Iron Gwazi now has a system where if you hang on to your ride locker receipt you can get either a $4 gift shop credit or a free skyride! so at least they are trying to give you some value back. I'll tylry to get a picture of the sign later.
Here at National Roller Coaster Day! As predicted in this sub, Cheetah Hunt is not running as planned, so they moved the 5k to Iron Gwazi-with free lockers until 2pm! Not super busy, about 150 ish people here. Already a warm day out.
So my (27F) grandma (maternal) and I decided to take a little vacation together this upcoming August. Four nights in a beach town. We were both excited, as the last trip we took just the two of us was 8 years ago, and you just never know with family and old age, etc.
We both discussed how we were going to have to tell my mom we were going. For context, my mom is narcissistic and has been verbally and emotionally abusive to me for many years, in addition to many other things she put me through during my life. Most recently, she told me after losing my job through no fault of my own, that everything bad thats happened in my life is my fault. She's also made comments that I handled my assault "wrong", that I'm "disturbed", just to name a few. I had finally decided to not have her be part of my life anymore, and felt confident in doing so for the first time. Grandma and I were going to wait a bit to tell her about the trip, and assumed mom would watch my grandma's dog. Mom had also made comments in the past about not wanting to go to this destination, so we figured it would be fine. I told her I do not want to invite her on this trip, I cant stop her from booking a flight and her own hotel but I do not want her there. Grandma understood.
Or so I thought. She ended up inviting her (only a week after booking) and to our surprise, she wanted to join and booked her flight. We only have two beds, so someone will have to share or use the sofa bed. Those two always criticize my driving (which i will be doing for this trip). And my grandma says "she was put in a bad situation", "but she's your mother", etc. And has been passive aggressive with it. Grandma also claims mom promised her there would be no fighting on the trip but realistically what is she going to do if mom breaks that? Send her on the first flight out? No. Nothing will be done. And without consequences or a backup plan there's no accountability.
I now am considering canceling the trip, which has made my grandma upset. Both of their flights, while non refundable, they can cancel and receive full travel credit for. The hotel is is my name, booked with points and no deposit. AITA if I back out of the vacation now? I really wanted to go, but now its not what I signed up for.