Happy Kids at Enchanted Kingdom

Okay, so my friends and I have the tendency to act on impulse. Always. It brings us to great places. Most of the time. Just like last Monday.J

jonas, me, je

I, together with dear friends Ago, Jonas, Jerome, Liez, Masa, and Claudette (Masa’s sister), went back to being a kid for a day at Enchanted Kingdom! (Remember the last time I was here?)

liez, clau, masa

The best part about this trip? IT’S FREE!J

As an employee there, Liez gets complimentary tickets every once in a while. Cool beans. (Oh, the perks of working in a happy place!) Lucky for us, we were available at the time. Right there and then, we headed for the big playground!

Rio Grande Rapids was the first ride we had the moment we stepped foot inside EK. I’m not really sure whether it was a great idea or not, though. Lol. I got out of it all wet! I was the one hit hardest by the water. Water was LITERALLY dripping from my shirt and shorts! So unlucky of me. Why me?! Hahaha! (Now I'm blogging while coughing and sneezing! Heck!)

before all the action!

Flying Fiesta, the cliche post-Rio Grande ride, was next to dry ourselves. It's like an ordinary swing, except you go higher in rotation for a few minutes. Well, it didn’t totally get us dry, but we still enjoyed it.

just ignore my silly face. blame the heat! haha! 

And because the sun was still at its peak by that time, we decided to get inside Rialto to get away from the heat even just for a bit! This mini-theater’s pretty cool because: 1. it’s in 3D and; 2. it has moving seats. Hahaha. We watched Journey 2: The Mysterious Island inside.J

wet from head to toe! WTH! lol

We also rode the Wheel of Fate, which was where I felt most unsafe! I don’t know. It just doesn’t feel safe. Let me paint you a picture: you get in the gondola, you just sit there, you wait to be lifted over 130 ft. above the ground. No seatbelt or anything to protect ya! Wild! Hahaha. The view was amazing, though. Up in the air, we could see the whole theme park and the neighboring landscape.J

Then there was the Anchor’s Away. Ohmygollie! It was everyone’s nightmare. Most of us, if not all, despised it. Lol. It was definitely a head-spinning, stomach-wrenching carnival ride. Seated in the middle, I was supposed to feel safe and easy. But if I ever felt anything, it was the opposite of safe. Lol. We all hated it. Most of us felt nauseated after we got off the ship. Good thing none of us puked or passed out. Haha!

We also rode the Roller Skater. I’d say it’s one of the friendly rides (considering it only lasted not more than a minute and was done after one round). No hangover, no issue. Haha.

Disk-O-Magic gave me a new thrilling experience as it was only the first time I tried it. This newest addition to EK’s exciting rides is definitely a must-try. This is how it works: riders fill the seats of a circular flat facing outwards, then this thing goes spinning back and forth to the beat of the EK theme song. It gave me a freeing feeling to just wave my hands in the air and scream in joy.J It was my favorite ride that day. I don’t know about the other riders, but I enjoyed it. Jonas, Jerome and I loved it, while Ago felt sick after. Lol.

favorite! :D

Then the Dodgem! Yeyyy! It gave us permission for a few minutes to legally bump into others’ cars (little cars).J Cutesy action ride!

Liez, Masa, Ago, Clau, and Jonas also rode the EKstreme Drop Tower! Jerome and I were too scared to try this one. When it was already our group’s turn, the two of us quickly backed out! We just couldn’t do it. I know, cowards. Hahaha!

can you see it? the fear on Liezette's face? hahaha!

I know Up, Up and Away looks all cute and easy because it’s made of mini-hot air balloons. It’s as if it were made primarily for kids to enjoy, but DON’T BE DECEIVED! Believe it or not, we all felt dizzy riding it. We were all tricked into thinking it was just some lame ride we could have to relax and recover. We let our guard down, then that was what happened. Lol. Especially Jonas, poor boy felt woozy. Lol.

Lastly, we went for the Swan Lake. Now this boat ride isn’t as effortless as you might think. No, sitting pretty isn’t gonna do it for ya. You’re actually going to need to work your legs for this. You have to keep on steering the wheel and pedaling the boat over and over again to go around the pond. Pedal, steer, pedal, steer. Phew! Haha!

There weren’t many visitors that day, so we didn’t have to wait in long lines. As a result, we were able to try almost every ride there is (well, at least the rides we were interested in).J

EK's Senakulo Special (lenten season play about the Passion of the Christ).

Wow! What a fun day!

Thank you, Liez! You’re so kind. Haha!J

I love March. A lot of quality time spent with friends this month.

*Thanks to Jerome and Ago for the photos!

tara biglaan, ano?

111011. thursday.

