Utah Life - Weekend at Lagoon Park (Roller Coaster Ride)

One of the best weekends that we had here in Utah was when we went to Lagoon Park. Since i am that excited about this post, here is the climax of that day. We tried a scary and frightening SKYCOASTer and had our three minute swing or better to say, flying above 150 ft. Nice and an awesome experience! I was very reluctant at first when Karen encourage me to join her and Paul in this very "risky" ride, and then as we walked our way, they finally had me nodded.

Scary wasn't it? And we had to motivate Arnel and Dina to try the same, and we encouraged them well.

Prior to this scary skycoaster, there were 11 more rides that we rode in, starting with the light ones as a warm up. It was my first time to go to the amusement park like this, i've never tried yet in the philippines as I need to earn first before going. And fortunately i had a chance to experience it here in Utah. The folloeing photos are the different rides that we'd tries, of course you will not see us there because we, six people were riding in the same rides simultaneously and no one was left to take us photos while we were on the rides. So what i did was to capture those rides and post them here.

scary nga ata-laki mata haha

wow, it seems scary, my eyes were about to pop out!! but i am smiling and look at the background, seems somebody is operating the scary stuff inside..

spider at lagoon salt lake utah

The spider and the wild mouse, both are very frightening to ride with. Yung spider, as in like a spider web paikot-ikot and fast moving. And the wild mouse, high, fast moving and the way it turns to the other side, it's like a mouse na napakalikot, seems like tatalsik kami from the upuan, that's why i didn't open my eyes while riding and i held the bars so tighly, feeling ko sobrang tatalsik ako at malalaglag sa upuan. see, the wild mouse is really that fun, and one of my colleagues told me that after our adventure at Lagoon, he wasn't able to catch a good sleep, he was like being awakened by a wild mouse as if he was still riding. Just like me, i even wasn't able to sleep early because i felt i still was in the amusement park. Duh, a nice experience though.

And the unforgettable COLOSSUS ride with various upside down positions and two loops of 360 degrees, wheow, i managed to ride in it also, there was no turning back for all the ride kasi we were with Paul Dabell and we just went with the flow, whatever he preferred to ride, even though we're scared. And, here at COLOSSUS, i lost my eyeglasses, it flew while i was riding, i couldn't fixed it when i felt that it was about to fall because i was tightly holding the bars, i might fall if i didn't do so. Huhuhu, my eyes were gone, but i did not regret it because i had a nice experience here.

showing the other side of the ride na naglaglag ng salamin ko... as i said, it was nice!!

Another scary roller coaster, nakalimutan ko lang name and unfortunately, di maganda shot ko, some trees na nkaharang, this one, we thought this is sisiw, kind nakamulat pa kami ni dina, and hollering, woo, woo, sisiw!! That was when we were going up, and then ayan na, babaliktad din pala and super bilis, as the saying goes - never underestimate a person, just want to relate.

You might think this is an easy one - the cable car, but again it wasn't. It was a different feeling when you're up high above the ground and then the car abruptly stops and swing you, mind you, it was dizziful. Well, since i was the one holding the camera and taking the pictures and videos, i had Paul Dabell and Leo Bueza in this picture.. :-)

Ang mga pagod naming paa at hindi pa nalilinisan for weeks..

And, need to have some ride that is so so and could bring out the kid in me! I think i will not be a good driver, i didn't know how to run the BUMPER CAR, Karen didn't join us here, so she became our camerawoman, and the resolution is not quiet good but the laugh is still there.... :-)  see???

What i wasn't able to take picture with is the BAT - another coaster wherein riders are hanged and then routed again in a fast run. Regret that i didn't, my camera had to be kept in a locker before we rode COLOSSUS.

And right after the much-said colossus (and hindi synchronize neh), we had to take our heart, convinced ourselves to ride in WICKED - the yellow bar with straight upward and downward fall, waaaaaaaa, and wheow, w managed to ride that and as usual closed eyes, tightly holding the bars and hollered out loud!! And dahil po pikit mata ko, tuloy ako sa sigaw kasi to ease the fear that i had, sigaw pa rin ako until my colleauge told me, "Hoy tapos na!" nyek :-), hiya naman ako i was still screaming end na pala. And here are the WICKED photos of WICKED...

 

And i hadn't imagine that i will be riding those kinds of coasters!! Ang maganda kasi, my colleague were really game, besides, di naman nila kami aayain dun if they knew na di namin kaya..

And - featuring the photos of rides na hindi na namin pinatos..

Free Fall - si Leo and Paul lang sumakay.

ferris wheel - don't want to try this anymore kasi i had a phobia na, when i was seven years old and my first time to ride that with ate neneth, worst experience, my cousin had to holler and asked to operator to stop the ferris wheel coz i really was feeling so dizzy and bad. When i stepped out of ny seat, i almost collapsed! and i cant imagine myself riding sa ganito kalaking huh?? :-(

don't know the name - thanks karen for the ffg photos!

One of the scariest - two persons inside the round thing and have to be thrown up like a sling shot then turning upside down!!

And kuha ko, jeje... Enjoying the view while riding the cable car...

We actually had the niciest, awesome and incredible experience in the SKYCOASTER, a flying experience that i won't forget. I will make a separate post, though i had the video here...

enjoy my post!

till then..

~dhynnes~ :-)

Nice Business Trip Experience at Salt Lake City, Sandy Utah U.S.A

After fourteen hours of flight, we finally arrived in Salt Lake City Sandy Utah USA on 6^th of June at 12nn, it was Saturday. We were fetched by Mark Roberts and toured as around Salt Lake City before checking in the Residence Inn Hotel. Various restaurants of different types, Mexican, Asian, Italian and American, name it, they all have it and they are all built close with each other. After touring us around, we got back to the hotel, Mark gave us some instructions and information about the place, after which, he left us.

