{"id":316,"date":"2008-10-08T16:25:05","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T21:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/08\/coaster-weekend\/"},"modified":"2008-10-08T16:25:05","modified_gmt":"2008-10-08T21:25:05","slug":"coaster-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2008\/coaster-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaster Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea and I are coaster-lovers, and we&#8217;ve got two brand-new recruits, Wren and Reiley!  These girls rode EVERY COASTER that Busch Gardens Europe in Williamsburg, VA could throw at them!  Each of their top 5 coasters is boss enough to have a mascot.  Wren was tall enough to ride three of them, and she did!  The Loch Ness Monster, The Big Bad Wolf, and Apollo&#8217;s Chariot all surpassed our expectations and had us wetting our pants.  In addition, Reiley showed nerves of steel tackling the Griffin with Andrea and me &#8211; it&#8217;s rated as one of the top 5 in the US, with a 4g 205-ft STRAIGHT DROP.  We have one left to hit when we return, the Alpengiest.  WE ARE READY.  :><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea and I are coaster-lovers, and we&#8217;ve got two brand-new recruits, Wren and Reiley! These girls rode EVERY COASTER that Busch Gardens Europe in Williamsburg, VA could throw at them! Each of their top 5 coasters is boss enough to have a mascot. Wren was tall enough to ride three of them, and she did! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2008\/coaster-weekend\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coaster Weekend<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-my-rowdy-friends","category-daily-life"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-56","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2004\/time-flies\/","url_meta":{"origin":316,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;Let me explain. 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