Mountain Roller Coasters
Our first experience was in Austria when we did one with Charlotte for her birthday. Then we tried it out with Olivia when we visited Mont Blanc in France. I had seen this one but you have to be 4+ to ride and it closes for the season the day before Olivia's 4th birthday. I called the operators an pleaded my case that she'd done one before on another track where 3-year olds were allowed and had been well behaved and she met the height and weight requirements, could we please (pretty, pretty please) come two weeks before her birthday. Not sure if it was my ridiculously horrible attempt to have the conversation in broken German or my American refusal to take no for an answer spirit, but they eventually agreed.
Off we went!
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| Why is Olivia making that face? We don't know, she's 3. Why is she not wearing a coat. See answer above. |
You could buy a ticket for one trip, two trips or UNLIMITED trips (in a two hour period). I'd like you all to guess which option my family chose. In total, we made 7 trips in our two hours. By the last one, I wobbled as I got off the coaster.
Again and again. The first time through, Olivia shouted 'this is epic!' the whole way down. She got a little calmer by the sixth trip, but I know she still had a blast (and wanted to immediately go again!)
And you know what? The view from the top (or anywhere along the way, really) doesn't get old.
The total track was 2km (1.2 miles) and dropped about 250 meters (820 ft) along the course. We went through tunnels, over bridges, around curves, did some waves and roundabouts. Because it's difficult to visualize the track (and really difficult to take pictures while you're on it, here's a few shots from the coaster's website.
We switched off along the way so that each of the girls road with each parent a couple of times. Both girls said that riding with Adam was better because he'd go faster. Sigh.
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