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While I'm thrilled to have won this prize, I have to say that the timing is wholly unfortunate. I just got back from a 5-day trip to Orlando where I went to Walt Disney World and several other area attractions such as amusement parks and outdoor wax museums (which for some reason all featured a character named "Puddles The Blob"... must be a local thing).
I'd like to know if it would be at all possible to use my winnings from this contest to go to a different location. I realize that it would probably have to be some comparable amusement park-like thing, so I'll just let you know what I'm looking for, and maybe you can suggest an alternate location for my prize.
OK... from my recent experience, I've actually found a lot to be desired from an amusement park. For instance, I'm not a big fan of light, heat, lines (queues when I'm overseas), height, speed, crowds (particularly children under the age of 30), individuals who have a lack of awareness of their own personal space, and noise. Basically, if this were more of a road trip scenario, my ideal buddy would be Woody Allen, but neither of us would dare drive.
I know it's far easier to say what you don't want out of something as opposed to what you do, so I'll attempt to "verbalize" that to the best of my ability here.
My ideal amusement park would be a self-contained, climate-controlled environment that's available for use 24 hours a day. It would be small enough to traverse the entire area with ease, but large enough so you don't feel claustrophobic. It can have many windows, but the shades should always be drawn.
I'm very easy to please... I'm fine with just one ride. The ride itself should be a big uber-ride confined to one place where you don't have to go running around the park. Personally, I like the video presentations that you can find at parks. It would be really, really cool to either A) have some sort of monitor like that with some sort of link up to a network that would allow the patron to select various presentations to view, or b) I don't know... have some series of cartridges or cool computer-y thingies encoded with presentations that you can plug into something attached to the monitor. That could entertain me for countless months!
The most important thing about the above attraction though is that the monitor setup must be visible to all attendees, and the seating for the ride should maybe be a single row... possibly with a little table in front to accommodate refreshments.
I realize that more is to be taken into consideration in regards to an amusement park besides the fun stuff, so here I'll address the nightly hotel situation, the concession stand, and the restrooms in reverse order.
The unisex restrooms should have full amenities such as a shower/bathtub (especially since I'm about to propose that the park have a built-in hotel), and a stocked, gratis medicine cabinet. Since the maximum occupancy of the park should only be a handful of people, the restroom should rarely be occupied, and you can easily co-ordinate with any others (essentially your guests who are there by invitation) about the necessity and priority of use, unless of course someone has "really gotta go".
The concession area would have all of the foods that are traditionally strewn throughout the park in one concise space. Some of the food can be prepared at will by the consumer in an available oven or microwave. Until then there will be a facility where it can be refrigerated or frozen. There should be a network of businesses within immediate walking/driving distance of the park who can supply such things as food items, or even new entertainment cartridges for the ride.
There should be a built-in hotel that is mere feet away from the ride. There should be no specified check-in or check-out time, with no random strangers knocking on your door at 9 am to make your bed for you. However, random strangers in bed with you are perfectly acceptable, even welcome.
Most important - the park attendant. Preferably a young nymphomaniac in a french maid outfit, who would handle the upkeep of the entire facility and my sexual needs in exchange for affection, trinkets, an occasional dinner outside of the park, and a noble attempt to accommodate her insatiable sexual needs even though failure is virtually guaranteed. She can also reside in the hotel room space. I realize this last request might be toeing the line of illegality/impropriety, but I just thought I'd ask.
While I want this thing to be sparsely populated, it it would be ok with me if this park were part of a community of similar theme parks where each operator can tailor the place to their own whims and desires.... as long as they don't play their music too loud.
I've enclosed a rough layout:
I know this sounds heavy duty, but the more I describe this place, the more I'd like to live there. Hell, I'd be willing to pay a monthly rate, but obviously I'd need to relocate there, and eventually I'd have to support myself by getting a job within a reasonable distance, but oh, it would be paradise!!!
So where am I going?
Jonathan Land
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