I was quite pleased to
learn the mystery surrounding the -- what I call -- metallic
humps to nowhere that can be seen from the highway miles away. One of
the very nice park manager ladies explained that those humps used to
be part of a ride that included a swing that would raise folks up to
the top and then travel from one hump to the next. I think I remember
seeing that ride in action in one of my dreams; or was it real? Just
rambling. I had high hopes of sampling their turkey legs but was not
willing to fork over $10 for what appeared to be the
same ones that I could by at
the grocery store for less than $5 for two of them.
I expected them to be of the King Henry VIII
variety. You know the kind that could be used as a lethal weapon if
necessary? I just had to pick at the young woman staffing that booth
by asking if people were buying those way over-priced
turkey legs.
She hesitated before saying yes; not realizing that I
had been watching her for nearly
30 minutes and none had
sold. I guess she thought that I was an undercover boss? As with most
theme parks, the food is rather pricey at
Emerald
Pointe, and don’t even think about bringing your own
because it is simply not allowed.
Remember, this is a
business folks. If you plan to dine while in the park it is best to
purchase that option with your admission ticket. I think it’s
something like
$7 extra -- which seems like a lot at
first until you browse the meal prices throughout the park. I also
did not like the fact that there were very few games on site as I am
an avid gamer who prefers games that require some type of
skill set like shooting, and my favorite
“Wack A
Mole” game. On the flip side, it was nice to find out that
those neat
inner tubes I saw a lot of folks carrying around were
actually provided by the water park for free. Well, free as in the
price is probably included in your admission as nothing in this life
is really free.
All in all it was a pretty fun sort of half day at
Wet N Wild
Emerald Pointe in
Greensboro, NC; even
though I did not partake in any of the water rides -- due to a shear
fear of making a public fool of myself. Next time I will perhaps
rent-a-kid for the day and have just as much fun as all those that I
observed. I left the water park at about
1:20 PM;
just
30 minutes shy of my
3-hour projected limit.
There were folks still streaming in and the small parking lot was
nearly full. I decided to stop at a convenience store with a deli
– just outside the water park -- and order some chow at a much
more reasonable price. I also had the choice of
K & W
Cafeteria,
Arby’s, or a
Burger King Restaurant before hitting the road back
home. By the way, if you need to go south on
I-85
Business, do not go right as the signage suggests because
that takes you to the regular
I-85.
Wet N’ Wild Emerald Pointe is located at
3910 S. Holden Rd., in
Greensboro,
NC. Their web site is
www.emeraldpointe.com, and phone
number is
336-852-9721.
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There were relatively moderate to long lines at each of the water rides with the most popular
ones having the longest. It did not take me long to abandon my plans
to partake in some of the rides as the park was heavily populated with
mostly school-aged children and some parents/chaperones. Well,
I was not either of the two so in an effort to save face, I decided
to assume the spectator role to avoid being labeled just plain old weird.
