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So beautifully written.

St. George is one of most popular saints in the world. He is a hero in Slovenia too. He symbolizes return of spring and a progress. Of course he is more respected in rural parts of our country. I suspect this is not only because of tradition...
You see, dragon is a symbol of our capital Ljubljana!
Thanks for sharing interesting and enjoyable story;)

Hi Janices7! I know about getting the crap scared of ya - I stepped off my back deck and almost stepped right on the one I wrote about. It was huge. I am ok as long as I can see them from a distance. I don't like it when I get scared by them like that. Gives me the heebee jeebees... Thanks for reading and commenting.

Yup! True true. The lines in Disney Land are entertainment in and of themselves. Like for example with Indiana Jones you are walking through these tunnels, and there is a cave bit where everything is dark and there are spooky noises, and like there is a bridge you have to cross, and room with a rope that if you pull it you get screamed at by...something... and just before you enter the room where they put you on the ride, you have to stop for a warning that you are not to look into the eyes of the mummy or you'll die. Stuff like that, so it is a lot more fun. But yeah, the place you described was the first I've ever heard of it, and it truly does sound horrible. It's not likely I'll ever head that far just to go to a theme park...but, uh... good to know? XD

I shall add that in just for you. :)

Decapitated after a hat? Wow...

The thing about Disney Land is that there's entertainment in the queue. You have the characters walking around and such. Even music would have been good. We could have had a sing-song and maybe a little dance in our queuing pens.

It's always been a problem queuing in Alton Towers, but it does seem to have got worse over the years.

Also, hilarious needs to be an option on your poll for opinion on the movie.

At first everything you described sounded pretty typical theme park, but then this place sounds like it went severely downhill, and not much like it is actually worth visiting.

Disney Land tickets are typically 90-something dollars. You don't have to pay for parking if your hotel is close enough for the shuttle system. Disney Land entrance is really pricey, but once you're in the entire place is pure magic. I actually cried watching one of the parades once, because the atmosphere had taken me. And, you can get a fast passes for free using your ticket for rides.

For the price of theme park food, it really is worth finding the actual restaurants and eating there. Disney actually has some amazing restaurants.

Six Flags sounds a lot like what you described, but if you're smart you can get tickets online tor beyond cheap for a theme park. There is not entertainment like Disney, because it is a park with nothing but roller coasters, and it appeals to tweens through young adults looking for thrill rides, typically. You buy fast passes at this place, and you pay parking. But there's always music blasting from somewhere. For lines you always have a nice covering and a mister going for hot days. Six Flags has some rather famous horror stories...the girl whose face got ripped off by a snapped cable cord on the Superman, the woman who fell over a hundred feet to her death on the Deja Vu when the front car's seats harnesses decided they wanted to open. (oh yeah, and the guy who got decapitated after climbing a fence to retrieve a fallen hat >.>)

Disney Land has a problem with rides shutting down a lot, but they usually get them back up pretty quickly too, unless it has to be closed for the day. On one visit, they were having a bad day, and it was a bit like you described. Everything kept shutting down, and I was actually on Indiana Jones when it broke down, and sat there for half and hour before a worker came and escorted us out. He pretended to be Indiana Jones rescuing us.

Yay theme parks! But the wait times you described sound really typical for every place I've been. I think if a person is not one to wait like two hours for a thirty to ninety second thrill, theme parks just aren't for them, in general. But this place sounds like crap from what you've described.

@ Tolovaj thanks for your comment on the magic of a water garden. By the way I enjoyed reading your wizz on Google Page Rank.
Be well, Mike

Water always add life and a pinch of magic to the garden. You really don't need a lake, small fountain is sometimes much better option. I especially like underwater lights...
Thumbs up!

Astonishing costumes! Did you know some of the Andersen's biographers believe he created the title character in Snow Queen on his unrequited love Jenny Lind?

So you're not in the 'it's ghosts' camp then? :p

I'm more confident about it knowing that Susan Hill is on board, but I'm in a real wait and see mode for this one.

You are not filling me with confidence about wanting to see it...

Though it might serve to dissipate the mental images that you've just put there!

Ouch! I didn't realize that they were sending some rides out not to capacity. The only time that I saw that happen on my rides was the Enterprise. Random carriages had their doors closed, so that people couldn't get in. We were wondering about it at the time. My nephew theorized that it had something to do with balance, which is a bit worrying when you think about it...

I definitely agree re the map/directions and the waiting times.