EK + swimming. :)

a week ago we had no plans of going anywhere together. but in just a snap, after their biglaang lakad at paseo de sta. rosa, we were about to have fun at Enchanted Kingdom. haha!

o yes, we went to EK. haha! we were fascinated to think that this EK trip which we originally planned when we were still in our first year had finally come to life! haha. can you believe that? none of us thought that we could still push through with it after three years. haha! it's also funny just thinking that it happened when we didn't really have any formal discussion about going there. haha! 

di pa nakakapasok sa EK, di na agad nagpaawat sa pagpapa-picture e. haha!

ago, je, fi, jonas, juwie, zhello, yvonne and i were present during that day. haha! what made it extra special was the fact that our dearest fionna and cherry also went with us. haha! they are so sweet. cherry didn't attend an activity at school just to be with us. so touching. haha! it only showed how much they wanted to join us. haha! i'm sure they did not regret spending the day with us 'coz it was such an awesome day! as in! haha!

cherry, jonas and fionna.

when we got to EK, these were the rides we enjoyed:

flying fiesta.

flying fiesta served as the warm-up ride for everyone. haha!

anchors away.

this was the ride that tested juwie's 'capacity'! hahaha! she was soo scared and felt nauseated after we rode anchors away. what's funny is that she was actually the one who wanted to sit at the farthest row 'coz she thought it was gonna be cool, but then no. it was not cool, not for her. haha! she was seated between me and marfi. she had her eyes closed while her hands tightly held our laps during the ride! haha! that's how scared she was. haha! now we know the real capacity of juwie! she even joked. she said, "guys, makipag-away na lang tayo o." haha! she'd rather get in a fight with anyone than riding anchors away again. haha!

jungle log jam.

haha! it was my first time to ride on jungle log jam so i had no idea. what i only know is that we're gonna get wet! haha! and so it happened. haha! the sleeves and back of my blouse were wet, but due to the sun's heat, they were dry in just an hour. haha!

roller skater.

this was the ride that juwie enjoyed most she said. haha! i agree. no hassle, just fun. but it's a different case for yvonne. jerome was with her during the ride and he told us that yvonne was screaming her lungs out from the beginning up to the end of it. haha! i dunno why. 

rialto.

the rialto experience was just cute as always. what we watched was happy feet. hehe. we just sat there and let our seats move and shake us according to what the characters were doing. haha! it also served as a cooling place for us 'coz we were already soaked in the sun's heat for a long time. thank goodness the room was air-conditioned. haha! 

buding, ago and yvonne while waiting in line.

this is ago before the start of happy feet. i am the one on the seat beside her. i'm not visible in the picture though. hahaha!

space shuttle.

the death-defying space shuttle. haha! this was supposed to be second in the list of our rides, but because some were still doubtful whether they'd go or not, it became sixth. haha! only juwie and je didn't come. they really didn't want to, and it is pretty understandable why. haha! i was so scared too! scared as hell just like each one of us. haha! while we were on the line, we nervously watched those who were already locked in their seats at space shuttle! o god! watching them was not helpful 'coz it even made us feel more afraid. haha! the moment we were the next in line for space shuttle,we never stopped screaming. we even blamed fi for making us ride! hahaha! and then, we were already seated and locked. there's nothing we could do then! help us! haha! during the ride, i was screaming in fear, letting all the bad words come out of my mouth to at least lessen the fear. fionna, who was my partner during the ride, said, "ate nona, nabingi ako sa mura mo e." couldn't blame her. hahaha! my eyes were closed. there were only  a few times when i opened them and closed them again as fast as i could. haha! but when we were done, we all felt glad! we felt fulfilled 'coz we have conquered the ride we feared most. haha! truth is we felt less of what we expected. it was not as intestine-tingling as we thought it would be. haha! 

looking at this makes me wanna back out. haha! can't blame me. haha!

this is juwie. haha! she didn't join us in this ride. said she couldn't do it. hehe.

after the space shuttle experience! we were all so high! haha!  the ride was sooo much fun!

rio grande rapids.

fi, juwie, yvonne, and i were not able join them. haha! they said they had fun. haha! they were all so wet just as expected. 

horror booth.

the name horror booth is just the opposite of what we all experienced haha! we were never horrified. we laughed all the while inside! haha! the experience was so, so funny especially that part at the shaking hanging bridge! hahaha! fi and i did nothing at that bridge but jump and jump and jump while we were laughing hard because of jonas' teeth glowing in the dark!!! haha! it was soo funny! can't forget the feeling.

wheel of fate.

it was only me, je, jonas, buding, and juwie who got to the wheel of fate. haha! the others decided to go to anchors away and jungle log jam again. haha! i was so excited of wheel of fate 'coz i haven't experienced it yet. haha! but shit, oh shit. i shouldn't have been excited at all. haha! it was so scary when we were up in the air! haha! the five of us was like shouting at each other in fear. we'd scold anyone of us who'd make our seat move. we felt like we could fall right there and then with just one wrong move. haha! the view was great. you could see the whole EK plus the places that surround it, but we were not able to appreciate it that much 'coz we were all afraid. haha! juwie was so scared again. haha! what's funny was when the three gays in the other seat were happily and calmly singing together while we were beside them dying in nervousness. haha!

juwie again. now she can't even move a muscle 'coz she feels like vomiting! haha! poor juwie.

last picture before we leave EK. haha!

and since it's biglaan, the plan of going to paseo was changed into going to yvonne's resort for a swimming. haha! biglaan at biglaan lang ba? haha! 

when we got there, 

videoke.

kainan na solid sa sarap at saya.

kwentuhan na solid. alams na.

moni sila.

swimming. 

si yvonne napapraning na naman. haha!

picture-an.

tawanan.

haha!

fionna , jonas and cherry were not able to come with us anymore, but it's till all right. haha! i know they had so much fun. i had to go home by 1:30, so i left them. haha! 

lesson of the story: pag biglaan, natutuloy. haha!

P.S.


thanks to je for all the photos! hahaha!