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| - Last year when we went to Vegas, I kept these Stratosphere rides (and all other coasters in Vegas) a secret from Travel Chica. I wanted to avoid any reason to throw up other than a possible hangover. Haha.
Well, I told her I owed her a ride or two this time around, so I was prepping myself to get on a ride with her. However, we were running low on time so she said just don't worry bout the rides. "I've got season passes to Six Flags anyway," she said.
Well, Deus Ex Machina... we were granted free tickets from God. We were in the elevator and the guy operating the elevator asked if anyone wants to ride one of the scary rides. I just HAD to open my big fat mouth, and said "she does!" pointing to Travel Chica. Next thing you know, we were both holding tickets in our hands for the Insanity ride. "Now don't chicken out!" the elevator guy said. Aww shiet. I tried giving it away to a friend of ours but he made me keep my ticket! Damnit!
So we finally get on the ride. I'm cool, I'm cool.. Until the ride moves us all a million stories high. Great. I found myself looking down into oblivion. Hm... well it's not so bad after all. Next thing I know, the ride starts moving. And suddenly the Frozen Hot Chocolate I got from Serendipity made me feel even more un-serendipity-ous. I have a strong stomach, but not this time.
I felt like I was going to make it rain in Vegas, but with spew, not cash! So I shifted my focus to the people standing on the Stratosphere, but not much better. So for the 3 minutes or so we were on the ride, I think I opened my eyes for 30 seconds or so. Maybe less.
It wasn't so much the speed as it was the height and the motion combined. If that was 3G it was pretty slow. On the ground, that ride would have been a piece of cake even for scaredy-cats like me.
My friend was disappointed by the ride, but turns out I made her day. I spent the entire ride singing "I believe I can fly" at the top of my lungs, trying to calm my nerves down. It was the only way I knew to avoid throwing up!
Yes, this scaredy cat would do it all over again, but I'll make sure I go on an empty stomach and maybe this time I'll open my eyes for the rest of the 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
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