Knott's Berry Farm-Was it Worth it?

Well, the kids have been asking about Knott's Berry Farm for a while and since we nixed the plan to go to Legoland this summer, we decided (since we had coupons) that we would go to Knott's. Our first disappointment was seeing tons of school buses and we found out that a bunch of elementary schools come at this time of year, weird, but anyway...

We did find out that the park was open til 8pm and that the schools usually leave between 3-4pm, ok, better. Then the killer....the Log Ride was down for refurbishing!!! Huge disappointment for the kids, that is their favorite ride! The dumb thing is they won't be open til the END of summer! What kind of thinking is that? Then we decided to do some other things and that was ok. The Birdcage theatre is no longer open and some of the other little rides around the park (other than in Camp Snoopy) no longer exist. We were trying to decide what to do next and we did watch a cornball performance in the Calico saloon that was cute. We then wanted to grab an early lunch at The Grill restaurant that was supposed to open at 11am. Well, we got there at 11:15 and the doors were still locked, we asked around and no one knew anything. Those we asked were of the younger generation and didn't really even try to answer our questions. We then watched the blacksmiths for a moment and they took time out to call and inquire as to what was going on. Apparently someone decided to just not show for work today and so they were scrambling to get people in there to open. There were two older gentlemen that found all this out, and we were very thankful that they were there to help us! We found the same thing throughout the park, the young people ranged from merely disinterested to outright rude! We were pretty surprised. We don't expect much, granted, but this was ridiculous! The nicest and most helpful were the blacksmiths and our waitress in the restaurant once it opened. They were all over 40!

When you pay good money to visit an amusement park you would think you would get your money's worth! Your child should never say, "I'm not having that much fun." (which Kaleigh said at the beginning because everything we tried to do wasn't working! We did get back some of the fun by going to Camp Snoopy and going on a lot of rides there, and they did really enjoy the Ghost Town and talking to the "Horse Thief" in jail. (that is a whole other story)

All in all it was a fun day, the kids don't notice the things we older ones do and for that I am thankful.