Adventure Island in Half Term - Holly's First Ride on Rage

Whilst Tina was getting some sleep I decided to take the 3 kiddies out to Adventure Island yesterday so she could have some peace and quiet. The weather was an absolute scorcher and I ended up getting a sun burnt neck standing around waiting for them all day. The kids were all getting very hot and didn't hesitate to jump on the water rides to cool off a bit.

Holly's highlight was that she was finally tall enough to ride on Rage. She went on it the first time with both the boys and didn't hold her head right resulting in it banging around a bit and not really enjoying the ride. Then we told her to hold her head forward and she enjoyed it much more the second time.

Overall the visit to Adventure Island was a real challenge. The mistake I made was going to Thorpe Park earlier in the week and then doing Adventure Island second. Due to the size and scale of the thrill rides at Thorpe Park, the boys had pretty much zero interest in Adventure Island once they had done Rage a few times. So I had Holly wanting to go on every single ride, Brandon wanting to go on the beach to cool off, and Josh just wanting to go home and prepare for his upcoming fishing trip.

We did manage to catch up with Amy, Zoe and Rory whilst we were down there, so that was nice.

Woohoo, Holly's first ever ride on Rage.

We forgot to tell her to hold her head forward on her first ride.

Glorious sunshine as Holly goes upside down.

Cooling off on the water slides.

Brandon went on the single first and Holly and Josh came down on the double.

Josh and Brandon on the double water slide.

Somehow Joshua managed to get much wetter than Brandon even though he was at the back.

After the water slides, Holly dried off on the big swing.

Whilst we stopped at a picnic table for some lunch, Holly went on Fireball which seemed to take forever.

We bumped in to this little chappy in Southend.

Holly enjoying as many rides as possible whilst the boys just sat around moaning at how hot it was and how bored they were (so grateful!).

Holly on the surfer ride.

Finally I managed to talk the boys in to going on some more rides - sorry Josh, time to get squashed!

Holly enjoying another ride on her own.

Then to finish off the day all three kids went on Rhumba Zumba (I think this was Holly's first time on this ride as well).