Ted Visits Worlds of Fun

Worlds of Fun is a amusement park in Kansas City, MO. Every year, the kids competing in SkillsUSA get the opportunity to spend an evening in the park, hanging out, riding rides, and trading their state pins.

• Worlds of Fun (WOF) opened in 1973 and was originally built by Lamar Hunt and Jack Steadman
• During the park's early days its mascots were Sam Panda, Grrrtrude the Loveable Gorilla, and Dan'l Coon
• In 2003, park favorite the Orient Express is removed four years after two of its seven cars derailed; it was replaced the following year with the Spinning Dragons (pictured later)
• In 2006 the Patriot roller coaster (pictured later) took over the land that formerly belonged to Beat Street
•  On February 25, 2010, Worlds of Fun announced a new light show attraction, Snoopy's Hot Summer Lights (pictured later), which began operating that summer.
•  The park is themes around the Jules Verne book Around the World in Eighty Days and is divided into five major sections: Scandinavia, Africa, Europa, the Orient, and Americana

Here is Ted riding the Grand Carousel:

And in front of the Carousel's plaque:

A detailed view of the plaque:

Ted rides the Mamba, Worlds of Fun's hyper-coaster!

Ted visits Snoopy's Hot Summer Lights!

And plays in the bubbles:

Ted rode WOF's other high thrill coaster, the Patriot. He still thought the Mamba was better.

Ted just had to hit the Go Karts:

And he took a spin on the Spinning Dragons!

Dizzy and exhausted, Ted left WOF ready to finish out his time in Kansas City the next day, with the final day of SkillsUSA competition!

(On a side note, I am super behind on the blog...Ted is actually on his way home as we speak/write/read! No worries, we will get caught up!)