Ryan Is Tall Enough....

Okinawa does not have any REAL roller coasters. We have to settle for the 3-D one at Dragon Palace in Mihama. They change the rides pretty frequently and it actually is really fun. We’ve been waiting to go as a family for 5 years now since there is a height requirement! We’ve been watching Ryan grow and figured he was probably finally tall enough to ride it! Ed told Ryan to put on his hike boots, as those would make him taller than the flip flops he always wears and we headed out to Dragon Palace. This isn’t very far from our house, pretty much across the street from Camp Lester where Vicki takes the bus to her Middle School. Ryan ran up to the red line marker and sure enough, he was tall enough, actually a little taller!!! He always seems so little to us, so it was amazing to see that he has actually been growing!!! We pulled out our yen and paid for our tickets and than waited for our turn. Ty was a little apprehensive. We have tried to take him on this before since he was tall enough, but he always said no. Ryan was thrilled that he was finally tall enough and was just a swinging those boots while he sat on the bench waiting. We had the video briefs first and Ryan asked why it was in Japanese. Ha! He also kept asking me what they were saying and than asking me how I knew what they were saying since it wasn’t in English. He is just too funny! We were given our 3-D glasses and the doors opened. It was finally time to go into the theatre and buckle up. We saw Escape From Dino Mountain. The interesting part about this is that this was the first 3-D movie thing I had taken Jorden to in the States back in the late 1990’s, maybe 1998. We had gone to Marine World/6Flags by G&G Miks house with the Haws & Mikolajcik crews as well as Grandma. We had had to wait in a long line to see this! So it was rather funny that our oldest and youngest both saw this same one as their first experience with 3-D movies! They completely loved it and they were entertaining to watch, especially as they got wet from the water sprayed out at them, we hadn’t told them about that, so they hadn’t seen that coming! Afterwards Ty informed us that it wasn’t scary and he didn’t even blink and Ryan asked if we could ride it again! The cost for our family to ride that 5 minute attraction is almost $50, so we told him, not today….but another day…………..