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weekoldhotdog
06/28/21 11:38:29 PM
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Picture this: 5 billion people in a theme park. Vending Machines of fresh water sold out within an hour of the park's opening. 109 degree heat, zero shade and when you ask for a cold refill of water for your overly expensive free refill water bottle (which you wait nearly an hour for in a line at a time) it TASTES LIKE FUCKING SALTY SELTZER. Never mind that I have to pay for this trip for a fucking year, but the fact that we, as a family could only ride TWO FUCKING ROLLER COASTERS before we ultimately left our SEASON PASSES and went back to our hotel room for the weekend to not die of heat stroke.

Sounds like whining? Maybe we have ourselves a case of buyer's remorse? Here's the rub: The park hasn't made any money for over a year so they re-evaluated their park to fleece as much money from people as possible. Never mind the $15 beers, anyone who's ever seen a live show knows things on the inside of a "paid experience" can be expensive....but on THIS particular weekend, the heat on the west coast reached a possible all time high. In fact, Santa Clarita was on FIRE before I took off for a 17 hour drive back to Oregon about 12 hours before my hotel room was even forfeit...that's right, I called the vacation early and said "Fuck this state, I'm going home".

5 billion people in a park with 1 hour lines to EVERY refill station, EVERY bathroom, EVERY place you could possibly go to reprieve yourself. People paid to ride rides and almost everyone was standing in the shade and waiting to DIE. This was NOT the happiest place on the planet---in fact it was FAR FROM IT.

The website does NOT indicate any kind of these conditions, in fact they expect you to pay outrageous prices to find out for yourself.

So learn from this idiot that found out for himself and dragged his entire family and wasted $3000 in the process.....

Do yourself a favor and stay home, in the air conditioning and the comfort of your favorite things. Don't forgo all of that to come to Magic Mountain in California.

Unless it's December, this place is one of the worst locations y ou can spend your money on.

What use is having the MOST ROLLER COASTERS IN ANY THEME PARK IN AMERICA if you CAN'T ride them BECAUSE IT'S TOO FUCKING HOT.

And before you say "DO BETTER PLANNING NEXT TIME"

Let me tell you, we PLANNED. We brought cool wet rags (I would have died without these). They cool when you wet them and you fan them out to re-cool them. I also had gator hat on with the same cooling technology. We ALL had one of these, plus infinite refills (that we couldn't get because the lines were HORRID). We did pretty much -everything- we could to enjoy yourselves but stay safe and ultimately THE ONLY WAY WE COULD HAVE BEEN OKAY was to leave the park at 5 p.m. because the heat wouldln't subside for another 3 more hours. In which case----the park would have only been open for about 2 hours. It takes about 1 hour to get through any line, sometimes 2, so basically if you WAITED UNTIL DARK, YOU GET ONE RIDE AND THEN IT'S ALL OVER BECAUSE THE PARK IS CLOSED.

FUCK WHAT THE REVIEWS SAY. LA is HOT AS FUCK all year round and the only time worthy of going to this place is the same time everybody else on the planet wants to visit (Winter). So lines out the ass no matter what.

NEVER, EVER, go in the summer. This was one of the WORST THINGS I have EVER done in the name of FUN for me or my FAMILY.

This is just a PSA, a rant, and a chance to fume about how you see things on the internet, think you know what you're doing, only to be bait and switched by God because he loves to see you suffer. Fuck that guy and fuck 6 Flags Magic Mountain in LA, California.

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Bananana
06/28/21 11:39:31 PM
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you know, tc, this reminds me of something that happened to me on vacation a few years back.

Picture this: 5 billion people in a theme park. Vending Machines of fresh water sold out within an hour of the park's opening. 109 degree heat, zero shade and when you ask for a cold refill of water for your overly expensive free refill water bottle (which you wait nearly an hour for in a line at a time) it TASTES LIKE FUCKING SALTY SELTZER. Never mind that I have to pay for this trip for a fucking year, but the fact that we, as a family could only ride TWO FUCKING ROLLER COASTERS before we ultimately left our SEASON PASSES and went back to our hotel room for the weekend to not die of heat stroke.

Sounds like whining? Maybe we have ourselves a case of buyer's remorse? Here's the rub: The park hasn't made any money for over a year so they re-evaluated their park to fleece as much money from people as possible. Never mind the $15 beers, anyone who's ever seen a live show knows things on the inside of a "paid experience" can be expensive....but on THIS particular weekend, the heat on the west coast reached a possible all time high. In fact, Santa Clarita was on FIRE before I took off for a 17 hour drive back to Oregon about 12 hours before my hotel room was even forfeit...that's right, I called the vacation early and said "Fuck this state, I'm going home".

