waiting for fifteen minutes for someone to let you on the bumper boats. Again, I'm thankful we were able to do the water park, and the kids had fun with that. Brian was still too small to go, so he through a fit. Next year, Bri-guy...

Water Slide...Denied!!!!!

Continuing our tradition of hitting Adventure Island to end our summer, we fully intended to have some fun on the water slide like the kids did last year. We didn't have Brian with us this year so I was going to have a chance for some fun, too. Unfortunately when we went there on Thursday, they told us they closed the water slide early because the boss didn't think anyone would want to use it. Nice. So the kids went on the bumper boats, and your truly put on a hitting display in the batting cages. We went back the next morning, just to be informed they won't be opening it at all because it's too cold. Hello..we're from the U.P....not too much is too cold for us. We were pretty disappointed, but the kids went on the bumper boats one more time and played in the arcade for awhile. We'll try our luck next year.

Wet and Wild Weekend

Here we go with another 'the last weekend of the summer before school lets out' type weekend. We headed down to Cadillac to visit Nana and Papa because I, luckily, had the weekend off.

Friday we finished up some school shopping and went to Adventure Island on the west side. This year the kids went of the go-carts and the water slide. I had to drive both Lily and Trevor, and Brian stayed with Papa. Brian liked to watch the go-carts zip around the track, though. He also got to play on the playground there while Lily and Trevor were at the water slide. They had a good time and want to do that again next year. It's part of their birthday present, too, as Trevor turned 7 on the 30th, and Lily turns 8 on the 8th.