2016 Holiday Day 11 - Attitash

After a breakfast in the hotel room we packed up a lunch and some swimming gear for Matthew and headed out to Attitash mountain park. In the winter it's a ski and snowboard complex but in the summer it has slides, a coaster and a water park. Now we aren't talking about the north east version of Disney here, but there looked enough to keep us entertained. Especially the giant zip wires - but more on that later...

One thing that is akin to Disney, though, are the prices and the slightly confusing tickets. As regular readers will know I'm not s thrill seeker and am quite happy with the bags and a good book whilst Matthew and Clare get their adrenaline kicks. Zip wire tickets and park admission are $105 each and general admission $49 so not a cheap day out. The confusing side was if you weren't going to participate in any activities I'm not sure you'd need a ticket as there are no entry gates - you can stroll right in. Tickets are checked on rides.

Anyway, Clare and Matthew went on the coaster first which takes you up 1400 feet before dropping you down using gravity. You can control the speed you go with a handbrake. They found it quite rickety but I suspect that is down to being used to Disney rides.

Next up was the zip wire. After the safety briefing they were taken to the top of a nearby mountain and went down two zip lines. They both enjoyed rushing through the trees at speeds of 60mph+. Whilst I enjoyed a turkey and cheese wrap from the cafe and reading my book!

With everyone on terra firma we had a spot of lunch together from the picnic we'd brought with us before deciding on what next. Matthew and Clare went on the Alpine Slide (a concrete slide which you go down in a little cart) and then Matthew got changed into his swimming shorts to try the water slides and a large jump from a 10m tower onto an inflatable bag (that was coated with water).

We were surprised when we looked at our watches that we'd been there nearly six hours. We decided one last thing to do would be to ride the chair lift up to the top of Bear Peak (where the zip tour started) for a little walk round and a nice ride up and down. The chair lift takes about 10 minutes one way it and was smooth and peaceful ride up and down.

We then headed for home, (stopping at Dunkin for a snack and drink) had a wash and brush up and headed to the White Mountain Hotel to eat in their restaurant. I had a cod and rice dish, Clare had lobster mac and cheese and Matthew had chicken tenders. All was very good as was the lovely view from the restaurant.