i've been meaning to write about this for a while. canada's wonderland. i have so so many wonderful childhood memories of this place. the rides, the funnel cake, the characters, the hustle and bustle, the funnel cake...but this time was different. jeff, jarrod, kim and i went (and, because of this company, nothing can be that bad) and it was packed. to the point that i have never seen it so packed. it was hot, so we booted it to the water park. which was still packed. but we made the best of it, doing a few slides and relaxing in the lazy river.
our fun was slightly marred, however, when we came face to face with a few who seemed determined to wreck it for the rest of us. we all noticed (and yes, laughed) at the four adults who went down the waterslide fully clothed. and then, still waiting, we noticed them go down again. see, what you had to do was wait for a raft, and then you took the raft to the top of the slide and raced down. but these four people decided that they did not have to wait, they just could stand at the front and take rafts from those who had waited legitimately. we watched them try it again, only to be stopped by another adult. this got my blood boiling...because if there is one thing i hate, it is following the rules only to have others flaunt them. three of them walked off, but one adult tried again. again! he was told there was a line! he budded again! and then, jarrod stalks towards him, and literally took the raft from the man. not in a particularily violent way, but certainly in a forceful one. the three of us started cheering, and other people clapped too. of course, it doesn't end there.
when we get to the top of the slide, right after jarrod mentions, "if i see them up a head of us, i am going to lose it," we notice that people are coming back down, through the line. yep! its our friends! who had somehow decided that if they couldn't get rafts, they'd just...break more rules and head down the water slide without mats! of course! that makes sense! they marched down rather shamefully and i felt happy that they were caught out. i have no idea what they did the rest of the day. i hope they got kicked out, but i doubt it. who are these people that think that they are free of the rules? that they should get to go twice before the rest of us, before a bunch of kids, get to go once? i did not know what to do about it. the lifeguard's didn't care. not even many other people seemed to care. should we not have said anything? i am just so sick of constantly letting people get away with things. stupid things. i just hate it. i have a big mouth. and i suppose i think of myself as fairly intimidating. i mean, really, look at me? what girl would try anything? heck, i'd even take on a guy. (this from someone who has never been in a fight in her life...except for a little brother who mostly, i'd just hit and then run and lock myself in the bathroom.)
our fun was slightly marred, however, when we came face to face with a few who seemed determined to wreck it for the rest of us. we all noticed (and yes, laughed) at the four adults who went down the waterslide fully clothed. and then, still waiting, we noticed them go down again. see, what you had to do was wait for a raft, and then you took the raft to the top of the slide and raced down. but these four people decided that they did not have to wait, they just could stand at the front and take rafts from those who had waited legitimately. we watched them try it again, only to be stopped by another adult. this got my blood boiling...because if there is one thing i hate, it is following the rules only to have others flaunt them. three of them walked off, but one adult tried again. again! he was told there was a line! he budded again! and then, jarrod stalks towards him, and literally took the raft from the man. not in a particularily violent way, but certainly in a forceful one. the three of us started cheering, and other people clapped too. of course, it doesn't end there.
when we get to the top of the slide, right after jarrod mentions, "if i see them up a head of us, i am going to lose it," we notice that people are coming back down, through the line. yep! its our friends! who had somehow decided that if they couldn't get rafts, they'd just...break more rules and head down the water slide without mats! of course! that makes sense! they marched down rather shamefully and i felt happy that they were caught out. i have no idea what they did the rest of the day. i hope they got kicked out, but i doubt it. who are these people that think that they are free of the rules? that they should get to go twice before the rest of us, before a bunch of kids, get to go once? i did not know what to do about it. the lifeguard's didn't care. not even many other people seemed to care. should we not have said anything? i am just so sick of constantly letting people get away with things. stupid things. i just hate it. i have a big mouth. and i suppose i think of myself as fairly intimidating. i mean, really, look at me? what girl would try anything? heck, i'd even take on a guy. (this from someone who has never been in a fight in her life...except for a little brother who mostly, i'd just hit and then run and lock myself in the bathroom.)
we went of that slide again, you know, gluttons for punishment that we are (we were also trying to not let the earlier altarcation ruin a) the slide or b) our day). this is where the highlight of the day came from. a daughter and a father were debating whether or not to do this one. they decided to, and the dad kinda cut the line. and then the daughter just lost it! she yelled that there was a line, that they had to wait...and the dad shamefully walked back to the end. i don't know where she got it, but it seems like at least some of our youth have a sense of right and wrong.
after the water park, we headed back out to do some rides...and got waylaid by giant giant hot dogs. seriously. they were huge. i know, i know, stree meat, street meat...they have nothing on the dogs at wonderland. so, we ate, we had fun, we had a bit of hostility. pretty much, just a regular day at wonderland.
after the water park, we headed back out to do some rides...and got waylaid by giant giant hot dogs. seriously. they were huge. i know, i know, stree meat, street meat...they have nothing on the dogs at wonderland. so, we ate, we had fun, we had a bit of hostility. pretty much, just a regular day at wonderland.
**a quick proviso for this photo. i had just gotten dressed. clothes over the bathing suit. i wasn't waiting in any lines, not even bathroom lines, that didn't involved a pay off like a roller coaster at the end.
***i wore those pants when i rode on a camel in morrocco. (sometimes i have to plug myself because i don't feel like my posts are good enough.)
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