Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

After driving through the Redwoods my family and I continued on our trek and headed down to the San Francisco area. We had several places that we planned on going to. Some were in San Francisco, and some were in surrounding cities.

For the duration of the stay we roomed in the city of Fairfield, at a hotel called Homewood Suites, one of the Hilton brand hotels. They offer both breakfast and dinner there, so it can be a bargain if you have a larger family.

Our first destination was a visit to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo. The park itself has been in the area for a while but hasn’t always been a Six Flags park. My parents have always known it as Marine World, which has been the name of the park until just a few years back. The theme for the park is Land, Water, and Air, as it features marine and land wildlife, as well as a variety of rides which are supposed to represent Air.

The marine portion of the park was sort of like a miniature version of SeaWorld in that they had water shows that you could watch. We were able to see dolphins, sea lions, tigers, and orcas. I don’t think that the shows are nearly as good as you would be able to see at SeaWorld, but they were still fun to watch.    

 

We were able to spend a whole entire day just at Discovery Kingdom. The rides were pretty fun too. There is one that is called something along the lines of Whitewater Rafting. It is similar to the Disney’s California Adventure’s Grizzly River Run. I got very soaked on that ride and it took me a few days to get my wallet completely dry. I also enjoyed riding a completely wooden roller coaster called Roar. It was pretty rickety, but you go extremely fast. It’s worth the stop if you are ever in the area.

A Roller Coast Named ROAR!

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