Amusement Park

I recently went on vacation with family to a water park. I had not gone to any amusement type park venue probably since the mid 1980s. It was interesting. I enjoyed the water roller coasters and especially The Sling Shot ride. I did think that the $30 extra cost to ride this ride was a bit steep. I particularly appreciated that one of the ride workers offered to go with me. I learned that several hearing impaired and visually impaired park goers had also tried the ride. I suspect if I could have seen the ground rushing up to meet me, I would have lost it or never ridden this monster at all. I did wonder what it would have been like to ride The Slingshot just before the park closed at 8:00 pm. The panoramic view of sunset spangled water, color fragments, and kaleidoscopic shifts of scene would have been, no doubt, startling.

I had heard some amusement parks allow disabled visitors to bypass the incredibly long lines for rides and walk thru a special entrance. (Well, that's what a blind friend told me about an amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri.) If such an accommodation exists where I went, we never found it. I decided that if it did, I would use it not because I was blind, but because of my wacked out FMS which can make it hard for me to stand for long periods of time.

Imagine that!