NOT Amused

I have come to the conclusion that amusement parks and the like are NOT the friends of pregnant women. Baby is due in 30 days now (well, c-section is scheduled in 30 days anyway) and I'm huge and uncomfortable. However, that didn't matter this weekend: we decided to take the kids away for a weekend before he arrives.

I booked a "family suite" at the Hampton Inn by Hilton at the Falls (can you think of a longer hotel name? Seriously?) and a package that included admission to the Fallsview Indoor Water Park. We also got a March madness package that gave us free admission to a few places. The kids had a blast, but I have to say, Niagara Falls, while one of my favourite kitschy tourist places, is NOT pregnant-woman friendly.

First off, water slides? Obviously not happening, which SUCKS since I love water slides. They make me feel like a giddy little kid. So, I got to hang around the toddler area with Andrew and Charlotte (and there are no good places for parents to sit, unless on a lounge chair, and I wanted to be IN the water, not beside it) and then in the wave pool. That was LITERALLY the only places I could go.

Then there were the rides that are abundant in the tourist area. Bumper cars: out. 3D movie rides (some of which I've been DYING to go on, and we had free admission darnit!): out. Heck, even the Ghost Hunters ride, which is really very tame and I did go on it, we had to pull one of those stupid bars down, and it wouldn't go down all the way because of my big ol' belly.

I got to go on the SkyWheel, though, which is always fun. Maybe not for my husband, but that's just revenge for him getting to go on the big cyclone waterslide when I can't!

There isn't much for kids Andrew and Charlotte's age, too, so the 3 of us kind of got to sit around waiting for Daddy and Emma a lot of the time. They found a few rides (like the kind you find in malls, etc.) that they liked, and I let them waste some tokens on games that they had no idea how to play, but mainly it was me trying to find a decent (read halfway comfortable) place to sit and trying to keep them from running in different directions. Fun!

The other problem with Niagara Falls for the hugely pregnant is that the entire tourist area is built on a hill. A BIG HILL. Every time I had to walk back up it I just wanted to cry, but I didn't, because that would just look silly.

All in all, though, the kids had a blast and so did we. We're all exhausted, and since it IS March Break I'm very much hoping that they will all sleep in a bit for me tomorrow, but still have decent naps. A girl can dream, right?