Coney Island was everything I hoped it would be. A little seedy, a little rough around the edges, old and outdated and a tad worse for wear. It was like stepping back in time, to a place where health and safety regulations were not a high priority.
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| Myself, Whitney and Breigh waiting excitedly to get into the action. You can see how bustling the streets are. |
Marc and I dragged Breigh and Whitney along with us to experience the fear, pain and stench of failure and desperation.
We got off the train and were greeted by Nathan's, the famous hotdog "restaurant". We went in with the best intentions to purchase and eat one of their famous blended pig snout rolls but once we actually saw them in person we couldn't bring ourselves to actually eat them. The risk of food poisoning and death were just too high. Instead we all got deep fried fish sandwiches.
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| Some one was excited by the boardwalk! |
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| Largest freefall ride ever! |
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| Although it was enough to scare this midget. |
After forcing down our alleged seafood sandwiches, we thought it best to wait a little while before risking our lives on the roller coasters. We decided to visit the aquarium which included a 4D Happy Feet Experience. Aquarium highlights would be seeing my first walrus and a very well choreographed sea lion show.
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| MAY CAUSE TOE-TAPPING!!!!!! |
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| WALRUS!!!!! |
Once we had our aquatic animal fix we headed straight to the cyclone, an old wooden roller coaster that looks like it should be decommissioned. It was AWESOME. The ride was so rickety and it screeched at every turn.
Adrenaline rush over with we decided it would be much more pleasant to hit up some of the carni games. Here I was able to tick off one of my goals in life - playing whac-a-mole! I have wanted to play that game my whole life and I finally got a chance. Sadly I did not win. The husband out-whac'ed me but I was able to keep the toy husky that he won so it wasn't all bad.
We played a few other not as cool games until we were out of coney credits. Breigh and Whitney still had enough cash on their coney card to have a ride on the Soaring Eagle. This was to be Whitney's second roller coaster ride ever!
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| This photo does not adequately capture the fear. |
As we walked back to the train, we got one last taste of the old Coney Island - the freak show! I was a little disappointed as I don't think the people they had out the front were freakish enough to actually get us to pay money to go in. Hopefully next time we are back we will be there in time for the famous mermaid parade!
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| The freakish part is probably more to do with their sense of fashion. |
