Slingshot Ride Essay

The day was gloomy and cloudy with a chance of lightning on the way. Woke up, feeling nauseous and a bit scared thinking about the huge rides I was to encounter. I could still remember all of the videos I watched the day before and they weren’t making my situation any better. One video showed a slingshot ride preparing to launch two kids and the cable snaps, hitting the floor with enough force to break cement. When I watched those videos I felt as if that would happen to me, my brother and my friends. After thinking about it, maybe everything would turn out well and I was exaggerating over the situation.
Me and my brother left the house heading to our friends house with their whole family waiting for us. All of them decide to go to Sonic to grab something to eat and I thought why eat before the rides. I’m not ready for the rides, let alone puking all over them. I purchased a burger and felt the need to throw up, when thinking about that superman ride and how fast it may go. It’s still …show more content…
The sun hit us with it’s heat waves hot enough to melt our skin.
The first ride we rode on was a Looney tunes water ride for starters we didn’t want to get ahead of ourselves. The ride wasn’t scary but one thing that annoyed me was the feeling in my stomach. That feeling when you’re at the highest peak of a ride and swoops down taking all the air out of you. I wondered how I would handle the next few rides that feeling in my stomach annoyed me more than heights.
After that ride we went onto the Skyscreamer and I still felt frightened about what would happen in the ride. We were next and the ride sent us far above the ground, probably a hundred feet. The ride swinger us around slowly and I thought to myself about how safe it felt. The whole park could be seen from the ride and next to the ride a beautiful waterfall. The superman came next and I felt confident that I wouldn’t get scared of