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Elitch Gardens
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Category: Amusement Parks [Edit]
Neighborhoods: Northwest, Auraria, Lodo2000 Elitches Cir
Denver, CO 80204
(303) 534-4644
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
27 reviews for Elitch Gardens
I bought a season pass because it's pretty much the same price as a one-time ticket... and I don't have to worry about whether or whether not a ride is working... I can come back anytime. That, my friends, is the secret of Elitch Gardens. I have a couple "theories" about amusement parks:
1. Parents have amusement park anxiety: "We paid $35 a ticket, damnit, we're going on every ride... even if it takes us all day."
Solution: Please don't do this. Everytime I'm there, I see you let this ruin your day.
2. Ghetto kids think they own amusement parks.
Solution: Stand your ground.
3. The food will always be horrible at an amusement park.
Solution: Don't eat it. Eat a healthy breakfast and a horribly filling dinner when done.
This does not change the fact that Elitch Gardens has crappy hours and employees that leave much to be desired. I hope the park owners realize that their park is failing because it does not feel like a magical place... hmm hmm... with bad food of course.
I have no basis for comparison when it comes to hurl parks. I mean theme parks. I went to a Six Flag (I think) a long time ago... like in 7th grade as part of a choir trip, and was in the group of quesies because none of us could do anything besides the water rides since we got sick at any little thing.
This time, I had The Dude pulling me through the park to get to THE MIND ERASER (sounds ominous, no?), giving me no time to think about the decision until I was being pulled up, up and away in the very first set of seats (love you too, honeybee). That being said, I didn't get pukey sick because I somehow managed to hone my "shut eyes as tight as possible and grip onto seat and push self back into seat to move the least amount possible until ride is over" skills. I feel I did pretty well.
We also did the Half-Pipe ride. The ride you look at from the ground and say, "That doesn't look too bad..." Then you're perched as far as you can go to one side, looking straight down, and you say, "OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD". Or, that's what you say if you're me. Between my own speaking in tongues of "oh god", the kid in the set of seats on the other side yelled, "You can open your eyes!" Don't worry, punk. I'll open them after the ride to find you and kick your fearless 13-year old ass, kay?
Next up was the Twister II. Or, as other might know it, the old-ass-totally-terrifying wooden roller coaster. Terrifying not because of it's corkscrews or loop-de-loops, but terrifying because as we were marching through the maze to get to the loading zone, I watched some of the wooden beams shake and tremble from the force of the carts going overhead. Oh god...
So once that was over, we did some little kid type ride. Not scary at all, but that was the one that did me in. "I think I need a break," I said. So we sat down and people watched for about 10 minutes.
Eventually we rode the Ferris Wheel and that was probably the biggest disappointment (and oddly enough the longest line we waited in). For some reason, they were only putting people in every other two vessels. Fill two, skip two. Fill two, skip two. I thought the line might go a lot faster if they filled the damn thing up like it's meant to be filled up, but hey, maybe ol' Bessy can't handle the weight anymore, so it's safer for us all if The Dude and I get paired up with the weird guy lovingly guarding his backpack and talking to himself the whole time we were on the ride. Is it really too much to ask to want to have some kissy-face time in a Ferris Wheel IN PRIVATE?
After paying like $5 for a corn dog (for The Dude) and $856.31 for a four gram of China White... I mean handful of fresh-cut french fries for me, we sat in the Food Court log cabin-thing and thought about water. However, after spending a family-of-four's monthly food budget on just two food items, I wasn't about to pay $3.30 for a bottle of water (and that's not an exaggeration this time), nor was I going to spend $5 on three shots of Plinko. I mean, I know it's an Amusement Park, but it's really only amusing that there are people who actually drop money on that crap. Ha ha. ha.
Towards the end of our day (only spent a half-day there), we decided to do the couple of water rides they offer. Better to get soaked when you're leaving than to walk all around the park with squishy sneakers (ew). First we did the white water rafting... thing. It was fun. I thought I was going to make it out alive with minimal splashing, 'til the very end when they have two fire hoses placed horizontally along the ride path and it's all over. After that we did that water-log thing.
Everything ride is some sort of semi-descript THING it seems...
