Carasoul was nearly emtpy, but we were forced by the attendant to run to the back of the 'line' each time we rode, rather than just have our membership swiped, or handing over a ticket to continue to ride without having to run to the back of the line. They're making improvements with the carasoul, and most attendants make it easy on members and allow us to provide tickets or our phone for a quick swipe when it's slow. The Museum of Natural Curiosity was shut down at 5pm that day, and I didn't learn about this until 4pm. This is the kind of information (called a 'buy out') that needs to be posted as an alert on their website and their app. If I was a paying customer for just that day, I'd feel ripped off. That should have also been posted at all venues and on the map they hand out. They are constantly out of supplies at the Kenya school, the art studio in the kidstown area, and other places using paper, pencils, crayons and pre printed pages to write or color on. None of the venues are sanitary. I've never seen an employee cleaning or wiping down areas that have really heavy traffic in any venue. Nor do they post cleaning schedules so that we know when a place was last sanitized. The bathrooms surprisingly are the cleanest areas in the whole place, and they look and smell really clean. There aren't enough hand washing stations for places like the puppet show, or the dinosaur play areas, or the indoor water park where germs and humidity are rampant. It isn't enough to simply provide a trickle of water to wash the sand off. Or the puppet show, where who knows how often the puppets are washed. I bring rubber gloves from home for my granddaughter to use, as there are always kids who are sneezing and coughing and who knows when they've last washed their hands. I'd feel better if they posted cleaning schedules for the costumes, toys, climbing areas, puppets, and all items handled by children, so we have an idea of whether it's safe to handle anything. Disability aids such as golf carts (for Ashton Gardens) and wheelchairs come with a fee. The golf cart is $25.00/hr, which is indefensible. They bring in plenty of money, and they can certainly afford to provide their disabled guests (and they can have them prove their disability first if money is that tight) with complimentary mobility aids. I realize that golf carts and wheelchairs can incur costs with use. However, people with disabilities usually don't choose to be disabled, and they shouldn't be deprived of certain venues simply because they can't afford the mobility assistance. I'm sure they make enough money off of members who use these aids for convenience, and don't need to charge truly disabled members as well. I won't be returning to Ashton Gardens due to my own disabilities because I can't afford the golf cart, and when I visited for the first time last week, I had to be rescued because it was such an arduous walk. I wonder if they'd refund some of my membership fee since I won't be able to access one of their venues? Something to think about. So many wonderful ideas at Thanksgiving Point! But the execution is really poor. Too many venue features are closed, so members and customers shouldn't be charged full price when they don't have access to the closed areas. Disneyland does this too and it's both greedy and unfair to visitors.