La Ronde
June 27, 2011
As a way to celebrate samantha finishing another school year, grandma and grandpa rewarded her by taking her (and me) to La Ronde in Montréal. it was a nice hot sunny day, there were alot less people than last year, so the line ups went much quicker. in fact, in the kid's area, there weren't any line ups! Some of the ride operators even told the few kids on the rides that they could stay on if they wanted another turn.
playing cards on the ride to la ronde.
tunnels
sam like the tunnels in montreal
another tunnel!
we arrive.. not too busy
sam skipping to the entrance
code of condust rules.
sam with her grandparents at the entrance
planning out her day
we are inside!
grand carrousel
our first stop
round & round
next, the kid's area
cute mushroom & butterfly
"la danse des bestioles"
sam & I were the only ones on the ride
sam controlled the up/down with the lever
look.. no hands!
"monsieur l'arbre" is next
here we go!
"marais enchanté"
ready
look.. no hands!
yikes... maybe not!
"ourson fripon"
up and then free fall down.
once the ride was over sam was happy.
"pommes d'api"
up she goes with grandma
and back down safely (grandma is happy)
a groundhog
"La marche du mille pattes"
weeeeee!
and around for another turn!
the mascotte?
"joyeux mousaillons"
a calm ride
but grandpa leaves with a wet bum!
" la grande envolée"
ready
it got windy!
look at the hair
there is grandpa waiting down there
no hands!
it's over (the ride and the hairdo)
"tchou-thcou"
all aboard!
yikes a cow!
it almost jumped in front of the train!
"air papillon"
no hands!
time to cool off
in line at "splash"
here we go!
up!
a view of one of the other ride
the excitement builds!
rounding the corner
ready for the splash?
all wet!
we stuck around on the bridge and got soaked by 2 other boats!
ready to ride "dragon"
it's an indoor roller coaster in the dark!
the bif ferris weel
ready
nice view
still getting higher
a great view from the top
there is the big "o"
sam likes this ride
and so does grandpa
another ride
"catapult". we (me, sam and grandpa) were going to do this ride, but changes our mind once we found out that we needed to make reservations.
we hope on the minirail
sam is having a blast!
a view from the train.
looks like people are head over heals for this ride... or should I say heals over head?
disco-ronde
the grandparents relax
time for a disco party
"la pitoune"
"la pitoune" got shut down while sam was waiting in line (it appeared to be for medical reasons)
so sam cooled off in the chill zone.
time to go tobogganing.
here we go
hands up!
"condor"
this was sam's least favourite ride last year, this year she rode it twice!
up we go!
thereis grandma down there!
from scared last year, to owning the ride this year!
"bateau pirate"... not tall enough this year!
a view of "monstre" from "spirale"
enjoying the view from the top
a panorama view from "spirale"
ice cream break!
sam and grandma getting all misty!
"la pitoune" is open again!
time to get wet again!
what goes up...
...must come down!
happy and not too wet!
nice smiles
where to next?
bacx to "splash"
this boat didn't survive the fall
sam is behind that splash
checking themselves out
all wet again!
bumper cars!
back to "condor" again.
ready to take flight
up they go
weeee!
a fun ride
at this point we are just redoing random rides
still no line ups!
grandpa enjoys the swing
the "busy" fort town
time to ride the rails again
reminding people to keep the park clean.
all aboard!
checking out the town from above.
happy, but slowly getting tired!
lots of crooked chimneys
the train goes through the arcade building
the shark at "splash"
a final ride... another trip on "dragon"
this time with grandpa!
grandpa looks relieved that it's over.
the day is done... time to leave!