Anyway, we were already soaked so it made no difference. Because there was no one else immediately after us in line, we were able to exit the ride without getting caught in the line of fire (or rather, the giant wave of water) from the proceeding log splashing down. It was only after I saw the shiny brown frothy film atop the water that I wish I hadn't exposed myself to it. In fact, just now describing... oh god... frothy water (when it's not beer) kind of makes my stomach turn more than that kiddie roller coaster.
All in all, we had specially priced tickets for a fund-raiser gone awry earlier in the year that got us in for half price. I would NEVER pay $40 to get into this place. Hell, I may not even pay half-price to get in again...
This amusement park has seen better days. Or at least I hope it has because it was pretty run down when we went. Two coasters were out of service and a third broke down while we were standing in line. Many other rides just didn't work or weren't being maintained and were rusting away. Most of the neat innovations in the little kids' area were no longer working, and what was left seemed dingy and grimy.
It was odd seeing a lot of the "backstage" workings of the park like trash collection areas, old broken down ride parts and employee break areas visible to the public. It made the whole experience seem more like we were at a traveling fair than a permanent amusement park. Maybe we are spoiled coming from California where all the parks seem a bit more polished.
The food service was atrocious, but the quality of the food was okay. The lines for food were long and slow. They must have gotten in trouble sometime in the past for getting orders wrong because at every food counter and stand they deliberately helped just one customer at a time. For example, someone would order a corn dog and instead of starting it in the deep fryer and moving to the next customer while it cooked, the concession worker just stared at the corn dog until it was done four minutes later, then served it, then went on to the next customer. Many of the employees seemed very unhappy to be working there, both openly bad mouthing each other, complaining about how tired they were or cursing at or being short with the customers. Very few smiles were seen among the staff throughout the park.
The park claims to be two parks in one with admission to the Island Kingdom water park included in the $40 price. But once you get inside you realize that you can't change into your bathing suit and protect your valuables without paying $15 more for a locker and then you have to pay for the tubes to go on any of the water park rides and nearly every ride requires a tube. Very misleading as this is not explained anywhere on the park website or at the park entrance.
That being said, the kids we brought had fun and that's worth at least two stars. The attendance was so low there were short lines for all of the rides, and that made it bearable. I would not recommend going out of your way to visit this park, but I realize that there are not many coaster type parks in the area and you have to take what you can get. It seems like a city as nice as Denver deserves better.
I would have given this place four stars but I think the lines suck big time and they manage them poorly. I mean you go to Disney World and yeah there are huge lines but they got it managed, you zip through the lines in no time. I don't like the crazy rides and tend to stick to the tamer ones so I like the bumper cars and the water park quite a bit. The entry fee is a bit steep because of the lines and the fact that there is no way you can get through all the rides in one afternoon because of that.
How many cities have an amusement park right in the city? None, son. Bitch and moan all you want about the quality of the coasters, the lines, the couples dressed in the same outfits, the lame prizes, blah blah blah.
I'm not hearing any of it because I can walk less than 2 miles and be riding a coaster almost instantly. Or a water slide. Or eat funnel cake (the most dastardly and benevolent of all cakes). Elitch's makes an afternoon go by quickly and can often make a Sunday afternoon before the start of a craptacular work week feel good.
You want phenomenal coasters? Go to Cedar Point. You want cuddly characters to take pictures with? Go to the land that Walt built. You want a bigger than life gigantor wave pool filled with all manner of tattooed douchebags, kids with bladder problems and aging cougars? Go to Florida.
Elitch's has none of these things.
But it's right here, it's easily accessible and a season pass is less than $60. That's many random afternoons, early weekends and (cough cough) sick days galore that you can spend in the beautiful Colorado sunshine riding decent coasters, riding water slides and just enjoying the truly American pastime that is the amusement park.
I regret not reading the reviews before coming to this ghetto amusement park. Only one coaster was running. When you buy tickets you can find out which rides aren't working. Unfortunately, I got my ticket on line which is not refundable. So, as I was waiting in line for the only open coaster, about 45 minutes, it too began having trouble and ended up closing. I do not recommend this park at all. It sucks.
Poor Elitchs. When I was a kid going to the original location was like a short vacation. It was special and pretty and...never mind, its over.
This place is cold. It has no personality and no heart. Most of the operators were nice but some of them looked so disgruntled I felt lucky to have made it off without them "snapping" and plunging me to my death.
