Hubby and I went to the city on 7/14. Got there just after opening. Used the coupon for the apple turnover. The nice lady in the shop cut it in half and put apple butter on it -- very tasty! Looked in some of the shops and ended up at FITH. Had to wait about 15 minutes to ride. Seemed like there was less music than usual during the ride.
Then went over to the Opera House for the Wallendas show. Show actually started 15 minutes early with a warm-up act by the emcee. The Dancing Gauchos were pretty good as was the hula hoop woman. The aerial artist on the hoop was okay. But the Wallendas were fantastic! From where we sat we could see their facial expressions and hear them talk to each other during the act. Was a very entertaining show and one of the best we've ever seen at KidsFest.
Ate some more using our coupons and went to the Boatworks for the Pure Heart show. The Dockside Theater and the Riverside Playhouse were both dark that day (guess there were less shows in order to pay for the Wallendas). Went to the Flooded Mine and it was my lucky day -- I hit several of the big point targets and set a personal record -- 409,500 points! My husband usually beats me substantially but he has never had a score higher than 250,000. I was so excited!
After that we rode TNT and left about 1:30. Was starting to get really hot and we needed to go to Springfield to take care of some business. Enjoyed my visit but wish we could have stayed the rest of the day to ride the water rides.
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