Adventure City

We're planning to have the boys' 6th birthday party at Adventure City, so we thought we'd better go there, to make sure that the boys still liked it. So, last Saturday, off we all trotted to Anaheim (about 45 mins drive south, and the home of Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm) to go there.

Just like last time we went, the Airport Bus ride was the favorite. They went on this ride something like 50 times (I tried to count, but got bored). One of the many mysteries of adventure city is how it makes any money - both times we've been there seems to be almost no one there.



For much of the time, there was no one else on this ride. When the ride stopped, the boys got off and ran to the exit gate. The attendant stood up, walked over and opened the gate. The boys then ran to the other end of the ride, where the entrance was. The attendant walked over, opened it, and the boys got back on the bus. The attendant went and pressed the start button.

After this had happened about three times, everyone just stayed where they were, the boys nodded and the attendant pressed start.

It was also darned hot in Anaheim that day, over 100 degrees (that's hotter on the outside of our bodies than it should be on the inside, to steal a phrase from Karina). There was a rain room, where you could cool off:

The 'rain' was very fine spray, so you had to stay in there for a long time to get really wet. As the day wore on, and it got hotter, some chairs appeared, so the grown ups could sit down there. I drank way too much diet Coke to quench my thirst, and when we got home and went to bed, I spent my time being over-caffeinated and twitching.