Negative-G - Idlewild Park 2015

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I love hand cars. Bond loved hand cars when he was little. I liked them because the ride burned off some of Bond's limitless energy when he was little. Bond liked it because it is so much fun to go as fast as you can around the track.

I was so excited to go and visit Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood at Idewild.

Before we get into who Daniel Tiger is I have to state that this is the greatest line for any ride ever! You have seats...they are under shade! As you get closer to the ride you just slide to the left. Plus as this ride is geared for pre-teen kids there is a large lawn for the kids to run around on while the parents sit in the shade. I may sound a little insane here but as a parent whose child was not so long ago a little nuclear reactor on legs this is like a religious experience. More parks need to do this. Could you imagine sitting down while in line for a coaster? "Bench queue" systems like this would make waiting three hours for the newest most intense coaster easy. Hey throw in wi/fi and places to plug in and it would be perfect.

Back to the ride. If you grew up watching PBS I don't have to explain to you what this is. You know that the Neighborhood Trolley took viewers of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood on a trip into the Neighborhood of Make Believe.

John and I were all psyched about getting to ride on the neighborhood Trolley off into the Neighborhood of Make Believe while Bond and Draven were too cool to get excited about a ride based on a kids show.