Would not recommend the general admission. Not much value for the cost ($102 for 3 adults and 3 kids) and some of the features only run minimal hours (train) or have to ask front desk if they have decided to do that given day (sand art) which today they were not doing. Only reason I am giving it a 2 and not a 1 is that my kiddo liked bringing home a few of the gems found and the kids enjoyed the playground (though we could have done a free neighborhood playground and spent about $5 on a bag of same type of gems and buried in the sand for them to find, which is what I would recommend others do instead of coming here for the general admission).

We didn't do the mini golf but it looked fun and more worth the $12 per person it cost.

More detailed review below.

Upon arrival at 215pm, asked the staff how often the train runs it's circuit because we were waiting for the rest of our group to arrive (train was at that moment sitting outside the welcome center). Was told it stops at 3 pm even though place closes at 6pm so if we didn't get on it now, we'd probably have to try to catch it at one of the train stops. Train leaves and the rest of our group gets there at 230. We walk to desert train stop where two young ladies said they were told to go to the stop if they wanted to ride the train. A moment later we saw the train go back to the Welcome Center. We were debating whether to wait and then it came around to the stop.

I don't know if it normally goes so fast or if the driver was in a hurry to do the last loop, but felt like we were barreling through the woods. Almost right away I was smacked very hard by a tree branch and thankfully my 5 year old who was sitting with other family two rows back ducked because she said it only touched her hair. If it had hit her as hard as it did me, I would have been talking to management immediately demanding a refund because we would not have stayed. If the train always goes that fast they need to do a better job at trimming branches on the road for it. Left a bruise on my neck.

Was told at desk the train usually does a couple of loops around the grounds before returning to Welcome Center but it stopped at Welcome Center after one loop, driver got out and didn't say anything but apparently was done for the day. So, we walked back out across the desert to the gem village because that's what kids were most looking forward to. They were excited to get to keep some of their findings but it was definitely not as nice as I expected. After we went to the fossil area, but kids lost interest quickly so then we went to the large slide on the hill which they enjoyed. Then spent about an hour on the playground by welcome center. We planned to do the scavenger hunt but could see the spots during the high speed train and they were so spread out that it would have taken over an hour just to walk to the different locations with what didn't seem like anything that interesting in between. Plus we tried a couple and the crayon provided is not the right writing tool for the task which is to collect rubbings on a sheet which collectively SHOULD create a picture. I also saw a kid turning in a completed sheet and it just looked like a big green blob. I used a pencil that was left on the ground by one of the markers and it did a better job but my five year old couldn't quite get the pressure right to get a good image by herself.

The $19 price should include the golf or tickets to the "desert" should be $10 tops. Do not plan to ever return.