5 billion people in a park with 1 hour lines to EVERY refill station, EVERY bathroom, EVERY place you could possibly go to reprieve yourself. People paid to ride rides and almost everyone was standing in the shade and waiting to DIE. This was NOT the happiest place on the planet---in fact it was FAR FROM IT.

The website does NOT indicate any kind of these conditions, in fact they expect you to pay outrageous prices to find out for yourself.

So learn from this idiot that found out for himself and dragged his entire family and wasted $3000 in the process.....

Do yourself a favor and stay home, in the air conditioning and the comfort of your favorite things. Don't forgo all of that to come to Magic Mountain in California.

Unless it's December, this place is one of the worst locations y ou can spend your money on.

What use is having the MOST ROLLER COASTERS IN ANY THEME PARK IN AMERICA if you CAN'T ride them BECAUSE IT'S TOO FUCKING HOT.

And before you say "DO BETTER PLANNING NEXT TIME"

Let me tell you, we PLANNED. We brought cool wet rags (I would have died without these). They cool when you wet them and you fan them out to re-cool them. I also had gator hat on with the same cooling technology. We ALL had one of these, plus infinite refills (that we couldn't get because the lines were HORRID). We did pretty much -everything- we could to enjoy yourselves but stay safe and ultimately THE ONLY WAY WE COULD HAVE BEEN OKAY was to leave the park at 5 p.m. because the heat wouldln't subside for another 3 more hours. In which case----the park would have only been open for about 2 hours. It takes about 1 hour to get through any line, sometimes 2, so basically if you WAITED UNTIL DARK, YOU GET ONE RIDE AND THEN IT'S ALL OVER BECAUSE THE PARK IS CLOSED.

FUCK WHAT THE REVIEWS SAY. LA is HOT AS FUCK all year round and the only time worthy of going to this place is the same time everybody else on the planet wants to visit (Winter). So lines out the ass no matter what.

NEVER, EVER, go in the summer. This was one of the WORST THINGS I have EVER done in the name of FUN for me or my FAMILY.

This is just a PSA, a rant, and a chance to fume about how you see things on the internet, think you know what you're doing, only to be bait and switched by God because he loves to see you suffer. Fuck that guy and fuck 6 Flags Magic Mountain in LA, California.

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XxKrazyChaosxX
06/28/21 11:39:55 PM
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They know. That's why they are moving away.

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TetsuoS2
06/28/21 11:40:20 PM
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Reminder that summer or anything near it is the worst season.

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littlebro07
06/28/21 11:41:55 PM
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Going to theme parks in summer? Amateur move

November through February. Perfect weather, low attendance. All the same shit only youll actually get to experience it.

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weekoldhotdog
06/28/21 11:42:30 PM
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littlebro07 posted...
Going to theme parks in summer? Amateur move

November through February. Perfect weather, low attendance.

Forgive me for being locked up for 14 months because of covid and wanting to take a vacation. I guess I should have just died in a theme park

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weekoldhotdog
06/28/21 11:45:18 PM
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Spooking posted...
Six Flags still have a bunch of gangbangers wondering about?

All I saw were people dying from heat. Gang bangers can't afford to go to a theme park and die from heat stroke like wealthy people can.

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kingdrake2
06/28/21 11:46:20 PM
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littlebro07 posted...
Mid-October through February.


one minor change.
the temps ease up around that time to be bearable.
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PatrickMahomes
06/28/21 11:48:14 PM
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i feel like neither of these things is news

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Itachi157
06/28/21 11:53:16 PM
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Yeah, I've lived in SoCal all my life and if I can help it I pretty much don't go outside at all during the day in the summer except to commute to work.

I don't remember it ever being this bad as a kid though. We definitely played outside etc in the summer. Either we didn't have the killer heat back then or you just tolerate it better when you're younger.
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mybbqrules
06/29/21 12:01:59 AM
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TC: "Why are lines so ridiculously long at a theme park that has recently reopened after a year long pandemic that left people frothing at the mouth for some semblance of normality and social interaction!? But nevermind that, I am slightly more personally inconvenienced than I normally would be at a theme park, and that's just unacceptable!"

Get over yourself. 600k people died last year, you weren't one of them. Count your fucking blessings that you still have a family to vacation with.

And yeah, summers here are getting hotter. But half our elected officials think climate change is a hoax, so hands tied.

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marthsheretoo
06/29/21 12:04:52 AM
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California water tastes drastically different depending on where you are.

It's delicious on the peninsula but just a little south, like, San Jose, and it suddenly tastes like ass.

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weekoldhotdog
06/29/21 12:11:09 AM
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mybbqrules posted...
TC: "Why are lines so ridiculously long at a theme park that has recently reopened after a year long pandemic that left people frothing at the mouth for some semblance of normality and social interaction!? But nevermind that, I am slightly more personally inconvenienced than I normally would be at a theme park, and that's just unacceptable!"

