Thursday, July 17, 2008

Day 6 - Kalahari !

We hit the outdoor park again with the Surros in the first part of the day before they left for Minnesota. Some thunder storms rolled in the late afternoon - sending everybody inside but surprisingly the indoor park was not mobbed.

One of our favorite slides was the swirls. They begin as a short, steep slide and then dump you into a toilet bowl shaped structure. There is one inside (body slide) and one outside (tubes). This video gives you a sense of the ride but does not do justice to the speed at which you are shot into the toilet bowl.

Our dinner was highlighted by a come from behind victory in the trivia game being played at one of the resorts restaurants.


Clark: [to the campground cashier] 37 dollars for three tents?



The Kalahari resort is similar to Disney in their attention to customer service and their ability to squeeze every last dime from your pocket. They employ the same trick as Disney and allow you to charge just about anything to your room by using your room key. I had signed up for package deal that had provided us with a bevy of game tokens for the arcade and a coupon to allow the kids to do an activity in the clay pottery room - so the damage was mainly done by $4 sodas.

We check out tomorrow but plan to spend a good part of the day in the water. Then we head to Minnesota (about a 3hr drive)

1 comment:

Kit.olen@gmail.com said...

This is great to follow all your travels etc. What a great trip. That slide looks awful to me, but am sure the kids loved it!!!
Kit