Posted by Samurai i haven't been to the Sucky Escape since 1998 or so... what is it now? $49 to get in, $4 for a bottle of soda... they can lick the sweat off my ballsack. Stand in line for an hour for a 30 second ride... |
Posted by Shael That's why when we go we pick the days that aren't usually very busy and try to find discounts, which we did. Yesterday only ran about 150 dollars for the four of us for admission, drinks and food. I bought everything over the last two weeks before we left home and turned in vouchers all day. So no big expenditures but gas to get there and a couple of tee shirts I bought for Ben and even that only cost me about 40 dollars, 10 each for the shirts and 20 for gas. Labor Day weekend has always been one of the not very busy times. Even yesterday wasn't really that busy. No wait times for anything. You just have to know when to go and when not to. Stay away from July, that's the worst. Middle to the end of August is usually pretty good and Labor Day weekend is always best because the tourists are starting to go home. It just wasn't like it used to be. Certain places in the park have nothing in them anymore. Other places were torn down. Like the petting zoo. I was looking forward to taking Ben there. Since they always had lots of little animals and baby animals. That's gone. Ghost Town really is a ghost town, not much up there but the roller coasters and the Condor ride anymore. Everything is down below. Even the Magical Mystery Ride is gone, that really made me sick. The building is now a storage shed and the ride that was inside they moved outdoors. I guess you can't stand in the way of progress, but so many good things are gone now. |
Posted by Samurai your best bet might've been Santa's Workshop. |
Posted by Shael We did that already this summer. I just felt bad seeing everything gone, that's all. |
Posted by Samurai ah. gotcha. |
Posted by Shael Yeah, it was always a place I wanted to take my kids, that's why I took Ben. I was just hoping a little of the magic that was there when I was a kid was still there. There's still some there, but it's not like it used to be. I figured the names and characters would change, which they have, but that some of the things in the park would stay the same. It's just that in the name of progress, they've taken a lot of the heart and soul out of the place. |
Posted by Samurai you hung around me too long... you're turning into a romantic cynic. nothing stays the same and sometimes it's best to not fuck with the memories. Somehow the current dilutes the strength and sweetness of the past. |
Posted by Samurai you hung around me too long... you're turning into a romantic cynic. nothing stays the same and sometimes it's best to not fuck with the memories. Somehow the current dilutes the strength and sweetness of the past. |
Posted by splumer That was one thing that I really loved about having kids; you're able to re-live all those times vicariously through them. And now that my kids are older (18 and soon-to-be 13), taking them exploring helps me re-experience the wonder of youth. |
Posted by jeepdave Or its abandoned now. |
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