Chadster's Vacation Adventures: Final Edition!

[chadsterThe Pony Express can't find my teepee]

Ha! My guess that Bubba Gumps did not serve fresh fish was correct! I demand a shout out to Ice Bat in your next report.

Noted!

^ I don't think it has to do with just the shrimp being frozen; it's the fact that everything they sell is frozen.

This. In my little town in central Oklahoma we have two fish markets that fly fresh fish in twice daily. Both have their own restaurants attached and both supply that fish to various sit-down restaurants in town, so it's not hard to get fresh fish, but it requires a chef to design his or her menu around what they can get. My guess with Gumps being a chain, they have a corporate chef to set the menu which requires them to produce/purchase pre-battered shrimp, fish, etc. IMO fresh is better and when I go to a fish/shrimp restaurant I expect fresh, or maybe I'm just a snob

[Jojo19799Someday, I hope to find my own Indiana Jones.]

^No you're not a snob at all. I have at least three other restaurants that you should go to next month when you visit, and two of them involve fresh seafood and are also located right next to each other.

[chadsterThe Pony Express can't find my teepee]

Awesome!

[sspaz1000I prefer to mate with donkeys over humans!]

Great couple updates! I need to get to California to get quite a few more credits out there, lol.

[chadsterThe Pony Express can't find my teepee]

^Tune in next week for an opportunity to win a couple of park tickets!

[PALDonkeys are my way of life!]

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[chadsterThe Pony Express can't find my teepee]

This weeks adventure comes via Castle Park, a park that Bud Hurlbut built in 1976. Some of the same touches and even attractions that you might have found at Knotts can be found at Castle Park. For instance the Tilt-A-Whirl and Taxi Cabs both originated at Knotts and some of the rides area bears similar architecture. The golf course looks amazing and carries tremendous themeing and was something I didn't have time to experience on my visit, likewise with the arcade.

Unfortunately under Palace management the park appears to be suffering from a few maintenance issues. The park itself was clean but it just seems to be missing the details that you can tell once existed.

Nevertheless I do plan to return to the park as I still need the Demon credit and I want to try out the golf course. And guess what, you can visit too as I'm giving away 2 FREE ride wristbands! All you have to do is donate to my Coasting For Kids page to receive your chance to win!

Here are the details:

$5 - 1 entry
$20 - 5 entries
Contest entry ends Monday May 7, 2012 at Noon CST
Winner chosen via random drawing and will be announced during the May 7th edition of Chadster's Vacation Adventures

Easy right? Not only do you help a great cause, but you could get $50 (at current retail price) worth of tickets!

Now on to the photos, but before we do, a HUGE shout out to Ice Bat for being the first to correctly answer the question posed for last weeks edition, Does Bubba Gumps serve fresh fish? That would be a huge no.

[sspaz1000I prefer to mate with donkeys over humans!]

You guys are such whores but then again if it weren't for your awesome whoring skills, we wouldn't see some of these places

[X2coasterfreakX > X2]

Haha, their drop tower is very... interesting. I remember when I was there back in December, they said they could only load two sides because it was "faulty". Also Screamin' Demon was closed at that time as well. ^And yes, this park makes you feel like a total whore

[ChrisradJason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

I enjoyed this report!



More like, "Is everything tight/secure up there?" Based on the drop tower's maintenance, I don't know if the swings fare much better.


You forgot about the 'incident' at the kiddie coaster.. thankfully Caesar saved the day.