Roller Coasters and Rides

Last year when we went to Vegas, Alyssa got sick and she and I spent a day in the condo while everyone else rode rides and played some games. She was very disappointed. So, that was the ONE thing she wanted to do this year. We arrived at New York, New York only to find out Alyssa was too short. She had to be 54" tall to ride and she is only 51". She was devastated and heart broken.

So, the next best thing at New York, New York was a virtual roller coaster. We put her and Karianna on it, they buckled them in, closed the door and when it immediately turned upside down and the ride operator said "Uh oh, its not supposed to do that," we knew something was wrong. We really realized it when we had to call for other employees to help him and 4 came running. They had to manually turn it right side up and place it back on the platform.

So after they HUNG upside down for probably 45 seconds to a minute, they managed to get it back on the platform and open it up to get them out. Karianna said that when it turned upside down and just sat there she figured something was wrong!

After re-booting the system, it did the same thing again, so we searched for other roller coasters that she could go on.

We headed to the Stratosphere where we found a ride on the very top that Alyssa could ride! ! Its the ride at the top that shoots you up into the air and then drops again, kind of like the Rocket at Lagoon. This is Karianna and the girls at the view level before the ride.

This is the balcony view from a few levels below the bottom of the ride!

This is Alyssa, Karianna and Richard at the bottom of the ride - getting in line.
This is the ride going up into the air and then falling again (not sure if its headed up or down at this point!) They are actually on the right side so we didn't get to see their faces. From there we went to the Circus Circus Adventure Dome where the girls got their fill of rides. This is Alyssa, Karianna and Richard getting on the water ride.
This is Taylor and Grandpa Lindsey on the race/bumper cars. Taylor LOVED this ride. At the end of they day, she said that this was one of her favorite 2 rides.

Steve took all the coats and the camera out to the car because he didn't want to carry them all ... so that's the end of my pictures until he pulls the others off the video camera. So ... possibly more to come on this post.