Storyland/Maine Trip part 1

We had a lot of fun this last week. Our family took a little break from Ithaca, and went to visit family in Maine. On our way to Maine we stopped at a place called Storyland. It's like a little amusement park, really set up well for families. Each ride is set up so an adult can ride with the kids. Some rides I think Josh and myself liked more than the kids. We had fun.



This is the entrance to the pirate area. The boat ride was a little boring from what Josh said but Evan and Brayden thought it was great!


Josh actually really liked the swans. He got to sit back and be driven around a small pond. Who wouldn't like that? The kids liked doing the driving around.


This is the family on the train that goes around the park. A big hit with the kids! Even Addison and Andrew were able to get out of the stroller to ride this one!







These are the cute tractors. The interesting part was that they were actually growing a real garden with real vegetables (in the background) along this ride. Perfect for a "farm".


Classic flying whale's. They had this same ride in wooden shoes as well. Ok, mostly the same. The kids liked them both.


This is us on the log ride. Evan was TERRIFIED of going. Not because he thought it would be scary, but because he thought he would get wet!!!!!


As you can see I put him behind me. . . hardly a drop got on him. After the ride he was pretty relieved to walk away dry. He said nothing about the drop or the speed of that drop!! So funny.


Many cute water fountains were found throughout the park.


The balloons were fun for them also. I don't think there was a ride they didn't like.


This was Evan's favorite. Josh rode with them, then I did. Brayden was ok going on the slow roller coaster. . . funny story. We rode this ride before we went on the log ride. The first time they road this "Polar Coaster" Brayden came off saying that he wanted to only ride the slower rides. We said ok. The next morning when we came back we rode the log ride (previous picture) he didn't say anything really after it. He liked it though so I didn't think anything of it, but when Evan wanted to go on the "Polar Coaster" again Brayden kept asking if this was the slow roller coaster. I didn't know what he was talking about because it was the only one. He kept on insisting on riding this one again even though the day before he said he didn't want to ride the fast rides anymore. Finally when we got closer to the front of the line for our second time through I was able to deduce that the log ride had now taken the spot as the fast roller coaster and that the Polar Coaster was now the slower coaster. He was happy it wasn't the brown logs!! I was laughing. How funny, his perspective changed when he was able to compare to faster rides! He loved this the second time through!


Poor Addison and Andrew. . . had to play in their stroller most the day. They did really well though. They are so cute and so many people stopped us so they could look at the babies! I love Addison in this picture!


So remember how I said that Evan was worried about getting wet on rides? and how I previously mentioned that the kids liked all the rides? well I had to add this video of the raft ride. Evan says he likes all the rides. . . except this one, it got him wet!! :)