They really had me, right up till the icky part

[captain_slinky]

Looking for delightful things to do with a 2.75-year-old in the greater Seattle area, found THIS:

Join Alki Tours on Santa Express To The Zoolights

December 6 2008
$79 adults/ children $54

A magical day awaits as we board the Christmas Train bound for Tacoma. With bells ringing and carolers singing were sure to be seeing St. Nick on the train. If your child has been good, the jolly old man has a package awaiting (if not, a lump of coal). The Cascades train will wind along the tracks on its way to Tacoma. Then Santa and his elves whisk you away to Pt. Defiance Zoo to rendezvous with the reindeer. Delight in the dazzling display of half a million colored lights shimmering in the night. See the huge replica of Mt. Rainier and cross through a myriad of lights into a dreamland of giant spiders! In the early evening our magical train whistles in and carries us home. The tour includes: train transportation, a snack pack, lots of entertainment and admissions.

I can't imagine anything more terrifying. Look, kids! Happy, fun, Santa, presents, carolers, music, fun, SPIDERS OH MY GAWD SPIDERS GET THEM OFF AAAAAARGH, presents, fun...

WHO DECIDED THAT GIANT SPIDERS SHOULD BE PART OF MY MAGICAL SANTA TRAIN RIDE?!?!?!

Comments

[jodijodijodi.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. God. No.

[waygroovy.livejournal.com]

I didn't believe you, till I googled...
http://www.alkitours.com/tourdetails/398.html

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

It's all fun and games till somebody whips out The Google.

[waygroovy.livejournal.com]

you make it sound so... dirty!

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

They must have gotten a good deal on grapefruit.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

THANK YOPU VERY MUCH I HAD NEARLY BLACKED OUT THAT ENTIRE INCIDENT

[thecookielady.livejournal.com]

OMG!

I was actually thinking this might be fun to do with my Troop. But not if there's spiders involved!! Who on earth dreamed that up??

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Somebody who grew up in a SERIOUSLY effed-up household. "It's just not The Holidays without GIANT SPIDERS".

I've said it before and I'll say it again... Santa, presents, candy canes SPIDERS ARGH SPIDERS GET THEM OFF ME THEIR IN MY HAIR AAAARGH, carolers, lights...

[greenpear.livejournal.com]

Well it must have sounded like a good idea to someone...

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

It reminds me of that part in the movie "Scrooged" where the TV Exec wants to increase viewership of house cats, so asks if there's any way to work mice in to the program. They end up stapling antlers to several mice.

[amberlorien.livejournal.com]

W.T.F.?

[lynna12000.livejournal.com]

Maybe the ad exec had imbibed too much holiday cheer and was hallucinating about how pretty the frost would be on the spider web. Just before the black widow spider bit off his head.

[fairlina.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, that's sick. Oh my god, I hate spiders, I would vomit. Who's cockamamy idea was this? I hope someone in their markeing department got fired for this.