Every year at this time, we take the kids down to Santa Cruz and then to the Boardwalk. The problem is, we are now in our seventies and it has become much harder, and with a son with special needs we find ourselves doing the same thing we have been doing for the last 20 years. By the way the Boardwalk has gotten much more expensive and the wait for the rides has gotten much longer. My son only rides certain rides and the plan is to offer him a special treat of being able to buy anything at the store there if we can get out of there sooner. This form of bribery has worked in the past but unfortunately the kid has gotten smarter and knows the system and we now have to pretty much give him the world. This is ok, my wife and I have saved just for these kind of emergencies, so If we can get out of there, we gladly would give up our retirement savings just to get home so we can sit on the couch and watch tv.