The rides are sad. The boomerang had a miserable, winding staircase to the top for what felt like a 15 second ride.
The mind eraser is no lie. The line was so long and the ride so fast by the time I got off I totally forgot what the hell I waited for.
The tower of doom is also true...doomed to be closed. But fun when open.
Worse still are the teenage wastes of space that stared at us as if we had invaded their zits only, tattoo & skank day.
The trick is to go with someone you enjoy being with, so you can basically ignore the park.
Me, my then girlfriend and her kids enjoyed the crap hole that is Lakeside much better. Low expectations, short lines and simple fun.
Id rather push my TV outside and play my PlayStation on the porch.
I grew up with a season pass to Hershey Park. Solid rides with the long lines you would expect. Great food. And they always updated and added attractions during the off season.
Elitch Gardens is tough to rate by comparison.
The fact that it is in the middle of downtown Denver is pretty great. I'm not sure there are many cities that can boast having something like that. I have a 2 year old who just runs and runs between the kiddie rides like there is no tomorrow (also guarantees a nap in the afternoon). As my son gets older, I'm not sure there will be much for him to do. I saw a number of kids who were too big for the kiddie rides and were turned away...same kids looked a little too little for some of the other roller coasters and attractions at the park.
The people that work there are night and day different. Some try and have a good time, interact with the kids, and wave (along with all of the other parents) as their kids go around in a circle. Others stand there staring off into who knows where and are barely able to say hi as you walk by. I try and make sure my son is properly secured with these later employees.
The food is terrible. Awful. I could spend a good deal of time looking up other words, but hopefully you get the point. Generally speaking, my expectations for an amusement park is $40 for a hot dog and fries...soda would be extra. But I also expect that I could eat the food. Imagine a brat where the outer skin actually falls off. Oh by the way, the sauerkraut was cold and fresh from a can. There was a line a mile long outside of the Subway, if that gives you any indication about how bad the rest of the park was. Needless to say, I've turned into one of those parents that pack a lunch.
Overall, if they found the right management team, this could be an exceptional place. But until then, I'll go back to wear out my son and because of location. I would never take out of town guests here.
If Elitch's were still on 38th & Tennyson, and the same family were still running it, it would probably have a 4-5 star overall rating here on Yelp. I realize the owners probably wanted to sell it, and that what's done is done. Now this place, without the lovely gardens, without the grand ballroom, without the concert hall, without just about everything that made it the fine Denver attraction that it was for years and years, this place uses the same name, and maybe has some of the same rides, but in essence it is not the same place. It has become a grotesque caricature of what it once was. With a damned expensive parking lot.
P.S. I totally realize that for many years in this downtown location it was owned and run by Six Flags, and that now it is back to being called Elitch's. Not sure who owns it now. My kids have grown up and no grandkids yet, so the only time I go to the big E is when my workplace decides to do their picnic here. Woo hoo... or maybe boo hoo ;o)
I was born and raised here and Elitchs, you've changed my friend. No, no, not for the better which is what we were all promised. It feels more like, you sold out.
In your place, you left a little piece of suburbia for all of the newly placed "Highlanders" that moved in. I remember visiting you in the summer time, my family would pack a huge cooler, set up shop under your little pavillion and we would be there ALL DAY and NIGHT! It was great! The Log Ride, the little food court area with the Actors that would put on a performance while you were eating.
No more, my friends. What you have now is a nightmare next to the Highway that doesn't have the family fun feel. Not to mention, the cost is ridiculous so you feel like you're obligated to stay the day, since you DID pay!
No thank you Elitch's, I'll pass!
Elitch Gardens has some decent rides like the one skateboard thing and the original wooden one (Twister II?). But, it's not any fun because no matter where you are in the park too many park employees are jostling you for your money. It's not their fault, but still.
Every line I waited in (and they weren't too bad, no more than 30 minutes I'd guess) someone was trying to upsell me Elitch's version of the fast pass. For $15 you get to go to the front of the line on 5 rides. Really? Only 5? And it costs me money? I've never been to another amusement park that tried to sell fast passes. And it didn't seem to be working out for this one either.
The food isn't all that great either. As a matter of fact one of the only things Elitch's has going for it is that you can drink beer in there. But, I'd rather save my money for Water World followed by happy hour.
