Today the plan was to zip down the shore and hit things as we pleased. We ended up making 4 stops before cutting it short.
- Jenkinson's Boardwalk was cool enough. I credit whored, but my daughter refused to.
- These places that do tickets for rides clean up. Those tickets can add up and when it takes 8 or 10 tickets to ride something, you can drop a lot of cash real fast.
- The general area around Jenkinson's occasionally smelled like ass when the wind shifted just the right way.
- Jenkinson's apparently ran their Moby Dick ride in super crazy extreme spine realignment mode. (note: based on looks, I didn't ride)
-Casino Pier is better than Funtown Pier, but neither was as good as I remembered them from our trip in 2002. I think the difference was the lack of people. The piers need a crowd to feel alive.
- The $15 wristband at Casino Pier was a good deal and allowed more credit whoring. The regular priced tickets at the gloomy Funtown Pier forced us back to Casino Pier to ride some more. The credit whoring ended there.
- Don't make a left turn in New Jersey...or pump your own gas.
- Blackbeard's Cave was scary. Not really sure what was going on, but we didn't ride a single thing. We nosed around, snapped some pics and got the hell out.
- We decided to cut it short and skip Fantasy Island and head straight to Atlantic City for an early night for a change. Although I'll forever wonder what a small park that opens at 6pm would've been like.
- What is it with paintball and New Jersey? Just for reference, the rest of the country doesn't enjoy it as much as you people seem to. Ditto with Bon Jovi.
I believe we'll be spending much of the day at Morey's tomorrow.
I also apologize for not responding to the replies to the other TR's. Sometimes I just don't have it in me. This week has mostly been one of those times.
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