I got tickets on the end of a first row in the second level. This meant the boys would be able to stand at the railing to see and nothing would be blocking their views.
A few days before the show we went to Lowe's and got the boys headphones and a 4-pack of the disposable earplugs since we knew the show would be loud. The boys were obsessed with the headphones and wore them constantly at home until the show.
When the trucks first came out, all of them have their engines on and do a couple of loops around the arena. Carter very calmly told me he had to leave and that he needed a minute outside (his words). He just kept repeating that so I took him up the stairs and out to the hallways. He was NOT loving the noise. He starting freaking out a little and telling me he wanted to go home. At this point the boys were only wearing the headphones because I couldn't easily convince them that they wanted to wear earplugs. I knew the earplugs would dampen the noise a lot but when I asked Carter to try them, he covered his ears with his hands and there was no way for me to pry them off (he's strong!). Luckily Carter had two friends going to the show the next night and I told him that they were going to wear the earplugs. He finally said he'd try them. And then laughed as they expanded in his ears and thought it was cool. I put the headphones back on him too and he was ready to go back in. Thank goodness we brought along both things! Rylan, on the other hand, didn't seem to notice the noise at all.
The kids had fun watching the show but because it was in Bridgestone, there wasn't a lot of space so it seemed like the show was really slow. It wasn't really as exciting as I think we all anticipated, but we still all had fun.
The boys favorite part may have been the dinosaur that "ate" a car.
The show started at 7:30 pm and didn't finish until 10 pm. Amazingly the boys stayed awake and were into the show the entire time. They did pass out pretty quickly in the car though!
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