I haven't been to Elitch's in awhile, but I had a love/hate relationship with this place. I think it's a bit expensive for what you get, but that's the way it is. It's a seasonal place, so you have to make up the profits you lose when it's closed.
I would recommend parking somewhere Downtown or riding the light rail to get here since parking is VERY expensive. Also, try to find a half price or 2 for 1 coupon somewhere if you can to make up for the price of admission. The only way it's worth it. Do not buy into the hype and get a season pass. I've been tricked into that a couple times, and I felt bad when I didn't get the full value. I suppose it might be good for a parent to get their teenager if they feel like dropping them off every day at Elitch's. But that's it.
One thing I don't like is that if you bring a bag inside, security has to search it. I'm sorry, I didn't know my lip gloss was dangerous, but I guess they have to do what they have to do. Whatever. I still feel a bit violated.
Another tip: Go on closing day to get the gift shop items for CHEAP, if there's anything good left. Usually you can find a little gem amongst all the trash left over. Check it out.
And now for the rides that I can remember:
Twister II- the myth is that it's Mister Twister from old Elitch's, but that's not true. It's old, but not that old. To get to the front of the line, you have to walk through this maze of paths and stairs. It's also really shaky and is usually the ride that gives me a headache, but it's worth it to ride it. Remember to scream in the tunnel.
I heard the Tower gives you a great view of Denver, but whenever I go here, it's always closed. Lame.
The Rainbow- all your friends say it's lame, but you ride it anyways because the line's never too long. Be sure to hold on. A few years ago, a man stood up on the ride and fell to his death. Very sad.
Shake, Rattle 'N Roll- This ride hurts your giblets, both male and female, and it messes up your hair, but you have to ride it because you feel like you're going to die
Shipwreck Falls and the Canyon ride (I can't remember the name)- good for a cool-down on a hot summer day
Sidewinder- you have to walk up so many stairs to get to the top. Good cardiovascular for the glutes, but it's a lame loop
The Mind Eraser, Half Pipe, and Tower of Doom always have the longest lines, but they're worth it. Try it out.
I love roller coasters, and since this amusement park is the biggest in the area, I guess I'm stuck with it until it improves or until I move out of here. Whichever comes first.
How to enjoy a beautiful day at Elitch Gardens, in eleven easy steps:
1. Take an hour-long bus ride from Boulder.
2. Pay $35 apiece.
3. Walk through the gates only to find that four of the best rides are broken/shut down/closed.
4. Search for other rides that interest us enough to warrant $35, fail to find said rides.
5. Visit customer service for a refund.
6. Get informed rudely that Elitch's doesn't offer refunds and that we should have checked for downed rides before we paid.
7. Point out that the downed rides were not visible from the entrance, that no signs were posted informing us of their closures, and that we are not psychic.
8. Get informed still more rudely that none of that is their problem and we should have asked at the turnstiles.
9. Inquire as to whether every time one visits an amusement park, one should question the status of each ride, and when given an affirmative answer, suggest politely that it might just be easier to put up a sign.
10. Argue in vain back and forth for a hour about a refund.
11. Leave the park fuming (sans refund), vowing never to return.
I agree with the other Yelpers on this one. Too much cement, no grassy area to sit and relax to be found, yucky food, too soulless and corporate, and too crowded. We got in free with a work-related picnic and I still felt ripped off. We waited in line for three rides and then decided to call it a day, we were both so miserable.
I will admit to getting a massive adrenaline rush from the wooden white roller coaster, but mostly because I was afraid it was going to disintegrate and we would plunge to our deaths. Another ride we took had a giant wasp hive hanging next to the waiting area. Maybe they think the fear factor adds a bit of an element to the rides?
I'm pretty sure most kids would have more fun at home with a hose and a tarp to use as a slip 'n slide. I know I would.
Just like every other Six Flags, nothing special.
Well, I guess if there were something special about it, it would be that the lines are extremely, ridiculously long. We went on the last day of the season. In my experience, this is usually a slow day at other Six Flags and generally a good day to go if you want to ride the big rides. We averaged and hour to an hour and a half in each line. Maybe I'm getting old, but that's ridiculous. Even the tilt-a-whirl was a 45min line.
Frightmare was going on and by the time we had spent 5 hours primarily in lines, we really didn't feel the need to wait in yet another. But, it was a little disturbing that the zombies roamed the park looking for the youngest kids and scared them so badly that they bolted across the park, away from their parents, etc. I don't see them producing return customers there.
