September 13
My Boyfriend and I decided for his belated Birthday celebration we'd spend a day of FUN at Knotts. Especially since Knotts was having this Hospital Days *Special Discount for hospital workers* so we decide to take advantage of that since my Boyfriend works in a hospital. I was so excited the night before that I could hardly sleep! I was looking forward to ALL the rides I'm gonna get on. I got inside the Knotts gates around 4:30pm and decide what to ride on first.
But before that I stopped by Guest Relations to get a Disabled persons riders pass *I'm disabled*. I was issued one and as we walked around we saw that Mystery Lodge was about to start at 5pm...
So we made that our first attraction. Afterwards we walked around deciding what to ride and I've always wanted to try the Pony Express. Before I used to go through the exits and a couple groups of people would be let on and I was next.
This time apparently they got this policy where the ride operators/worker give you a come back time and when you come back at the time given to get on. I was given 5:30pm to ride Pony Express. So I figured I'd go ride something else in the meantime to kill time. NOPE! I attempted to get on the Log Ride and was told I cant get on unless I get on the Pony Express first then come back to ride the Log Ride after. So technically you're stuck wandering around for the 30 minutes to an hour wait to get on a ride. Each ride I went to gave me a come back time of 30 minutes to an hour wait and during that time I'm not allowed to ride anything else just walk and wait for the time to pass.
From the whole day til Knotts Closed *4:30pm-10pm* the whole 6-7 hours I was at Knotts I only rode Two things... Pony Express and Sidewinder. Everything else the wait time just kills the entire day. I spent 90% of the time walking laps around Knotts than riding anything cuz every ride I went to had a long come back time. It made me think I might as well just wait in line like everyone else then. It's pure useless to have a Disabled Riders permit thingy! I expected to ride ALL my childhood favorites and instead I spent most my day in the Arcades wasting money away and I think my Boyfriend knew I was disappointed cuz of the look on my face.
They seriously need to rethink their Disabled Person Rider pass policys cuz I'm not going back to Knotts AGAIN until they fix this issue. If I wanted to just wait 30 minutes to an hour for every ride I went to then I would rather just stand in line like everyone else. Totally a waste of Time, Money, and FUN! Never... EVER going back unless they come up with a better plan for the disabled people.
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