Too Bad About The Circus
We had a fantastic time at Adventureland today, utterly and completely wearing everyone out. It was great, but there was the ugly incident of taking Bek and Emmett on the water ride that spun wildly (neither Bek nor Emmett liked it), and the perhaps even uglier incicent of my taking Max on the "Outlaw" rollercoaster (it was "too much", he "didn't like it", then he "kind of liked it" but it sure didn't look like it), but otherwise it was pretty sublime.
No theme-park mentality at all at this independently owned theme park (ride again if no one waiting, for instance, even change seats without leaving and coming back, if no one waiting for the seat). Short lines. Lots of kids rides that the boys liked. A real skyride that actually takes you to the other side of the park (rare these days - at best you get an out and back ride nowadays.) A fun magic show that the boys liked. The park was also pretty. I even got to ride the 3 coasters that were open (one was not, but it was the looping metal coaster so I didn't mind too much) and I was able to ride both of the big wooden coasters multiple times (the Outlaw twice and the Tornado three times.) I also rode the flume 3 times and Max rode it 4 times (once with Bek). Yes, Max! A real flume! It was a good flume too - faster running water than other flumes I've ridden and a fun big hill. Max liked it, then loved it and wanted to ride it again. At the end of the day we got to go around twice without stopping because no one was waiting. Rides 3 and 4 for Max.
Well, there was the circus. They have a circus at this park, and seeing it reinforced a feeling I've always had about circuses, but which I had mysteriously forgotten or ignored: I hate them. I'll just say that it started off on the wrong foot with an opening act involving a pretend old couple performing "hilarious" stunts on a pair of horses, the hilarity deriving from the two accidentally and intentionally pretend hurting each other, especially the pretend old man pretend hurting the pretend old woman. Then the usual array of deriving-pleasure-from-apparent-and-to-some-degree-real-risk-taking-acts in front of young children (think Siegfried & Roy). It was also painfully loud. The circus ended with a huge American flag and a rousing patriotic song. That part was pretty funny.
No theme-park mentality at all at this independently owned theme park (ride again if no one waiting, for instance, even change seats without leaving and coming back, if no one waiting for the seat). Short lines. Lots of kids rides that the boys liked. A real skyride that actually takes you to the other side of the park (rare these days - at best you get an out and back ride nowadays.) A fun magic show that the boys liked. The park was also pretty. I even got to ride the 3 coasters that were open (one was not, but it was the looping metal coaster so I didn't mind too much) and I was able to ride both of the big wooden coasters multiple times (the Outlaw twice and the Tornado three times.) I also rode the flume 3 times and Max rode it 4 times (once with Bek). Yes, Max! A real flume! It was a good flume too - faster running water than other flumes I've ridden and a fun big hill. Max liked it, then loved it and wanted to ride it again. At the end of the day we got to go around twice without stopping because no one was waiting. Rides 3 and 4 for Max.
Well, there was the circus. They have a circus at this park, and seeing it reinforced a feeling I've always had about circuses, but which I had mysteriously forgotten or ignored: I hate them. I'll just say that it started off on the wrong foot with an opening act involving a pretend old couple performing "hilarious" stunts on a pair of horses, the hilarity deriving from the two accidentally and intentionally pretend hurting each other, especially the pretend old man pretend hurting the pretend old woman. Then the usual array of deriving-pleasure-from-apparent-and-to-some-degree-real-risk-taking-acts in front of young children (think Siegfried & Roy). It was also painfully loud. The circus ended with a huge American flag and a rousing patriotic song. That part was pretty funny.
posted by public_sjj at 2:37:00 AM
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To my knowledge I still hold the record for riding the Tornado 31 consecutive times without getting off.
In case you were wondering who held that record.
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