Sean woke up feeling much better this morning, so we decided to enjoy the weather by going to Busch Gardens.

My ticket got lost. He swears that it's my fault (as usual), but isn't it funny that he had his and Ian's ticket? Hmm... Anyway, we got to the park and stood on line at Guest Services to get a replacement. There, we found out that another one of the lovely changes is a $5.00 service charge for a replacement ticket. Sean was furious about that because, really, it's just a piece of paper that's printed out. They used to be hard plastic, but not any more. So, we now pay $5.00 for a piece of paper.

After that we stood on line to find out that Sean's ticket was expired. No email warning, no letter in the mail saying we should renew, nothing. So back to Guest Services we go to stand on line again. Finally it's our turn and we decide to get the same package for a year. Well, prices have gone up (of course). We decide to do the monthly payment plan and the woman tries to entice us by saying if we pay for 2 years we save $40. Now, to me, that isn't saving money because we're buying another year at a $40 discount which means were're actually paying more than we wanted to in the first place. I told her no and that we certianly didn't want 2 years because who even knows if the park will still be there in 2 years?

This was, apparently, the wrong thing to say. She was not happy about  my comment and she made sure I knew about it.

Customer service at Busch Gardens has a long way to go....