Adventure Island

When I was a child, this was a place that I loved and looked forward to every summer and never had any issues. But recently now as an adult. I have not been to this theme park in almost 10 years. I was excited to return. I am a platinum pass holder. I went today, 7/13/24, on a rainy day. Which I expected was going to interfere with me having access to the water slides. I patiently walked around the park looking at some of the new add-Ons. Eventually, when they allowed individuals to stand in lines early for the water slides because the weather was becoming clear. I waited in one of the lines for approximately an hour and 30 minutes before the staff deemed it safe to ride. When I had finally made it to the top of the ride, the guard would not allow me to ride due to me wearing a small black chain necklace with a small cross pendant. The guard told me that I needed to remove the necklace or else I could not get on the slide. I advised the guard that this necklace does not come off for anyone for religious reasons, and I have not taken it off since I received it 3 years ago. I walked down the steps of the slide to speak to a very nice gentleman who I thought was a guard but said he works in guest relations but was currently working at the bottom of the slide for crowd control. The individual informed me that he had never heard just a thing before and was not sure why I wasn't allowed to ride. I also mentioned to him that a week ago when I visited the water park Aquatica that the staff had no issues with me riding the slides with my small necklace. The individual informed me to take my claim to guest relations. I complied. I calmly walked to the other side of the park and spoke to a representative of guest relations and informed them of my complaint. They responded and were apologetic and presented me with a single ride fast pass. And explained there was nothing else they could do for me. I'm not happy with the outcome. I proceeded to enjoy the rest of my day there. I tried multiple other slides, and being that I was there alone, I could not ride most of the slides because most slides require 2 or more persons. The single ride options were unavailable for me because of my necklace. The only other options I had were 2 slides that were very popular for children. That did not have a strict necklace rule. Which also didn't have much of a line, so the fast pass was obsolete. I rode the rides that I could get on and did a few laps in the lazy river. Overall, I think the necklace rule should be challenged and remastered. I did notice that when I originally was in line, other individuals with necklaces were allowed to ride when I wasn't. I’m not sure if this was an attack on me or if I was being discriminated against but surely this needs to be resolved.