Writing this on the morning of the 25th so I’m a little late. Oops
one last look from the expensive ass hotel room
how many pictures of niagara do you need?
Niagara Boat Cruise. A little cloudy and drizzly today, so visibility isn’t too good. When I came last time it was nice and sunny, so I could see a lot of rainbows against all of the water falling down. Still good to see it up close again.
mmm gimmicks
And we are back! The rain stopped a little bit after our cruise, and we noticed the roller coaster was testing as we were walking back to our car. The ride is entirely janky and rough with overly strong laterals on the turns, but you do get the illusion that you’ll fly off the building when the coaster rushes towards the edges.
A strawberry cheesecake beaver tail. I think it’s just ok, but my brother liked it more than I did as he likes how crunchy it is. I guess I like my things nice and soft.
A quick stop at Seabreeze Amusement Park. It’s a family oriented amusement park and the thirteenth oldest one in the world. The main highlight is their roller coaster Jack Rabbit, which is the oldest continuing operating roller coaster in the United States. For something built in 1920, it’s pretty good! While the park doesn’t have too much to offer in terms of overall thrills, it has a unique charm to it that I don’t feel at other parks, especially compared to…
Six Flags Darien Lake. This park is quite literally in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by mostly forests and farmland. Six Flags just operates the park on behalf of a separate REIT, so they don’t have any headliner roller coasters in their roster. That isn’t to say that they aren’t improving the park, but it’s somewhat backwater and rundown. We were able to get one ride on each roller coaster before the rain come in, so mission accomplished on our part.
The park has one joint offering Buffalo Wings, but since it’s really just a joint in a park, they’re just chicken wings and they were OK.
it’s ok, the place was named in the 1930s so Adolf is a-OK
We picked Adolf’s Old First Ward Tavern to get our taste of real Buffalo Wings and selected Salt and Vinegar and Smokey Mesquite for our flavors. We probably should have gotten one flavor as sauced wings as it ended up being quite dry, but the exterior wings are satisfyingly crispy. The blue cheese ‘dressing’ offered was extremely thick and had chunks of actual blue cheese in it, compared to a more liquid form of dressing that I’d normally expect, so eating that with the wings was really fun!
Time for one last rodeo at Canada’s Wonderland before we fly out. It was very cold and rainy on Saturday, so it ended up being that Leviathan and Behemoth, the parks two big coasters, had their cars valley and fail to make it through the course due to temperatures and wind. We were worried that the rides would be down for an extended period of time, but it looks like they were able to disassemble the trains to get them out of the way. let’s gooooooo