At least the beers were only $6, I think that got me through the day.
So, it's Six Flags, you gotta go once, I doubt you'll go again. Wear your waitin in line shoes...
I'm not much of a fan of amusement parks to begin with. Yeah, I like roller coasters well enough. Just not these. I rode the Mind Eraser on Saturday and my neck still hurts 3 days later. Not cool. Way too many tight twists and turns.
I feel like the whole time I'm here they are trying to sell me soda and pretzels. Why go to an amusement park to eat a bunch of crap? I could save $50 and just go to Cinnabon instead. I can understand why they are trying to sell you that stuff the whole time. I bought 2 small sodas for $6.50. If I could get away with that instead of writing Yelp reviews I'd be out selling $3 sodas.
The lines were also really long, but it was a Saturday in July. I stood in line for a total of 3 hours and rode 2 roller coasters. I actually gave up on the log flume and got out of line. I told the people I was with that I was hydrophobic and that I drowned easily.
This time, I got in for free as a man-date because my friend's wife was out of town. That made it totally worth it because it gave me something to do for the day and I got to hang out with some people I know.
But unless you have kids with low blood sugar and a lot of free time and money on your hands, I wouldn't recommend going for no good reason.
What Happened in 2009--rip off city.
I am a Denver native, grew up in North Denver and I have frequented both the old and new Elitch's a lot. Elitch's has started to Nickle and
DIme you to death.
Now:
1. They base the admission on height- not age.
2. the lockers are $20 (yes 20) and you get a $15 key refund in Elitch dollars once you are done with your locker for the day
3. The cheapest meal will run you $10, for the same subway or panda express you could by outside of the park for $5.
4. The water in the water park was so cold, Lake Jackson in the Tetons of Wyoming was warmer.--why they don't have wet suits for sale also is beyond me.
5. Tube rental was outrageuos also- I was still so shocked from the $20 locker cost, I forgot the tube rental amount- but I am sure you get any refunded money in Elitch money
Now this is not a cost item, but if you want to complete a sociology study on the latest trends in the hispanic gangs as far as hair, clothes and tattoos are for tthe year- then this is your place!!
I, like everyone else apparently, bought a season pass for the 2009 season. After going twice I feel like I need to relay some valuable information. While I understand this is a family attraction, there are those of us that don't have any children and are of legal drinking age. My friends and I drink responsibly and all agree that amusement park rides are a little bit better with a slight buzz. I go to the only place in the entire park to get margaritas for my friends, wait in a long line only to find out that you can only buy ONE drink at a time. WTF? So you have to all stay close and all go together so you can all get your ONE drink and wear a wristband. This is at $6.50 for a 12 oz. marg or $7 for a beer. You would think at those prices they would let you buy however many you want. I guess I could sum it all up in one word- Pregame. If you plan on staying all day maybe a trip to the car for a midday picnic would be your best option.
Elitch Gardens is boring for me, but my kids love it! They haven't been able to experience the stuff I have yet, so I forgive them their bad taste.
The rides suck, with the exception of the Mind Eraser, but even that is mediocre. I do fancy the skateboard looking one too, but can't think of the name. The wooden roller coaster? IT'S PLAIN SCARY!! I thought we were going to go flying off the tracks and onto the ground at any moment! It really hurt my neck too because it's jerky, not smooth at all. It's probably 100 years old, so it's not the ride's fault. It's the owners fault for not improving the park. Although, Six Flags dumped the park pretty quickly....so that should tell you something! Six Flags everywhere else is great!!!
This place seems to be a little better now that Six Flags is no longer running it, although the prices are still very ridiculous. Love the VIP parking; don't love the $25 price tag. $15 to rent a locker for the day but "you get $10 Elitch Dollars back" when you return the key. I don't know; it is somewhat impressive that so many rides are squeezed into such a seemingly small place. If you are looking for a cheap family day this place isn't for you. The food is about the same price as you would pay in a sit down restaurant. I did go to their water park and have to say that if you are trying to make it a cheaper day this is where you should spend most of your time... although there aren't a whole lot rides on this side of the park. I wish they had better shows. You kind of never know what you are going to get at this place when you visit.
