Except then, you're eating the crap Amusement parks serve. If you're 80, and just looking for the door, then I suppose that would be okay.
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It's not all amusement park crap like cotton candy and fried dough. Depending on which one you're at they have regular restaurant fare like burgers, chicken wings, tacos, deli type sandwiches, etc. It's probably more salt than you want every day but that's true of restaurants in general.
yhea, still not the best diet. but still ok.
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You can also basically permanently live on a cruise ship.
Is that the ship that goes upside down and all the stuff falls out of your pockets?
“Across the street” is still like a half hour between home and food. This seems impractical.
Actually, it's a win at that age. You get out of the house and can interact with lots of people, that's something most old people need more of.
Still faster than cooking, too.
plus regular walking is incredibly important.
and most people, (not just elderly) are way too sedentary.
even if the food is the typical amusement park junk food, it's probably better than being sedentary at home and driving to fas goods
Idea for a nonprofit: subsidized food, but it doesn't deliver, and you have to walk really far to reach it. Like a restaurant in the middle of the woods where there's no parking for two miles, at the top of a steep hill, etc.
Goodbye American obesity!
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$300 for a season pass with food. Go twice a week in the spring/summer, 20 weeks * 2 times a week * 2 meals = 80 meals. That's $3.75 a meal + transportation. Go more and the price drops further.
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I have met many retired people who basically live on cruise ships.
thats my dream retirement tbh
get hammered on a cruise til it kills me 😂
Don't forget all the partner swapping and group sex!
And Norovirus!
Wait... I think I may have been taking cruises wrong this whole time...
The first and last cruise I went on, I was sitting in the sauna in the morning when about 6 guys all in their mid 60s came in and openly started talking about the previous night and who was swapping partners that night.
Yeah we destroy the planet, but it's cheaper than not to, and we're old anyway
Cruises aren't particularly cheap, they're generally $100-300/night, per person, which is similar to a hotel. If you want a nicer room,that'd extra. They're pretty affordable as vacations go, but hardly close to a permanent living arrangement.
There cruise lines that offer 3 year cruises for just $30k a year... https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/3-year-cruise-mv-gemini/
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I dont want to eat that much amusement park food. That being said, I wouldnt mind it several times a week. Might still be a deal. I also would enjoy the rides. Altho maybe not as a senior.... ok streching and working out are totally something ill start doing again soon. If only to be able to enjoy roller coasters on weekdays as a senior citizen.
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Until you get sick of eating amusement park food every day... and it's not that great for you, either.
and it's not that great for you, either.
Do you want to pro long your time in America?
Some of these places have sit down restaurants.
And you have to deal with the constant noise, car and foot traffic living across the street from an amusement pack. That sounds awful.
I sadly await the future news report that thousands of retirees die from starvation when Six Flags enshittifies and then cancels their meal plan.
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Costco membership, only eat from the food court.
No, its not the healthiest, but you could do worse, and uh... yeah, do the math on if you just only ate costco hot dogs and pizzas and such, 365 days a year, and that alone is well worth the yearly membership fee.
Maybe also buy some vegetables.
Frankly I'll be amazed if Costco can maintain their food court prices, I am pretty sure more and more people are just going to actually do something like this.
Costco Membership, only eat the rotisserie chicken.
It is far healthier than the hot dogs, and pizza.
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You don’t need a membership to eat at the food court
This used to be more true than it is now. More centers are requiring folks to enter through the main entrance and scan a membership card to enter.
Not all locations, but more are moving this direction. The two nearest me did within the last year.
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they wont for the foreseeable future
it draws ppl into the store and drives sales they wouldnt otherwise get. "i want a $1.50 hot dog" and while youre there may as well grab some TP etc
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I know a senior citizen that did this at Knott's Berry farm amusement park.
Old people so poor they can only eat amusement park garbage food = genius?
Have you been to an amusement park? She’s doing pretty well for herself if she can afford those prices.
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Not that one.
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