As I drove my wife's Mercury Sable to Leggoland, a little voice in my head was haunting me. Didn't somebody on Skybox once post a warning never to go to Leggoland? Didn't they say it was a ripoff? Maybe it was Huskerman who posted it. He used to be stationed there at the Marine base. I was certain that someone had posted a warning; so why didn't I pay attention? Why am I so stupid? As we waited in line to pay $10 bucks to park three miles from the entrance in a nearly empty parking lot, I was rear-ended by the car behind me. As I started to shout obscenities and get out of the car to kick some arse, I saw the face of the person who did it; a skinny young housewife who was alone with her small children, and she was apologizing with emotion. With no way to vent my anger, I simply proceded on, but this was a bad omen if ever I saw one... The price of admission for two grandparents and two small grandkids was $200.00 bucks. Lucky I had discount coupons, eh? They offered to sell me a lifetime pass for $1,000.00 bucks, but I already suspected that this just might be the only time that Leggoland would ever see El JO'Co. It didn't take long to discover what that enormous price of admission covered: nothing. After buying a disposable camera for $20 bucks, we stopped in Dinoland, where we found some dinosaurs made out of Leggos, some foul smelling shrubs and a small rollercoaster. There was a sand pit where the kids could "dig for dinosaur eggs." That is, they could if they rented a bucket for $5 bucks, a shovel for another $3 bucks and an official "dino-brush" for $3 more, for a total of $11 to dig in the sand. I refused and hustled the kids forward before somebody tried to charge me for the air that I was breathing... We went on two "rides" in the next two hours. Neither ride lasted more than one minute after standing in line for an hour at each stop, in the hot sun, with no shade. Everyone was wilting in that heat, so we decided to get lunch. The concession stand had windows lower than my crotch, so that I (and all the other adults) had to get down on our knees to order our food through the small openings. I ordered four hamburgers, two lemonades and two Cokes. After ten minutes, they returned with my food and gave me the bill: $46 bucks. I screamed... This was too much. I began getting hostile with the help. "How much?" I shouted. "Come again?" "Say WHAT?" "You can't be serious!" (John McEnroe) Now my wife was getting upset, because she's seen me go off before and she knew that I was on the verge of a nuclear explosion. In less than two hours, I had been ripped off for nearly $400 bucks and these helpless idiots were smiling at me as they gave me more bad news: they had run out of lemonade... I went postal. If I had a gun I would have mowed down the whole crowd. "Then what the Hell was the $46 bucks for?" "What do you mean no lemonade?" "I want my f**ing money back!" At this point, Mrs. JO'Co intervened and hustled me out of there, as I was starting to draw a crowd. We finally ate lunch with lemonade purchased from another vendor, at a table with no cover, in the hot sun... The entire park had no sun cover and no internal transportation. All of the workers were pimple-faced high school kids who didn't know anything about children and didn't want to learn neither. The "rides" were not even of the quality of those you find at small carnivals and church fundraisers. Very little was covered by the extortionate admission price and many of the "rides" were self-propelled, ie. Grandpa had make the thing go while the kids did the riding. If I had known I was going to have to work, I would have worn me work boots and kicked someone in the arse with them... The next time one of you guys tells me not to go somewhere, I will drive all the way around the state to avoid it. We passed Angel Stadium on the way home just as the Dodgers and Angels were getting set to play. For what I spent at Leggoland, I could have sat behind homeplate and hobnobbed with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who threw out the first pitch. Next time I'll listen. Whatever you do, DON'T go to Leggoland... ......................TP :x :x :x
:lol: Terry you are so funny...... It wouldnt be a trip withour issues like being left in a burning building . missing our flight, getting lost(however we are getting better about that) or being robbed it just wouldnt be the same without issues.. Hey we still have Disneyland Wenesday and Universal Studios Thursday.... I think Carson will be ready to get on that plane on Saturday morning at 6am He has the first flight out.....Joco wasnt that bad but he was a little hot..... He was better aafter I found hi him his lemonade ... I love my adventures with my husband. It keeps life interesting... D