Enchanted Kingdom

[OnMyWay]

First and last time.  Never, ever again!

[Jollygoodfellow]

7 hours ago, OnMyWay said:

First and last time.  Never, ever again!

Too much fun or too expensive or ?

[Major Tom]

8 hours ago, OnMyWay said:

First and last time.  Never, ever again!

Me too. By the time that I was able to park, it was already early evening and there was no tawad (discount). They wanted me to pay full price for each of my passengers, even though the park was only open for a few more hours, and the lines for each ride were unbelievably long.

[OnMyWay]

On 12/29/2021 at 9:43 PM, Jollygoodfellow said:

Too much fun or too expensive or ?

I didn't have overly high expectations for this "world class" amusement park.  We watched several You Tube videos that were shot in early December, and there were few people, and it looked clean.  Supposedly, under the IATF rules, they were supposed to operate at 70% capacity.  I have no idea if they were, but it did not appear to be.

We stayed at a condo literally on the other side of the fence, and then arrived when they opened at 11 AM.  We bought our tickets online and thus had a short line at arrival, except for them have to do a bunch of extra stuff for my 5 year old to make sure we were not cheating on the 48 inch height limit.  They go by height, not age.  My 7 year old is over 48 and had to pay adult price.  It is only about p120 difference.

Then we had the kids do two quick kiddy rides with almost no line.  That is when it got bad.  We got in line for a small roller coaster.  It took over 2 hours waiting.  Sometimes the line would not move for a long time because they let "premium pass" customers flow in from a separate line.  We found out that you can buy a premium pass for p2500 for 2 years.  They also were letting to coasters go with empty seats almost every run.  Something to do with Covid, I think.  Yet, the narrow line area was jam packed with no social distancing.  I didn't take a pic of the line but here is a pick of the railing, where they welded a ridge on it to make it uncomfortable to sit on, I guess.  Well it was also uncomfortable to put your hand on.

After that long wait it was 2 pm and we got in line for a hot dog.  40 minute wait to get a hot dog and water.  The employees didn't care.  Slow as molasses.  All the food lines we observed were similar.

We went around looking for some rides that had a reasonable line.  There were none except for the 7D theater that you have to pay 100 pesos extra for, but only vaccinated are allowed in, no kids.  My step daughter and I did it and it was fun, but super short.

I was done at that point.  My hip could not take it, nor could my temperament.  The place appears to be very poorly managed, made worse by Covid rules.  My experience at other parks is that sometimes they clear out in the evening.  Their published hours say open until 7 pm.  That is misleading.  The night before, we saw the rides going very late, until 9-10 pm.  What that means is, they will let you in until 7 pm.  I don't know when they kick you our.  My wife and kids still wanted to try to ride some of the big rides, so we went back to the condo about 4:30 pm, and then I dropped them off again at 6:45 pm.  That worked, and they were able to ride the rides and left at 9 pm.

On 12/29/2021 at 11:35 PM, Slim Jim said:

Me too. By the time that I was able to park, it was already early evening and there was no tawad (discount). They wanted me to pay full price for each of my passengers, even though the park was only open for a few more hours, and the lines for each ride were unbelievably long.

The parking lot is an absolute unorganized disaster.  Unbelievable!  A 5th grader could draw a better system.

 

[graham59]

I always take food and drink supplies in my back-pack...wherever I go.  Not prepared to queue for more than 15 minutes or to starve. Life is too short.   

[Gas]

57 minutes ago, graham59 said:

I always take food and drink supplies in my back-pack...wherever I go.  Not prepared to queue for more than 15 minutes or to starve. Life is too short.   

Not allowed at Enchanted Kingdom! 

[Gas]

14 hours ago, OnMyWay said:

nor could my temperament. 

 

😂

We went there once  many years ago when the kids were younger and my experience was similar to yours. 
When our kids were older they went there a few times without their friends  and always had a ball. 
Grumpy foreigners haha 

 

[OnMyWay]

2 hours ago, Gas said:

Not allowed at Enchanted Kingdom! 

Yes, my wife put some snacks in my daughter's backpack.  They found them and we had to put them back in the car.

[OnMyWay]

2 hours ago, Gas said:

😂

We went there once  many years ago when the kids were younger and my experience was similar to yours. 
When our kids were older they went there a few times without their friends  and always had a ball. 
Grumpy foreigners haha 

 

Yes, better for teenagers.  The other thing I don't like there is that a lot of the rides are spinning rides, which I don't like.  I love regular coasters.  They have a new one called Twin Spin that has 3 round cars on each coaster unit.  The cars spin as you go up, down and around like a regular coaster.  No thanks.

[graham59]

6 hours ago, Gas said:

Not allowed at Enchanted Kingdom! 

Screw them then.