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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