Get over yourself. 600k people died last year, you weren't one of them. Count your fucking blessings that you still have a family to vacation with.

And yeah, summers here are getting hotter. But half our elected officials think climate change is a hoax, so hands tied.

lmfao go back to your cave

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PC_Genjin
06/29/21 12:11:55 AM
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90% chance OP's a copypasta but just in the event that it isn't: Not reading that!
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weekoldhotdog
06/29/21 12:12:53 AM
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PC_Genjin posted...
90% chance OP's a copypasta but just in the event that it isn't: Not reading that!

100% chance the above poster's parents had trouble holding things when he was young.

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theAteam
06/29/21 12:15:03 AM
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That sucks. I went to Disneyland this weekend and it was awesome. No restrictions but they still have some capacity limits so the lines were like 30 minutes at worst. The star wars area was super sweet too. Expensive af tho...

It did get really hot but that was solved by splash mountain

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Axiom
06/29/21 12:15:36 AM
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I don't really have any sympathy for people that are going to already known to be overcrowded places right when everything claims to be "safe and open" for everyone that has been staying home meaning even more people are going to be there than ever before

Basically you make a dumb choice and you live with it
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weekoldhotdog
06/29/21 12:16:48 AM
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Axiom posted...
I don't really have any sympathy for people that are going to already known to be overcrowded places right when everything claims to be "safe and open" for everyone that has been staying home meaning even more people are going to be there than ever before

Basically you make a dumb choice and you live with it

Nobody wants your fucking sympathy.

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DrizztLink
06/29/21 12:18:09 AM
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weekoldhotdog posted...
100% chance the above poster's parents had trouble holding things when he was young.
Says the guy who is flabbergasted and upset that California is hot and crowded.

For future reference, Antarctica is cold.

Since you don't seem to understand climates.


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weekoldhotdog
06/29/21 12:19:31 AM
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DrizztLink posted...
Says the guy who is flabbergasted and upset that California is hot and crowded.

For future reference, Antarctica is cold.

Since you don't seem to understand climates.

Same goes for the guy that reads RA Salvatore novels like a bible and plays Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance thinking it's a good game even though it's absolute fucking garbage just like your opinion is.

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Old NoiseTank
06/29/21 12:20:25 AM
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yeah santa clarita sucks, thanks for reminding every californian.

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yunalenne10
06/29/21 12:20:46 AM
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I buy bottled water and never go to any amusement parks.

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DrizztLink
06/29/21 12:20:55 AM
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weekoldhotdog posted...
Same goes for the guy that reads RA Salvatore novels like a bible and plays Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance thinking it's a good game even though it's absolute fucking garbage just like your opinion is.
Oh man, you spent middle school learning insults instead of how climates work.

That explains it, but you think you'd be better at it with all that focus.

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teep_
06/29/21 12:21:11 AM
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TC sounds kinda butthurt
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weekoldhotdog
06/29/21 12:21:14 AM
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Old NoiseTank posted...
yeah santa clarita sucks, thanks for reminding every californian.

Just doing my job as an Oregonian by letting California know where it fucking belongs on the national rung of states.

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weekoldhotdog
06/29/21 12:22:01 AM
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DrizztLink posted...
Oh man, you spent middle school learning insults instead of how climates work.

That explains it, but you think you'd be better at it with all that focus.

Oh man, you spent your entire life reading terrible fan-fiction and think you can judge other people's experiences based off the lack of your own! Genius!

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DrizztLink
06/29/21 12:23:09 AM
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weekoldhotdog posted...
Oh man, you spent your entire life reading terrible fan-fiction and think you can judge other people's experiences based off the lack of your own! Genius!
Did you know Florida is ALSO unpleasant in June?

Just letting you know for your next big vacation, thank me later.

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weekoldhotdog
06/29/21 12:23:53 AM
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DrizztLink posted...
Did you know Florida is ALSO unpleasant in June?

Just letting you know for your next big vacation, thank me later.

Did you know your face is unpleasant to look at for the majority of your natural life? FYI: Make Up can help you change that. Thank me later.

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DrizztLink
06/29/21 12:25:49 AM
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weekoldhotdog posted...
Did you know your face is unpleasant to look at for the majority of your natural life? FYI: Make Up can help you change that. Thank me later.
You seem a little hot under the collar.

No need to get so heated, take some time to chill.

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BaphometFlux
06/29/21 12:25:50 AM
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Lol all the insults in this topic are lame as fuck :D

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weekoldhotdog
06/29/21 12:26:35 AM
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DrizztLink posted...
You seem a little hot under the collar.

