Mystery Ticket

Last week, we went to the zoo. While we were walking, we saw Diego was standing and these two girls were handing out 'Mystery Tickets' to the MOA's Nickelodeon Universe. Sonny got two handed to him and I got two.

Now the tickets said that they were good for one of the following prizes: one free ride, one days worth of rides, or a years worth of rides. The catch is that once you scan the ticket, you must use it that day (except the years worth, of course). Well, I assume we are probably going to get four free rides out of the deal, so that's pretty cool.

Today, we happened to go to the mall for something to do while Ama and Jim were here. We went to MOANU to use the mystery tickets because I assumed that they were going to be for four free rides. Well, I used the first one, and the guy handed it back to me. I assumed that they were going to keep them, so I take it but then drop the tickets so I can't tell which was the first one.

Lukin and I go on a second ride and she keeps that ticket. Okay, still don't know why they guy didn't keep the first one. Then Grandpa Jim goes to take him on a bus ride that I took with him last November. The ride costs four points and Grandpa hands him a ticket and it's worth 3 points and he hands him another one and it is worth 100 points. That's right. Lukin had won a days worth of rides. Now we hadn't planned to stay at NU that long, but it turned into an all afternoon thing. But I think that Lukin had a blast. I have to admit that I had fun too!

I just wish that we had tried to use that ticket first! By the time we went to leave, we had used 39 points, so there were 61 points left. We walked out into the mall and gave the remaining 61 points to a family with two little kids. Grandpa Jim said the kids were so excited. That was pretty cool.

It doesn't tell us what was up with that other ticket, which probably won't work next time we go anyway (if it had also been 100 points worth). But at least we got to have an inexpensive days worth of fun. Thank you mystery tickets!