One experience Dana wanted to make sure she did again this trip that she had enjoyed when she was here 2 years ago. Was a visit to Alpyland. Which is an alpine slide roller coaster where you are ‘in control.’ As it required taking a ‘cable car’ lift to ascend to the 5,000 mountain – we figured it was also a good day to go as the air would be much cooler than it was down at the lake on this day. It was at least in the low 90’s with high humidity – so you were feeling hot and wanting any relief. This seemed like a great idea.
It only required a 15-minute walk to the cable car lift station. The 15-minute walk felt like an hour walk in the heat and it gives you time to think about what you brought in your suitcase to survive the rest of this heat wave the next 2 weeks. I was recalling every non-cotton top I had packed and thinking, why, why, why?
We finally made it to the cable car station and took the ride up. Halfway up you change cable cars, and then to get to the tippy top where Alpyland is…it requires getting on one last lift, which is basically a 2 man chair lift. In the winter, this is a ski-resort.
Up at Alpyland (I like saying Alpyland), Dana tells the ticket guy, ‘Three rides each please.’ I was thinking, ‘Wow! She really IS into it.’ Couldn’t imagine I’d want three rides, but I trusted her judgement. Here to say the ride did NOT disappoint! It was thrill to whip around on that alpine slide which they said was completely safe at full speed, but still you had to wonder…really?
We did our 3 rides each and couldn’t have been happier to be cool and feel like a kid again on this ride. It did all of the same things to your stomach that Space Mountain does at Disneyland and made you laugh and scream all at once. I’m certain thousands of vacation happy endorphins were released this afternoon all over Alpyland!
