2003-07-26 ~ 5:35 a.m.

Waiting To Wait

Magic Mtn Part Two:

So, after not showering at Motel HELL, we go on our way to Magic Mountain. About the only good thing about the motel was that it was fairly close to Magic Mountain. (I later realized that I left our pillows there. I HATE that.)

We had McDonald's for breakfast. We figured we should eat before we get there so it would have time to digest before we face serious G force. This also gave us time to ask the indigenous peoples of near-Magic Mountain Land if we needed an actual Coke can to get the 2-for-1 tickets or if it could be any Coke product. (Any Coke product, by the way.)

I'll take time out here to say that one thing that makes me happy no matter what is real rainbows. We get them so infrequently here that they're just so magical to see. But the second thing that makes me happiest is the first glimpse of an amusement park. Ya know, where you turn that corner or go over that hill and you see a peek of a peak of roller coaster? Ah... wow. There's nothing like it. There's that stitch of childhood innocence in it. There's a promise in it. It's like no matter how many things piss you off during the day; lines, people, whatever; no matter what, when you leave, you're gonna say, "Yeah. That was cool. I'm gonna do that again someday."

So we see it. We go to the waiting to pay to park. Then we park. We parked SO far away from the gate, which meant that a LOT of people were there. We were certain that the day was going to suck. You know, they have little tram thingies in the parking lot to get you to the gate? I mean, we didn't use it. We just walked. Not for any "better for you to walk" mightier than thou reason, just because we figured there were so many people waiting for it, we might have to wait two or three times. Our stop was the last stop also.

Anyway, we finally get to the gate and there are more lines and more waiting. There was a little bit of that during the day. We get to the front of the line, give the girl our bottle of Coke (which saved us $45) and used the money we saved to invest in Fast Passes.

Fast Passes are the COOLEST thing EVER!! Basically, Magic Mountain feels that people with extra money to blow shouldn't wait that long in lines, and we agree with them. :) For $15, you get 4 coupons. You use them to get on rides faster. Granted, you can't use them for all the rides, but the ones you can use them on are still pretty good. It's a good deal. Nay, it's a GREAT deal.

Stay Tuned for more 2M hijinks.

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