Even though the Boardwalk is right here in town, we’ve actually given it little attention (except to go see the Chinese Acrobats last year, etc.), but Heather and Taliana bought Dylan a season pass for his bday (early gift), so we decided to make use of it this past weekend.
Dylan’s been on rides at Bonfante and at Happy Hollow and, of course, Disneyland (!!!!), but this was his first time riding the rides on the Boardwalk. We thought we’d start with something mellow, like the carousel, but that turned out to be a mistake!
For some reason, Dylan didn’t like it (actually, we found out later that he didn’t like the clown in there and he thought it was much too loud) and that kind of got him off on the wrong foot.
After that, he wasn’t in much of a mood to try any rides, even though Taliana was being soo nice to him, asking him which rides he wanted to try and reassuring him that x, y, or z wasn’t scary, loud, or fast!
Thinking that a little snack is almost always a sure way to perk up our little fella, we got some kettle corn…but even THAT didn’t work! He barely ate any! And, he continued to refuse riding just about everything.
Finally, we persuaded him to try the Cave train, which he liked well enough….After that, he was willing to ride the boats (pictured here), but he wasn’t quite ready to reveal that he was having fun doing so! Every time he passed us, he’d try not to smile as we waved at him and Taliana!
Once he’d gotten his feet wet, so to speak, he was ready to ride Convoy (this Pepsi-branded ride) and the Cave train all over again. After that, we pretty much had to wrap it up as it began to sprinkle…we got back to the car just as the rain really started to come down…! Glad we have the season pass, though! Once we were in the car, Dylan couldn’t stop talking about the few rides he did take! Hopefully, next time he’ll have more fun….
