This was strange, though not creepy strange. This was a very good strange.
One summer a few years back, a friend and I wanted to go to a theme park here in Kansas City called Worlds of Fun. On the morning of the day we had planned on going, it rained, and the forecast said the rain would coninue. We did not allow this to deter our plans and we went out to WOF anyway. When we arrived, the park was open, but nearly deserted. At Worlds of Fun, they only shut down rides if lightning is seen, and there had been no lightning that day, so everything was up and running. Worlds of Fun is usually a very busy place, and you have to be prepared to stand in lines for rides for a good 30-40 minutes, give or take a few. On this particular day, there was no line for any of the rides. We were able to run straight up, jump in a car and go. For the rides we loved, we were able to get off, run back through the entrance and run straight up into a car and go again.
When we got hungry, we went to a concession stand and ordered chicken baskets. First of all, they gave us a bunch of extra chicken strips because they had made a bunch and they weren't being purchased. Later, as we were eating, an employee brought us two more orders of chicken strips just for the heck of it! This was very exciting for a person like me who loves food but can hardly afford to order a buffet from theme park concession stands.
Later that day, we found a bunch of arcade tickets lying on the wet ground; we collected them and traded them in for a bunch of really cool prizes in the arcade.
It was a really great time but definitely not an occasion one could count on happening ever again.
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