Category: (Just for) Fun
I took the boys down to Luna Park today.
Here are the rules to follow to have an enjoyable visit:
- Make sure your children are taller than 120cm
- Make sure your children are 12 or under
- Make sure your children have no obviously restrictive medical conditions
- Go early in the week during official Victorian school holidays
- Take your own drinks or snack food (house stuff is not prohibitively expensive, though)
- Make sure your children are aware that they may not get a ride on the Scenic Railway (manage disappointment)
- Arrive at about 10:45am so you get a park nearby (or do the right thing and catch a tram)
- Take gold coins so you can buy a parking ticket ($2.20/hr) or a tram ticket for that matter
- At the opening of the gates, make a beeline for the ticket box
- Buy a $23.95 all day ticket for each child
- Head straight for the Scenic Railway queue to get a ride before it breaks down
- After the Scenic Railway ride choose any other ride, their queues are short
In just 2½hrs, my boys had 12 rides (including, by sheer luck and extraordinary timing, the Scenic Railway). There's no need to get your calculator, this averages less than $2 per ride.
Just in case you saw this post as a bit negative, I must make the point that our experience was very positive, go do it if you get the chance. I'm sure you would have a great time even without following my rules, but I probably wouldn't, I am very impatient and easily disgruntled.
This photo was taken from about the spot where we parked the car. |
