It’s what Kyle says about Casa Bonita in season 7, episode 11 of South Park:
Why eat here?
Listen, don’t complain about spending over $12 for mediocre food– after all, there’s no extra charge for all the entertainment, splendid appointments and 300 smiling service persons!
The Black Sheep Bike was there
Unlike Cartman who had to do away with Butters in order to be a part of Kyle’s birthday party at Casa Bonita, my main problem was simply that Casa Bonita is about 68 miles away; going all the way via bicycle was not an option. I needed some help via the Transfort and RTD systems to get me and my bike into Denver and then I could figure it out from there.
One of the Splendid Appointments
included this diving pool. If you get to be seated near the waterfall, you will have a great view of the entertainment and divers.
Where’s the fun in this?
There is so much musical entertainment and puppet shows and Black Bart’s cave, and the cliff divers, and the costumed dancing monkeys, and the gun fights that there really is no reason to jump into the pool. And stuff happens every 15 minutes.
Lunch here was OK, I guess.
But it must be better at dinner time. All of the ‘acts’ were phoned in performances and at times it seemed a little weird. The guy in the gorilla suit just stood there for a while and then got chased around the restaurant for no apparent reason. One guy came on stage unannounced and began to juggle three batons for about 30 seconds and then left the stage– What was that about?
I felt I had to go to this place; the media told me to do it. There was a report early in October about the Casa’s parent company filling for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Then in the CSU student paper there was an article about how important it was to make an annual pilgrimage to Denver to experience the place. Finally, when I went to the Second City show two weeks ago, the cast said that whenever they are in Colorado, they make it a point to go to Casa Bonita. Heck, I HAD to be there!