Eggs and good bacon for breakfast: mmmm.
Went for a brief run in what is a CCC park. Wonder how the locals feel about their park, the federal govt that built it, and taxation to maintain it. Incidentally, the MO state park online presence is excellent in function and design.
Six Flags
Six Flags St Louis was fun. We discovered that Mitch loves the whirly-toss-your-cookies rides, while I prefer the roller coasters. Mitch was REALLY jazzed for his first grown-up roller coaster, until he actually went on one. It was a bit more intense than he was expecting. Fun though.
His highlight, apart from supreme whirly-toss-your-cookies ride (the Excalibur -- imagine a 150 foot tower that spins you upside down) was the Tidal Wave. Both the riding part and the getting splashed part.
Riding:
We also discovered that Six Flags' strategy to leave bankruptcy behind is to try and trap as much consumer surplus as humanly possible: they are SHAMELESS about upselling pretty much everything. Getting off rides forces you through gift shops. You're asked to upgrade your ticket about every other moment. You pay to get in the park, and then you pay more to ride premium rides. This on top of a $50/head entrance fee. In sum: fun was had, don't recommend it.
There is a water park attached to Six Flags, and we would have used it -- but they don't tell you that, unlike the rest of the park which closes at 10, the waterpark closes at 6. Very very disappointed Mitchell.
Consolation prize for Mitch: movie night in the tent.
2 comments:
That slash thing looks really intense - Mitch, did it knock any teeth loose??
Nope. I think he would have gone on it several more times if he'd had buddies along. I watched the whole thing b/c I had no place to put my phone.
Post a Comment