Let's start this off by saying that Matthew had a great time. He got to ride Thomas the Tank Engine, or at least a 1940's locomotive that had a Thomas latched on as the first car. He also got to watch a pretty cool toy train set while wearing his "train hat" and blowing his whistle. He was genuinely thrilled by all of this. His parents were genuinely thrilled by how thrilled he was.
His parents were genuinely not thrilled by:
1. The fact that we were told we didn't need to buy tickets for E/T since they weren't riding. We found out this was a lie.
2. The fact that E was told to stand in a specific line for 30 minutes to buy her ticket, only to be told when she got to the front that it was the wrong line.
3. The fact that the original instruction E was given was arguably the most helpful information we received from the staff all day.
4. The fact that we were herded into a confined pen (seriously) to wait to board the train, were not told when we could board, and didn't finally board until 10:02. The train was supposed to leave at 10:00. It was the first ride of the day. The train had been sitting there for an hour. Yet we were late.
5. It fact that it was hoooooooooooooooooooottttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt.
6. The fact that the clowns were upsetting. There were at least 10 of them. None of them looked like they had worked the clowning circuit since the early '90s. They made no effort to interact with children. They did not seem like the types of folks who intended to be working as clowns at a train museum in rural Illinois.
7. The fact that the train ride had nothing to do with Thomas. The front car was Thomas. Besides that, there was nothing. Is it too much to ask for Sir Topham Hatt to creepily wander the cabin while the Thomas theme song wafts from the speakers?
8. That's enough complaining for today.
We will never attend the event again, lest M/T/FK (Future Kid) begs for it, but all in all it was a great day. The kids were happy, what more can we ask for?
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