Unpacking my things, hanging my clothes, arranging everything was the first thing I did. I was languid yes, but my excitement did not stop me to organize, move and do everything I can that day. We even managed to go to the nearby malls, Dillards, Forever 21, Macey, JC Penney etc., did window shopping; shoes, clothes, accessories, bags, perfumes, wheow, if only I have a lot of box to buy those things, so sad that I can’t buy them, I have no pocket money though.

Tired of prowling around, we then decided to have our lunchner – lunch and dinner. Still undecided where to eat, fortunate enough that there was this man offering a free taste of chicken teriyaki, we tried and liked it, it was at Sarku Japan. It was the very first place that we dined in, and we were surprised how big the serving was, it must be taken by three persons in the Philippines but here in Utah, for only one person. Kinda surfeit huh!! I wasn’t able to eat them all, had to take home the rest. 

 Weary enough, we decided to go back to the hotel, I forgot to tell, we went to the mall by our feet, and it was not that far though. Wait, we did not go to the hotel yet, we first passed by another grocery store called Super Target, ah, we also have one in the Philippines called, Target Mall. Bought food and brought at the hotel, it’s at the company’s expense so we have to take this chance.

Sunday, back at home, I am accustomed to going to church at 8:30; unfortunately, I can’t locate any Catholic Church here yet. We had our breakfast at the hotel, it’s complimentary and again, grab the opportunity, free is rare nowadays right? Scrumbled egg, fried cube potatoes, sausage, french toast, bread, doughnut, muffins, cereals, fruits, waffle, hotcake, slice bread, wheow lots of choices, hard to choose which is which, decaffeinated coffee, dark gourmet one, hot chocolate, french vanilla, mocha, adding up apple, guava and pineapple juices and five more sodas, what I am going to eat? Don’t want to have them all though. Enough of that, one of them was my choice. And repeatedly my choice until now, I am okay with potatoes dipped in Heinz tomato ketchup.

After breakfast, just went back to our room correspondingly and prepared for another prowl. Had the hotel’s shuttle service to bring us to the trax (train) station, going to Downtown; $2 for one-way trip, $4 two-way and $5 round trip, chose the $5 who knows we might get lost, still unfamiliar and it was our time there so, sure enough! While riding the trax, wow, Utah, particularly Salt Lake City is a nice place and it’s clean elsewhere, amazing! Ghost City as others may say, but for me, I can live here eventhough, I am a loner person, I love peace and serenity.

In the midst of our trip, there was this group of teenagers who raucously rode in the trax, eight teens roughly, one boy and the rest, combination of girl and t-bird. Most of them wearing scarfs in their head, dark black eyeliners and mascaras in their eyes made them look so ridiculous, unpleasantly gabbling and singing while inside, wheow, I’ve never seen anyone like this, only here in America, only here. Or perhaps, I am not that a rovy person that’s why I don’t see similar people in the Philippines. Added to that, I also noticed and proved that girls here in America, mostly are liberated, wearing make ups in an ordinary walk, and donning a skin-fitted, body-hugging and plunging neckline outfits. Switch and go back to trax, noticed that the group of teens were also going to Downtown and they also did not know where it is, their first time also perhaps. When they stepped out, we also did, apparently, it’s not the Downtown yet, so we had more than 30 minutes walk up to Downtown. Apparently and fortunate enough that we had our walk because we were amused by what we were seeing.

Huge Mormons’ churches, beautiful flowers, and also, as we were walking headed to the shopping center, we saw a pauper, in a brown cartoon she says “PLEASE HELP, I AM HOMELESS”, a white American woman. Forgive me as I have no extra money to lend her. Pitty her for her condition and we are so lucky to be homed. Finally after a countless walk, we arrived at the Gateway Mall, Downtown, and since it was Sunday, few stores were open. Just window shopping and picture taking, as I say, I have no extra penny with me. It was raining that day, we were not able to see some other boutiques and stuff there. We then decided to have our lunch at PANDA EXPRESS, an Indian foodstore according to Karen. I ordered chicken, ahhhhhhh forgot the exact term, anyways, it was of two types and a rice. Again huge serving, surfeit again! After our lunch, we headed back to the hotel, ah to the trax station, another mile steps.

While we were walking, we passed by a fountain show (water) unfortunately; I was not able to capture a good shot. 

Luckily the trax came, we rode in, as we were on our way out the Downtown, there was a voice saying THIS IS A UNIVERSAL TRAIN, waaaaaaaaa, we were not supposed to ride there, we might be brought to a different place. We stepped out and waited for a SANDY TRAIN, as we were waiting for it to come, we were regaled by the three birds in front of us, isang dipa lang layo from me, these birds were picking up the foods on the road, it was just so astonishing that birds here, aren’t afraid of humans, unlike most of the birds in the Philippines. And if you would see it in the photos, the birds are similar to our local maya right? Finally the trax arrived, we were sure then that we were on the right way. This trax will bring us back to Residence Inn. Another interesting ride because the big big not that old man at the back of Karen seemed insane, why did I say so, because he abruptly just laughed for no reason, he was on his own. I was afraid he might hit us, good thing he did not. And he was also bound to Salt Lake City, the end of the station, he first stepped out and I was two persons away from him, noticed that this man was wearing filthy clothes, and laughed as he walked, scary wasn’t it? Then we walked back to the hotel. What a beautiful experience though!

After the weary tour, we had our respite again at last. Another day was over, three weeks or four more to go.  By the way, never been homesick as I was almost everyday calling my family.

Till then...

~dhynnes~ :-)