Spring Break Knor Style!

[IggyACE]

So the kids had spring break the last week of March and so in true Knor fashion we head on out to do a few things we love to do!

 

Roller Coasters and Monster Trucks!!!!!!

 

Wed March 25th we all get up at 4 am to catch our flight to LAX. Pretty uneventful till we land and Casey yells out "Weeeeeeeeeee"! We grab our rental and without skipping a beat we head straight here to see Snoopy as Casey put it..

 

 

So Knott's was pretty dead all day, the kids area had the most people in it. First California coaster for Casey was hit today..

 

 

Anybody remember when the other two were this small? The best was when Karen took Casey back to ride this and he was so insistent that he ride by himself! KBF was a nice relaxed day and hit pretty much everything we wanted to and then some! Casey was bummed that he didn't get to ride the top of the stagecoach which by the way was the longest wait of the day at 30 minutes!

 

On to the next day, Thursday. Off to see this guy...

 

 

So after taking pictures and getting autographs and me coming back after getting Fast passes for Space mountain we head for the other mountain.

 

 

Aww brother and sisterly love! We forced them to sit together!

 

 

So Casey is my most challenging kid when it comes to rides. He also doesn't like rides that are very dark. So after a few dark spots here and there and this also being one of the biggest coasters he has ever been on and the sensory overload this is what he looked like during the ride!...

 

 

So after BTMR we started Casey off on Pirates, Haunted Mansion and Splash Mountain. All have dark scenes and pretty much made him nervous to ride anything else. So much so we fought with him to go on Winnie the Pooh! Well we took it easy for awhile and found some more characters for him to meet.

 

As you can tell Gage is at "that" age and was embarrassed to get close to Jasmine..

 

 

So off to do the other mountain...

 

Right side with me..

 

Left side with Karen...(she sucks at taking self portrait style pics)..

 

Casey like the Matterhorn but didn't like the Yeti!

 

So after some explaining as best as I could to a four year old what Space Mountain was going to be like he opted to ride with Gage!! Excited about riding also!...

 

 

Till about half way though....

 

He got off and looked at Karen and said he didn't like it and started crying!

 

But we did manage to get him back on it again and he was laughing his ass off half way through...

 

Well after riding all the big rides he wanted to show us how strong he was today..

 

While in Toontown, Gadget's Go Coaster broke down but we did manage to get a ride on it. Casey went running back in line, we sat down and the thing broke again! He we very disappointed as this coaster was his size to ride!

 

As our evening was winding down we decided to get a ride on 'It's a Small World'. Noticed a lot of changes done to it and how they managed to intertwine the Disney characters in to the different sections. So I go to get a nice picture of me and Karen and I hold the camera up and as I do this I say " Lets see what kind of stupid face they do!".... Low and behold I know my kid well...

 

 

My surprise of the day was 2000 Leagues und....errr I mean Finding Nemo!Never been on the subs before and they did a wonderful job with this ride. well worth the 40 minute wait we had.

 

On to day 3 and 4.. Friday and Saturday.... Vegas Baby!!!!

 

Our time in Vegas is what it has been for the past three years. No booze, no gambling, no women and no what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas but....

 

MONSTER TRUCKS!!!!!!!

 

Time to meet our favorite drivers... get some autographs and take some pictures...

 

 

Friday afternoon and night was the special event that only a limited number of fans that buy Double Down tickets get to attend. This is part of the package that I won and we just brought Casey in with us. Friday after the pit party and BBQ they have qualifying racing to determine the order of the races for Saturday night. The have practice laps and have one pass which is timed. All with the bodies off the trucks.

 

 

Saturday they have a pit Party again and then the BIG SHOW. Racing and Freestlye with 24 truck competing.

 

During racing you put it all on the line or go home ( or in the stands like Captain's Curse did) during the Final race for champion.

 

 

Then all hell breaks loose fo free style...

 

Here is a video of the Final race of the night (not by me)..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyb9J3XQ4ik

 

 

Thanks for reading,

Craig

[spaceace12]

Coasters and Monster trucks...my kind of report...BTW Craig, you have a pm.

[rcroques]

Looks like y'all had a fun time out here.

 

Oh, yeah, and that monster truck got totally PWN3D!

 

Sincerely,

R.C.

[Big Mike]

Glad you guys had a lot of fun!!

 

Cant wait until Memorial day weekend dude!!

 

 

Peace, Big Mike

Look how much bigger Casey got since last Summer!