No need to get so heated, take some time to chill.

lmfao, if you think insulting you means I'm angry, you might want to stick to giving advice. Your ability to read people is as bad as the fan-fiction you read for sport.

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littlebro07
06/29/21 12:27:00 AM
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kingdrake2 posted...
one minor change.
the temps ease up around that time to be bearable.

isnt mid-October still the end of hurricane season though

idk if Cali gets hit by them often but Florida sure as hell does

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littlebro07
06/29/21 12:28:44 AM
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Itachi157 posted...
Yeah, I've lived in SoCal all my life and if I can help it I pretty much don't go outside at all during the day in the summer except to commute to work.

I don't remember it ever being this bad as a kid though. We definitely played outside etc in the summer. Either we didn't have the killer heat back then or you just tolerate it better when you're younger.

Its because were all taller now so were closer to the sun


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SaquonDaGod
06/29/21 12:28:51 AM
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TC thinks $3,000 is a lot of money.
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Guerrilla Soldier
06/29/21 12:30:20 AM
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water up here in norcal is actually pretty delicious

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weekoldhotdog
06/29/21 12:30:20 AM
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SaquonDaGod posted...
TC thinks $3,000 is a lot of money.

Most of the people here can't afford a new graphics card but you think $3000 isn't much?

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weekoldhotdog
06/29/21 12:31:26 AM
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BaphometFlux posted...
Lol all the insults in this topic are lame as fuck :D

Sorry, with the way the ToU binds my lips and fingers, there is only so much I can get away with

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BaphometFlux
06/29/21 12:32:19 AM
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weekoldhotdog posted...
Sorry, with the way the ToU binds my lips and fingers, there is only so much I can get away with

fair enough

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Dat_Cracka_Jax
06/29/21 12:42:12 AM
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I was laughing during much of your post TC. Then toward the end I did get sad for you. Sorry that you had a miserable time. I hope that wasn't the only thing you did on your vacation and you enjoyed the rest of it.

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CommonStar
06/29/21 12:42:26 AM
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I don't know what you expected. Theme parks in the summer time during normal circumstances are a nightmare. Going right after the state re-opened. Going during fire season. Going during a massive drought. Bud, this is on you. You even saw how miserable it was during your first hour, but decided to stay anyway lol.

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Naysaspace
06/29/21 12:44:22 AM
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Cali's water comes from Canada
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06/29/21 12:46:16 AM
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TetsuoS2
06/29/21 12:46:27 AM
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what the fuck happened here

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Shotgunnova
06/29/21 12:47:08 AM
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Sucks to hear your vacation was banjaxed. Did you do anything fun on the way home or anything?

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weekoldhotdog
06/29/21 12:58:37 AM
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Shotgunnova posted...
Sucks to hear your vacation was banjaxed. Did you do anything fun on the way home or anything?

We tried to enjoy the drive home (we bonded over the weekend watching Gumball on Cartoon Network rather than frying outside) but at this point, we were so concerned about the heat going into monday, the fire (that stopped I-5 pretty much for a full day outside San Clarita) pretty much had us running home (we left at 5 p.m. to avoid the heat, spent 3 hours moving 40 miles as we inched past the fire) (going to try to post some pics of the so called "lava fire" (it was sooo cool to watch, turned the top halves of huge hills black and while the under side was unscarred....like easter egg hills kinda) and the planes dive bombing and dropping fire retardant over the flames (it was like they were dropping missiles over LA county).

The kids slept through the night and we actually won back some of our money at a casino at 4 in the morning just as we were getting back to Oregon.

So...I guess no, not really. But we have season passes...so the plan might be to re-try around November before the christmas holidays pulls people back to the theme parks.

tbh, this was the first time I took my kids on a real vacation so I really, REALLY wanted this to be special for them. Sad thing is that just like everything else in life, I fucked that up, too.

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BloodMoon7
06/29/21 1:01:29 AM
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Oh hey, I live in California. Lemme just pop in...

Sounds like you got your money's worth TC. This is it, this is the experience. You didn't get heat stroke though, they should've offered you a complimentary heat stroke. Ask for a refund.

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gatorsPENSbucs
06/29/21 1:02:14 AM
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weekoldhotdog posted...
tbh, this was the first time I took my kids on a real vacation so I really, REALLY wanted this to be special for them. Sad thing is that just like everything else in life, I fucked that up, too.
Years from now they wont remember all that bad stuff and will just remember going on vacation with their parents and theyll love that.

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DrizztLink
06/29/21 1:02:46 AM
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weekoldhotdog posted...
tbh, this was the first time I took my kids on a real vacation so I really, REALLY wanted this to be special for them. Sad thing is that just like everything else in life, I fucked that up, too.
Alright.

I apologize, I can see why you'd be irritated.

I'm sorry for being a jackass.

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