This seems like the "It's so crowded nobody goes there" thing. If prices were too high and the experience was not-quite-miserable, wouldn't it be less crowded?

This seems like the "It's so crowded nobody goes there" thing. If prices were too high and the experience was not-quite-miserable, wouldn't it be less crowded? It also seems like the author remembers the place as being less expensive when they were a child, but they aren't accounting for inflation and their childhood memory was only of admissions whereas in the present they account for parking and food and possibly other costs.