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Enchanted Kingdom Misadventures

Today is the day me and my nieces and nephews would be going to Enchanted Kingdom (EK). It would be some sort of bonding for the cousins as two of them are based in Japan and one is from the U.S.

It was a toss-up of taking two cars or using one, the multi-cab, so that the kids would be chatting their hearts out to and from EK. The multi-cab won.

The spirits are high in spite of the drizzle that fell on the way to EK. Rain or no rain, it's EK for us! hehehehe!


We were at EK when it opened at 10AM. What's good at being early is that we can take all the rides we can without being dismayed by a long queue. Started first with Dodgem (bumper cars) twice, followed by Roller Skater (caterpillar or mini-rollercoaster) thrice. LOL. Definitely, the drizzle won't stop us!

Afterwhich, it's Anchor's Away, with the girls sitting on one side of the boat and the boys on the other. By the time for Bump n' Splash, the drizzle already stopped. And to think, the aim of the ride is to bump the other "boat" so its passenger would get wet! Another "wet" ride followed, the Jungle Log Jam. For them to dry off, we decided to take the Flying Fiesta. That's when we noticed that the Rio Grande Rapids is already open. So, it's Rio Grande Rapids for us (twice). hehehehe! Then, back to Flying Fiesta to dry-off.

By that time, the kids are already hungry and we had pizza and taco salad for lunch. For a less strenous activity, we watched the movie showing in Rialto, followed by the movie showing at 4D Discovery Theater. It's the older of the bunch who kept shouting at 4D! LOL.



Now, they are ready for the Kart Trak. A good excuse to practice my "panning"... hehe!

After the Kart Trak, they tried their hand on Exodus The Ride where they would drive an All-Terrain Vehicle. This is the new ride offered by EK. And they really enjoyed it!

Xtreme Paintball is next on the list. Again, it's the girls versus the guys. Actually, I do not know who won...

After a light merienda (snack), it's back to the Kart Trak. This time, the queue is long. By the time they have gone through their laps, it would be time for dinner.

After dinner, the kids are back again to the ATV. Driving the ATV through the obstacles at night would be more an adventure (although, it already is even during the day). Then, they took another ride to the Space Shuttle while I took the Wheel of Fate (very big ferris wheel). The view at the top is great! But the wind is a bit strong and is very cold. I am even afraid to take pictures lest my camera might fall... hehe!


A few more minutes after the Wheel of Fate ride, the fireworks display would begin. Left the kids with Manong near the stage of where the fireworks program would be. I then positioned myself by the Grand Carousel as I wanted to take the pictures of the fireworks with the Grand Carousel as the foreground. The outcome? Not bad.

After the fireworks, it's time to go home. But first, stopped by the Face Painting and Henna Tattoo where one of my nieces had a henna tattoo painted on her.

On the way to drop my nieces and nephews, thought that it would be a quiet drive (while the kids are busy chatting at the back). That's when a problem occured with the multi-cab. Good thing it happened while we are already at Sucat. Called the husband of my cousin if he can pick up the rest of the kids so that they would already be safely tucked-in bed. He came to our rescue and even managed to come up with a temporary solution so that we can use the multi-cab to go home.

Until... we had a flat tire!

Since my brother called another of his driver to bring a truck in case the multi-cab needed to be towed, we left Manong with the multi-cab (as he cannot reach Jacinto by mobile phone) and waited at my aunt's house until Manong and Jacinto came to pick us up.

Now, if that's not an (mis)adventure, I don't know what is... LOL

posted by ~GFA~ @ 12/30/2006 11:30:00 PM