Northern Idaho - Garfield at Silverwood

One of the primary reasons my sisters wanted to re-visit Silverwood was that Garfield had been added to the park. You could get pictures with Garfield and Odie at the Toy Store in Garfield's Summer Camp.

The first thing we saw were Silverwood teddy bears. I might have thought they were inspired by Pookie, but then we saw this:

My sisters were very excited to find plush Arlenes as well, though the necks are just too short to really look like her.

There was a lot of personalized merchandise available, but I was surprised at the name choices. Is Gianna really more common than Gina now? It felt like when Bart could only find Bort name plates at Itchy and Scratchy Land.

I liked the decor of the store a lot. It had an old fashioned feel, with a lot of charm. That probably pre-dates the addition of Garfield to the park. Actually, a Red Baron ride made me wonder of Garfield's Summer Camp used to be Camp Snoopy. They do have the old Corkscrew from Knott's Berry Farm.

Having once incorporated the Garfield theme, they did that pretty well too.

And of course, then we got to meet Garfield. Odie and Arlene were not available that day, but clearly Garfield would be the most important one.

I just thought it would be a fun thing to do, but a child who was in line before us (and had asked if Garfield was eating lasagna when told he was at lunch) ran to hug Garfield with such joy that my cynical heart melted.

Also, I think it is some kind of fan system, but there is a vibration to the cat that makes it seem like you have a purring cat there. That may not jibe with the personality of the comic Garfield, but it was all pretty sweet.

http://www.silverwoodthemepark.com/things-to-do/garfield.php