It is unfortunate that this park has such an amazing location, right smack in front of downtown Denver, yet you will hear nobody talk that highly of it. The one most popular thing I can think of is their Halloween Fright Fest, where you can dress up and go on the rides.
Most Denverites are bitter about the location move and the buy-out by Six Flags. I am bitter about how they treat their employees...
I had a good friend that got a great summer-time position there as their entertainment coordinator... She was having tons of fun, meeting a lot of new friends, and got to see free entertainment. She was in charge of over 30 different staff members... You know the people that dress up as cartoon characters like Batman and Robin? Them. Anyway, one time, my friend Jake just got this random call on a random night and her supervisor told her out of nowhere that she no longer had a job at Elitch and she had to call all of the staff she was in charge of and let them know that they were canned too... All before the work day started the next day. Supposedly it was because Six Flags was having some major budgeting issues, and they took it out on the entertainment and they all lost their job.
Any company that treats their employees like that is not a company I want to support.
* Star one is for scary and exciting rides
** Look look they are in the air star two is for that bungee ride, where you can see people being catapulted high into the sky sometimes from I-25
My friend took me yesterday. It would have been my first time. I was a bit excited. So we went and it seemed a bit quiet... eerily quiet...
Um don't go on a weekday in September. They are closed. Weekends only.
OK, I admit I'm spoiled, having grown up less than 2 hours from Cedar Point in Ohio, one of the world's most renowned amusement parks. Amusement parks are more a part of the culture back in that part of the country, and so they are better. Elitch Gardens would just barely be a B-list amusement park in the rust belt, let alone the region's top dog.
That said, I've got to dis on Elitch's for many other reasons. So, I go there, pay a ridiculously high amount of money to enter the park considering its sub par attractions, and because it's so crowded I only have time to go on 4--count 'em FOUR--rides the entire day. And then, 2 of the rides I went on broke down while I was waiting in line, thus increasing the wait time while they were being repaired. Are you kidding me?
Lakeside=ghetto-fabulous
Elitch Gardens=just plain ghetto
I totally agree with my fellow reviewers! Elitch Gardens, at it's old location where it lived for 100 years, was awesome! You could see the history of the park in the humongous trees that protected the park, in the beautiful old growth gardens, and the black and white photos of ladies at the park in their long dresses peering at ostriches.
I was sad, years ago now, when I heard Elich's had been purchased by Six Flag's who intended to move the park from it's beautiful and historic location to downtown. Now it's a huge, sterile, concrete oven, no big old trees to protect it from the summer heat and no character that makes it stand out from any other Six Flags; a sad testament to the homogenization of America.
Is it true? Six Flags has sold Elitch Gardens? Yes, yes it is- but don't expect too many changes too soon. The company that has bought Elitch's is headed by one of the original founders of the first Six Flags theme park, in Texas, and the new owners also acquired several other Six Flags parks in the deal. I doubt that making improvements to Elitch's is a priority.
So, with that in mind, I must sadly echo the sentiments of others. Too crowded, too paved, too downtown, and definitely too hard on their employees. I actually remember crying the day that the Rocky Mountain News showed a picture of the dismantled original Elitch Gardens carousel, with the carousel horses lying unused, on the front page of the main section. A classic amusement park became just another moneymaker for a huge conglomerate, and Denver lost a piece of its history.
Can't say I plan to visit anytime soon- but a great Yelp talking about changes in the park might convince me.
I remember with this place was just "Elitches" and there was no excitement in my childhood like the excitement of knowing I was going to Elitches. It was a haze of bright lights swooshing wind glitter giant stuffed animals porcelain animals and adrenaline. And to be experienced on a warm summer night when you don't even need a jacket. Cotton Candy! Nowadays sadly Elitches has been bought out by the gigantic corporation, Six Flags, which has turned Elitches into another chain and Elitches has completely depleted of its original charisma. I'm sorry to say, Elitches has been raped of its charm. Now you can visit for generic adrenaline and cotton candy.
Perhaps it is just because I've grown up but I remember when this used to be on 38th avenue just past Sheridan and it was great. There was atmosphere because it had been there forever and was completely ingrained into the environment around it. Now it is in a giant concrete compound with very state of the art rides that you have to wait 2 hours to get on. The rides are still fun, but the lines and prices have long since surpassed my desire for some adrenaline.
