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| - When we first moved to AZ, we came to this park to try and ride the Daisy Mountain Railroad. Unfortunately, it was closed. For whatever reason, we never made it back...until today. It was my son Bill's 4th Birthday (as well as my mother in law, too!) today and we decided to drive up and take a train ride.
First off, this park is HUGE and really nicely maintained (clean, green grass, nice facilities etc). You could definitely spend a few hours here. Our main purpose was to take a ride on the train, so we did that first.
The Daisy Mountain Railroad is a locomotive train that takes you around the park. Cost is $4.00 per person ($3.50 if you are an Anthem resident), and every person above the age of 1 needs a ticket. They also charge a $1.00 fee for paying with a credit card. Kind of lame, but whatever. We bought our tickets and got in line (train leaves every 30 minutes). We grabbed a seat and took the ride around the park.
Being a former train driver myself (Santa Barbara Zoo, circa 2000), I appreciated the locomotive and the nice ride around the park. It is just a good old fashioned train ride....no speech or fun facts or anything like that. Goes along at a slow pace, pretty flat for the most part, and does have one tunnel that it goes through. The train ride IS nice and long though. At least a good 10-12 minutes or so. Well worth the $4.00 (They sell discount tickets if you buy in bulk, too!) Highly recommended!
After the train, we decided to hang out at one of the kids playgrounds. They have a ton of stuff to play on both for big kids and little ones. I have never seen such big slides at an outdoor playground before. It was good times except for one incident................... There were some sketchy, aloof parents around. Example: There is a clear sign that states no bicycles, scooters etc past a certain point. Well, there was this one little kid with his "dad/adult guardian"? who was racing around on his bike in the prohibited area, and when he would approach you, he would yell either, "Move" or "Get out of the way". No "Excuse me" or "Coming Through". Luckily he only went by us once. If he would have came by a second time and yelled at me while HE was breaking the "rules", I would have hip checked that little fucker into the ground. No manners, no common courtesy, just a little shithead disobeying rules. His adult he was with looked like a douchebag, too. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, right? Anyways.........that's the only negative thing I had to say about the day.
Will we be back? Yes! It is a bit of a drive from our house in Surprise, but worth it. If you came during midweek, you would probably have a better time with less crowds. (Not sure if the train only runs on weekends?) It is a very, very nice park and we had a great time!
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