House on the Rock
By Jon Miller
> From: "Deland Robert" <Deland_Robert@macmail1.csg.mot.com>
>
>... I was considering a trip to the House on the Rock. Evidently it's
> worth travelling to.
My friends and I refer to it as "Ripoff on the Rock". I would suggest you not get your hopes up too high. When I was there just two years ago, I tried to get my money back. My primary reason for visiting there was to see and hear the various automatic musical instruments.
Soon after entering, you are given notice that the automatic musical instruments run on tokens, which you purchase from a machine. I found myself leaving with a lot of tokens due to the fact that the vast majority of them are in such a poor state of repair. I consider it a rip-off to plunk my money into a machine and only have it work half-way! This, along with the fact that many of the displays are "faked" (a "mechanical instrument" being "played", yet the sound is coming from a speaker hidden behind it).
Okay, it might be an interesting place - just know in advance the condition of things and don't expect too much. I'm not sure its worth going out of ones way to visit, except for a good laugh (if you find this sort of thing humorous).
(They flat out refused my demand for a refund, by the way)
Jon Miller
Saint Paul MN
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