Waterpark fun on a Friday night

That's what the BSU and I did last Friday night, we went to the waterpark, Laguna Beach at Lagoon. It was a pretty dandy Friday night date, if a bit more expensive than it really should be. We've been to Lagoon twice now, over the 4th weekend and then Friday. Lagoon does a "Bounceback" deal where the 2nd day's entry into the park is only $7 instead of the $27.95 we paid the first day. But the times to use the coupon are limited and Friday night was the last chance for us. So we went.

A word now, about the costs involved. They are outrageous, really. Normal park price is $34.95. We got the reduced price already mentioned for a military discount. There's another 7 bucks required to park and if you visit the waterpark as we did, there's another $5 per float tube required plus 5 more bucks for a locker. We did get some of that back at the end of the night as deposit returns but I was unhappy with all the demands for more cash after I paid to get in the gate.

I do love waterslides but they aren't as much fun now that I'm back to wearing glasses instead of contact lenses. I have to wear them just to see my way up the stairs and to ogle visit with the other nearby customers but they can't be worn while on the slides. That meant that I had to ride the slides blind and holding my glasses! So we gave the slides just a couple trys and then we moved into something more relaxing- the lazy river.

The river was plenty of nice fun. Margaritas would have made it perfect, but this is Utah and alcohol just isn't allowed to mix with water. We made enough laps to drive down the price of those float tubes and later we rode the rapids slide that requires the float tubes which turned outto be the best fun of all that we did. I think we splashed down that slide 4 times before they closed it for the night.

Afterwards we went back down the midway for more fun on the park rides. I missed the traditional late evening ride on the ferris wheel the first time we went to the park because it closes early- what's up with that anyway? So we rode it this time and its not the romantic opportunity you might guess. The seats are actually "in the round", designed to seat 8 people and the entire car can be twisted to rotate. But the molded plastic seats and steel tubes above them are not comfortable to sit in! They are like torture devices and I needed a chiropractor's table just to get straighten out again!

So, we had a really good time, stayed out late and had breakfast on the way home before going to bed. I'm pretty certain I've seen all of Lagoon I'm going to see this year. And now its late, again, and I have work in the morning!