Coney Island Date Night

Two weekends ago my boyfriend and I decided to go to Coney Island for a date night. I've been to Coney Island a million times with my family, but never with him. The journey down there isn't too bad from Queens and who cares when you're looking forward to a fun filled night.

Once we got there the first thing we did was go to Nathans between Schweikerts Walk & Stillwell Ave. I've never been to this location before and I didn't even realize it existed because I thought they only had the one location on the Boardwalk. This location had a whole bunch of seafood items on the menu, and I got the clams and chips instead of their hotdogs. At first when I got it I thought it didn't look like much and that I would be hungry. To my surprise it was very filling and the clams and chips also came with cole slaw and corn bread. For $7 I was stuffed so this was bargain eating at it's best. My boyfriend opt for the more regular Nathan's items like their hot dogs and french fries. Even though I didn't get it this time their cheese fries are one of the best cheese fries ever. You have to try them at least once. 

After we ate we walked on the Boardwalk then walked into the amusement parks. The first ride we went on was the Polar Express. For $10 per person the ride was at least ten minutes long and you do feel like you get your money's worth. This ride is not scary at all and they play music while you're on it (mostly hip hop). The ride goes around in a circle and it has little baby hills here and there. 

Once we were done with the Polar Express we decided to take a break from the rides and play some games. First we went to the Arcade and we played Skee Ball and then played Terminator 2. During Skee Ball my boyfriend and I can get pretty competitive. We always have been whenever we're playing a game. After the arcade we played two of the typical carnival games. We didn't have any luck with the carnival games and didn't win any prizes. 

So for our second ride I was so determined to go on the Wonder Wheel. We bought our tickets and got on line. Once the family in front of us got in, I then started to notice how high the ferris wheel was. Also the seats looked like they were made out of really thin metal. I started panicking and had to get off the line. I just couldn't do it. The Wonder Wheel is super tall and I hope one day I'll be able to get over my fear. So we got our tickets back and went into the hunted house ride instead. We were the only ones on it, but it was fine with me. The ride had your regular hunted house items inside. Nothing out of the ordinary. My boyfriend being the jokester that he is told the attendant that he was so scared that his hair fell off. You can't help but laugh since he's bald. 

After the haunted house ride we decided we went on enough rides for the night. We walked on the Boardwalk towards the F train. Before we got on the train we went to this new candy store named It's Sugar. It had every kind of candy there was. Even older candy from the 80s. At this store I got myself a king size Air Head and a cute little tee for my baby cousin that said "I Love Boobs" on it. The store offers a variety of things, candy, shirts, household items (dishware) clothes; a little bit of everything. 

Once we got done shopping and looking around we went home. Being out on the Boardwalk and enjoying the summer night was by far one of the best date nights I had with my boyfriend. It's not always about going out for dinner and getting fancy. What's more important is enjoying the moments you and that special someone share and having fun together. 

Daily Blog: What's Your Favorite Ride In Disney World?

At least once in your life you have to had gone to Disney World, and if you haven't I suggest taking the kid inside of you over there. It really is a sight to see and the feeling can't be explained. Disney World is not like Six Flags or Coney Island, it really is magical. Now you can make fun all you want, but till you go there and experience it for yourself you won't really know. I've only been to Disney World, and hopefully someday I'll be able to go to Disneyland. For the moment I'm content with going to Florida, plus it's a shorter plane ride from New York.

 

The very first time I went to Disney World I was about 8 or 9 years old. It wasn't my first trip our of New York, because I've been to Indonesia a couple of times prior to my Florida trip. We went in April during Spring Break because this trip was my birthday present and I was so excited about it. I wanted to go on all of the rides and meet all the characters. That was my personal goal. So the day came when we finally went to Disney World and I was just amazed at everything. Seeing the castle, going to Minnie Mouse's house I absolutely loved every single minute of it. Even now as an adult I love Disney World and there's just no better place to have fun and feel like a kid. The only sad part is now everything is so expensive so you can't enjoy it as if you were a kid.

 

My favorite ride is actually one of the baby rides. I love going on it's a Small World. Even though they play just that one song, everyone looks so happy when you go through the ride. I remember seeing babies crying cause they were scared, but I love all the scenes that they have on the ride. Now even writing about it I'm starting to sing the song in my head. I've been to Disney World a couple of times now, and till now every time I go there I have to go on this ride. Getting on the little boat and just going through all the different scenes. It feels like I've been on it a hundred times and whenever I go I'm still amazed at everything I see. There's no better feeling then remembering your childhood and that first time you did something. That's how I feel each and every time I've been on this ride. Now I can  enjoy with my younger siblings, and it just makes me happy. My favorite scenes are the one with Winnie the Pooh in it. Last time I went to Disney World I finally got a picture with him. The little kid inside of me was jumping for joy after that.

 

It's so hard to catch the characters sometimes, but at least now it's more organized. There's a line, people wait their turn. Back then (which feels like 100 years ago) a character came out and you just surrounded them trying to take a picture. So kudos to Disney World for being more organized nowadays.

 

There really is no better place then Disney World to feel like a kid.