Freeze Fest
The Great Escape... I used to go quite a bit when I was little. It's only a little over an hour away from my house, after all. But, the price of admission has increased rapidly over the past twelve years or so -- pretty much since Six Flags acquired it. I vaguely remember admission being twenty dollars -- what I consider to be a fair price even now. I don't think it's worth forty plus dollars per person with a ten dollar parking fee.
But, if you win tickets, you go. Stephanie and I won tickets. We used them on Saturday. It was cold, very cold; but, it wasn't crowded. In October, Great Escape is only open on weekends and the park is decorated with Halloween-esque stuff. They call it "Fright Fest."
I have been to the Great Escape often enough to not need to ride any of the rides ever again. They are old, the rides. And quite harsh. We started with the Comet (a long wooden roller coaster -- I think it came from Coney Island...). As we were jerked around each turn, I felt vertebrae in my neck snapping out of alignment. Most of the other rides garnered similar results. I think Great Escape just wants to beat up their patrons or something. Or maybe I am just spoiled from the newer and smoother rides at Universal Studios -- my favorite place in the whole world -- which we attended last May.
I did enjoy the Pirate Ship, which is the ride that swings back and forth like a pendulum and when you reach the top of its trajectory you become weightless for a couple of seconds. I had a blast lifting my feet up and letting go of the bar to just float. Stephanie wasn't happy with me doing this.
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I think this is awesome... in the sense that awesome = disturbingly hilarious.
But, if you win tickets, you go. Stephanie and I won tickets. We used them on Saturday. It was cold, very cold; but, it wasn't crowded. In October, Great Escape is only open on weekends and the park is decorated with Halloween-esque stuff. They call it "Fright Fest."
I have been to the Great Escape often enough to not need to ride any of the rides ever again. They are old, the rides. And quite harsh. We started with the Comet (a long wooden roller coaster -- I think it came from Coney Island...). As we were jerked around each turn, I felt vertebrae in my neck snapping out of alignment. Most of the other rides garnered similar results. I think Great Escape just wants to beat up their patrons or something. Or maybe I am just spoiled from the newer and smoother rides at Universal Studios -- my favorite place in the whole world -- which we attended last May.
I did enjoy the Pirate Ship, which is the ride that swings back and forth like a pendulum and when you reach the top of its trajectory you become weightless for a couple of seconds. I had a blast lifting my feet up and letting go of the bar to just float. Stephanie wasn't happy with me doing this.
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I think this is awesome... in the sense that awesome = disturbingly hilarious.