Knotts total disaster this morning 🚗 🤦
Ok. Granted I’m not from here so I don’t know the area, first visit. I know LA traffic is bad in general but this morning it was fine bc it’s the 3rd, so most ppl are off work. We were running a few minutes late today and got to the “park” at about 10:05 instead of before 10 when it opened. We then encountered the worst “parking” experience I’ve ever been subjected to in my over 45 years of life, and I seriously am not kidding. Maps took us up La Palma Ave to turn left on Beach blvd. We just had no idea what was happening and assumed this is the line to get into the parking. It takes FORTY minutes at this light. So many times we said, what is happening should we get out of this line, it was so hard to know. There were no signs and no one directing traffic. Finally we turn on Beach blvd and go under the Knotts sign. There was a sign for “metered parking” whatever that is, and preferred. We are prestige passholders so went that way. Literally at the end of the block was an employee waving everyone forward , and at that point it just dumps you on to another road, a regular road - crescent ave, no more parking, no more signs, no more workers. no more line. I mean it’s was the most insane thing I’ve ever experienced. We went to the mall 2 blocks up and parked there and walked. Then we rode 2 rides and left bc the lines were CRAZY. I’m so annoyed bc if I had known there was basically no parking we could have done our own thing and walked in at 10:10 and ridden a lot, instead of walking in at 11:30!!! It took over 90 minutes to circle the block and still have no parking. I would literally never drive to that park again. What in the world!!!??? We might go back Monday morning and uber to the mall and walk. I’m not getting anywhere close to that place again in a car. Plus we had to turn in our rental today. (At Disneyland for the weekend). In other news we had a great time at 1.5 days at Magic Mountain earlier this week!