I FIT !!!

My family has been vacationing almost annually (we missed last year) for the past 4 years at Hershey Park in Pennsylvania. It is a wonderful park, with rides for kids of all ages...even my age! In any case, I'm a roller-coaster enthusiaste and Hershey Park has a great variety of excellent roller coasters. In 2004, they added a new launch-style roller coaster named Storm Runner, which I desperately wanted to ride that year. We went in late June of 2004, and I got to the line entrance for the coaster, where they have a sample seat, next to a sign stating that due to the nature of the restraint system, "larger" individuals may not be able to be accomodated on this ride. I tried, but I simply did not fit. I was extremely disappointed. They also opened another ride that year (The Claw) which I tried to get on but had to do the "walk-of-shame" off of for the same reason...I was too fat!

So I was really looking forward to our trip to Hershey this year, not just because we skipped it last year, but because I knew I would get on rides I've never been on before. We went last weekend, which, if you watched the news concerning the weather in the North-east during that time, you would know was not exactly prime amusement-park-weather, but we went anyway. We did get about a good 1/2 day in the park, and I did get on to Storm Runner. I FIT! I sat right down and had absolutely no issue with the restraint system. I FIT! And I've got to say, it was absolutely the BEST roller-coaster I've ever been on in my life!

I got on The Claw without a problem, too. I FIT!

It's funny, though...the first ride that my daughter (8 yrs old) and I went on was the Comet (a classic wooden coaster) and out of habit, when the lap-bar was coming down, I sucked in my belly...but I didn't need to! I FIT!

And I got on the Wave Swinger and got back off without the swing seat sticking to my butt. I FIT!

I was able to comfortably sit in the seat of any ride I wanted to. I FIT! I really fit!

It was really an amazing experience! Due to the weather, we cut the vacation short and we will be heading back there in a few more weeks for more "fitting" fun! I can't wait!

Sure, I gained a pound or two while I was there, but that was expected...sometimes the scale isn't the only measure of success on Weight Watchers. Sometimes it's fitting in the seat of a 180-foot-tall roller coaster!