Wanted to do Holiday in the Park, so, 2 days after...

Wanted to do Holiday in the Park, so, 2 days after Christmas the weather was nice. We have great memories from past trips there, but after this year doubt I'll ever go back. Took 2 hours to get into the park after being in the car line when they opened at 2pm.)
Once inside the park we split into 2 groups. One rode the Texas Giant (once), and the Titan (once), the other (with the 18 month old) rode the carousel (once) and the mini trucks (once) and stood in line for the justice league for nearly 2 hours before giving up (we weren't even close to getting inside the building where there was another 90 min. wait.)
We ate the cowboy burrito (excellent - $12) then headed to see a show. It was now 7:30, the show in the palace was canceled, the show in the saloon is now karaoke. Headed back to the front. Had to park way out west so waited 20 min for the shuttle (at least that was a ride we could get on ) he took us just past the picnic park at the entrance & said "last stop, everybody off" then we walked the other 4/5 of the way to the car.
It did seem pretty safe to me, and it wasn't family unfriendly like I've heard some have become, but even with season tickets, you're paying a bunch of money to just stand in line all day. Only reason to go this time of year is if you absolutely love big crowds, or standing in line.