We started the day again with our GREAT breakfast at The Plaza Suites. The weather was so nice we decided to eat outside.
We actually found yesterday that with the Premium parking you can park really close to the front gate. There are a few parking spots then TONS of handicapped, but just beyond the handicapped there are a lot more regular parking spots. We ended up parking 50 yards from the front gate. Wish we would have seen that sooner.
We started off the morning with a great cooked to order breakfast at The Plaza Suites. I love this hotel. It's beautiful and it's clean and the breakfast is amazing. They have these really good Vanilla Frappucino's that I had this morning with my breakfast too. Look a
t all this food for the 4 of us and our kids did not choose anything off the cooked to order, they just pulled from the buffet. I had a vegetable omlet and Ryan had to eggs over easy with toast and bacon.
We got up at 4am to get ready and be at the airport by 5:15 for our 6:15 flight. Since my husband used to travel a lot we have a board room pass. So we just ate breakfast at the board room once we were at the aiport. They have a great seclection of pastries, yogurt, juices, teas and coffees. We landed in San Jose at 8:00. 
We went and picked up our rental car and drove towards Great America and stopped by a Starbucks and got some drinks and snacks. The kids each got a Jamba Juice. We also took the time to pack some of the snacks that we had brought with us and put them in little baggies. NEXT TIME we would stop and eat a good breakfast at a restaurant so we had good energy and good food on our stomachs. It affects you when you ride roller coasters if you haven't eaten well. We got to the park right at 9:30, bought our Platium Pass tickets and waited patiently for the park to open.
I am almost finished finalizing the details for our Cedar Point trip that we are taking in August. I spent the day on the web checking out motels, rates, certain rooms and most importantly rental car hours.
Don't be cheap, drink lots of water.
Even though you are on a budget be wise about what you are willing to spend money on. We bought a Souvenir Drink Cup one year. You pay $5 for it then every refill is just .99. We did that a few times, but we don’t drink much pop, so we just filled ours with water. But let’s be honest, after a while when you are carrying nothing but a Souvenir cup, it gets to be a pain to have even a cup to keep up with. So we have decided that we are willing to pay the $3 for a bottle of water and we drink them all day long. At times if we see a fountain we will fill up. We move quickly and we want to stay hydrated because that can affect your trip if you do get sick from dehydration.
Be willing to eat in the Roller Coaster Park. Many are getting healthy options, which I think is great. the healthy options are not only better for you, but have you ever been on a roller coaster after eating french fries and fried chicken strips??? Seriously, choose the salad.
