Kings Dominion

     Last weekend, I went to Kings Dominion with my designated chaperon and her sister/my friends. The purpose of the trip was for a dance competition that my dance team was participating in, but we had plenty of time to do other things. We listened to music the whole ride there and back home, singing and talking about random things. When we got there, my friends started freaking out because they hadn't been to a big amusement park for a long time. It was chilly and windy that day, so it wasn't really the ideal amusement park weather. The first ride we rode was the Berserker, which is a Viking ship swing that goes the whole way around (so we discovered after we were already on the ride, which was met with much screaming and freaking out done by my friends). There were a couple rides that were closed, so we didn't get to go on all the roller coasters. One time we decided to be "those" people and scream as loud as we could on every turn on the Ricochet. The ride I was most scared of was The Crypt. It really isn't that bad, it just looks scary. The Intimidator 305 gave us tunnel vision, but it was a lot of fun. My favorite rides were the Volcano and the Backlot Stunt Coaster. Both of them shot you off into the dark at unexpected times. The lines for all the rides were nearly nonexistent since it was one of the first days of the season. Of course, we couldn't leave without getting funnel cake and Dippin Dots :)
     Halfway through the day, I had to get ready for the dance performance, so we put our riding on hold. There were quite a few interesting dances and good dancers who performed. When it was our turn, we went backstage and ran our dance, then we stood behind the curtain and waited for the DJ to start our music. The dance went exceptionally well. There were a couple small mistakes, but it all looked really good in the end. After we danced, we went outside and had our pictures taken. Later on they had awards, and my team won first overall in lyrical. I got to get the award onstage, which was really awkward cause I was all the way in the back and had to run up there to get it. 
     The whole trip was a lot of fun, and hopefully we will do some more competitions in the future. 



-Dakota