I'm afraid I couldn't offer any reassurance to my 7 year old daughter on the Valhalla ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. I was also soaked through, traumatised, and wishing that the ride would end...now!
We had been told by a nice lady that the Valhalla ride 'wasn't too bad.' She warned us that we might get wet, and that there was a bit of fire in there, and 'oh yes the littl'un will be fine - its not too scary...'
The Viking boat plunged down another 400ft sheer drop into the darkness and we both opened our mouths to scream but no sound came out. I think we must both have looked like that painting by Edvard Munch - The Scream. We closed our eyes as our stomach's were left behind at the top, and finally when we landed at the bottom, we hurtled through a waterfall and got soaked...again! 'When will it be over, when will it be over...' the 7 year old said again. 'I dunno, I dunno,' I said, trying to laugh and make everything alright...but the viking boat was slowly cranking its way to the top of another precipice....
Moments later, we finally disembarked with our 4 fellow vikings - all of us completely drenched. Our legs were wobbly, our feet squelched, and we laughed - a little hysterically - pleased that we'd made it to hell....and back.
I gave the 7 year old the phone. 'Here,' I said, 'tell dad what we've just done.'
She grabbed the phone, and spoke to her dad.....'Amazing.....' she said, 'so brilliant......so fun......soaked....scary....the best day in my life...' her eyes shone with excitement, and her hair dripped down her back.
'Wow!' I said, 'you made it sound so great! Do you want to do it again?'
'Er....' she said, pretending to think about it, 'No. Lets go and try the Alice and Wonderland ride now...'
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| We did it! |
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| Great fun...but I'm not doing it again! |
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Awww bless....she is SO brave and a real 'Viking' warrior :-)
ReplyDeleteLove the way she made it sound totally great when talking to Dad.
Sounds like your girly weekend is going well - have lots of fun, both of you
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Love the scary story...I always remember when we went to Disney World a few years back with our eldest who is now 28 and before Charlotte was born - she is 16 at the end of May.
ReplyDeleteWe went on space mountain and whilst I screamed my head off at the front there was no sound behind me from Fran or Catherine...with my obvious fear of the ride I also now had to contend with the fear that they had fallen out...However when we stopped they both got out terrified and told me they were so scared no sound would come out!
Speak soon dear friend
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Carole - We really did have a fab time, and because Tom wasn't there I had to be Lizzie's best pal. So when she said 'hey lets go swimming now' or 'lets go on the ghost train for the 18th time,' I always had to say yes! Great fun - one we'll remember for the rest of our lives.
ReplyDeleteTony - I love hearing other people's scary ride stories - yours was very funny. I'm glad its not just me that does silent screaming!
Really good to hear that the pain stuff's working on you and that you're up and about again. I've missed you!
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