By Amanda Meade

Scene/Mix Editor

While the price of gas might be ruining most of our summers, we cannot let it ruin having a good time. Michigan’s Adventure, located in Muskegon, might be a 200-mile trip from Oakland University, but the time you’ll have there will be completely worth it.

The park is split into two parks, altogether holding over 50 rides. Guests get two theme parks for only $25.

If you are planning on going, here is a suggested itinerary for a day to spend at the park.

Arrive at 11 a.m. Hop into your swimsuit, and head over to WildWater Adventure, the water park.

11:30 a.m. – Boogie Beach

The most intense of the three wave pools, Boogie Beach will knock park guests around with aggressive waves and a water depth of 7 feet.

12 p.m. – Funnel of Fear

Keep the intensity strong with this ride, where groups of up to four riders travel down an enclosed tube and are pushed into a giant funnel, colored bright pink and yellow.

12:30 p.m. – Lazy River

Take a break from the craziness with this relaxing ride. Park guests can float on tubes around a portion of the waterpark.

1:15 p.m. – Grand Rapids

Nine passengers can fit into a raft and be sent through a series of rapids and waterfalls, leaving all of the riders drenched by the end.

1:45 p.m. – Snakepit

Kick up the adrenaline again with this ride, where you choose between three dark, enclosed tube slides to shoot down.

2:15 p.m. – Logger’s Run

Finish off your time in the water park side of Michigan’s Adventure with this ride, where you are shot through a chute in a hollowed log and the ride ends with a splash.

Head over to the other side of the park, where there are many rides for thrill seekers to choose from. When you’re there, stop for lunch at one of the park’s many vendors.

3 p.m. – Flying Trapeze

Start off slow and swing on free-hanging swings from an elevated, turning, slanted tower.

3:30 p.m. – Mad Mouse

Here, participants sit in a colorful mouse and race in all directions.

4 p.m. – RipCord

On this ride you’ll be put in a harness with two other people and lifted 183 feet, then released and swung in all directions.

4:45 p.m.- Shivering Timbers

Be prepared to be sent for a thrill with this ride. This wooden coaster contains over a mile of hills and drops of 125, 105 and 95 feet, with speeds of at least 65 mph.

5:15 p.m. – Wolverine Wildcat

Continue with the park’s original wooden roller coaster. Riders are dropped from 85 feet into a series of hills.

6 p.m. – Thunderhawk

Finish off your day with the park’s new addition for 2008, which is the first and only suspended roller coaster in Michigan. The coaster begins with a 86-foot drop and goes through five inversions at 50 mph.

For park hours and info visit www.miadventure.com.