Tara Morris Review of Silverwood Theme Park
Had I gone last year Silverwood would have recieve...
Had I gone last year Silverwood would have recieved 5 stars, but I went during a pandemic. I thought they would enforce what their website encourages. The good: rides were fun. The staff is friendly. The waterpark has the best wave machine. The food prices weren't bad for a theme park. The souvenirs were abundant and affordable. The park had hand sanitizers outside of each ride as you leave. They also had clear markings for the distance people should be from each other. The staff all wore masks. The bad: the guests refused to wear masks when social distancing was a factor, even though there are clear spaces to help people see the distance they should be, they felt being up in each other's business was a better plan. No staff even talked to people about wearing masks or backing off, perhaps it is because they are seriously outnumbered. Rides that had two lines that merged were the worst for this. People didn't understand one side goes then the other side goes all while staying away from each other. Maybe signs explaining this would be good? They had masks for those who didn't bring them, but didn't encourage good behaviour. We saw so many people touching everything, teenagers picking their nose and deliberately rubbing it on the rails in line, kids licking the rails. No cleaning of the side rails where the lines were. A staff member could go down the middle line and at least frequently clean 1 side. The rides took long to go through, which wouldn't have been a big deal if they actually disinfected the rides between people. Not one ride got a full clean. On one ride they cleaned 2 cars and only one side of those 2 cars even though they had passengers on both sides from the previousride. Perhaps clean the seats that had riders? Aftershock was the ride that did the best job cleaning in between rides.
They didn't clean the seat belt part on any ride and this is where people have to touch. Maybe if they had the hand sanitizer before the rides as well as after it wouldn't have grossed me out so much. I almost left after waiting in line on the first ride because I was so disappointed in humanity. The ride sanitation is why I docked stars off. If this could have been more thorough 5 stars would have been given because it isn't fair to punish the establishment for guests who are to good for masks and social distancing. I had too high of expectations that an amusement park could actually be safe and we as a society could join together for a fun day while remaining safe. I think the park has good intentions, but humans are still to selfish.
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