DelGrosso's take 3

We made our first trip to DelGrosso's Amusement Park in June 2013 and our second in July 2014. Like last year, we went yesterday because the handstamps were 50% off if you brought a canned good. Parking is free, and it cost a little less than $50 for the five of us to spend the day at the amusement park. They are in the middle of a huge construction project to greatly expand the water park portion of the park. They got rid of the go-kart area and instead are building a wave pool, lazy river, etc. It will be exciting to visit the park next year!

The weather was in the 90's when we went two years ago, in the 70's last July, and yesterday the high was around 80 degrees. We all wore our bathing suits, but only three people really spent much time in the pool. Paul's parents didn't venture in at all because the water was SO cold. Paul's mom loves to swim so that proves how very cold the water was. Ian spent some time in the children's area, but he didn't last very long. Oliver stayed in longer. Nadia and Paul did the water slides five times. I had thought I'd be doing water slides with Ian and Nadia, but Ian didn't want to do them (partially because of the water temperature and also I think he was too scared to try them). We didn't go to Sesame Place this year, and Nadia could only go on one water slide at Six Flags. It was nice that Nadia could go on more water slides yesterday. The lines were not long for the dry rides, but the lines for the water slides were longer than we had experienced previously.

Some firsts included - Nadia rode a brand new ride (that was unlike she had been on before at any other park) and she also rode a ride that she is deemed too short to ride at other parks, but she was able to ride today (where you are strapped in and are standing in a cylinder and it spins at various angles. She loved that ride and rode it quite a few times, but she said her favorite was the water slides. Ian rode the swings; it was the first time he's done so at this park. Ian and Oliver rode the Tilt-a-whirl for the first time in their lives. They are not deemed tall enough to ride it at Knoebels yet. Ian's most favorite ride was definitely the "frogger" ride. He rode it far more than 10 times. There were several rides that Oliver rode for the first time because there are several that you have to be at least 36 inches to ride with an adult including the kiddie roller coaster. We had packed our lunches, and we enjoyed pizza and funnel cakes for dinner. The food prices are rather reasonable, and the pizza is very tasty. We spent 7 1/2 hours in the park, and the drive was 3 1/2 hours round trip. We won't be riding any rides for the next two weeks as the kids will be having their swimming lessons. I think we'll have one last hurrah in August before our summer vacation comes to an end. We love amusement parks! One thing I am noticing is that our time in the kiddie ride area is going to be coming to an end before long. Nadia and Ian have lost interest in almost all "kiddie" rides, and Oliver is now starting to be big enough to ride more and more "big" rides with an adult. His time in the kiddie rides isn't done YET, but the clock is ticking. Boo hoo!

P.S. I can't tell you HOW glad I will be when Nadia's bangs grow long enough to be pulled back into a pony tail. I end up deleting so many pictures these days because her face is covered with hair because the girl doesn't like to wear a headband. This too shall pass....