We purchased 5 "semi season" passes to Busch Gardens and Water Country in March. These passes allow us to go to either Busch Gardens or Water Country as many times as we want between the end of March and the end of September. On tax day we took our first trip to Busch Gardens. It was SUCH a fun weekend! As a result of the distance from home, we decided to stay overnight so we went down on a Friday and came back on a Sunday. It was so fun! We have yet to be able to go back again. Hopefully soon!! We want to hit Water Country while the weather is still warm.
I think this was the first time we had been to Busch Gardens as a family. The kids and I had gone with a friend (Theresa) when her company went. We were her guests. It was a long time ago. Mike didn't go.
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| This was a fun ride. It was a little boat that you could ride in their little "bay." There were different animals to see as well as a different perspective of the park itself. |
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| Train ride. There was a train that went around the entire park. We rode this thing three times and never made it all the way around the park. Kept stopping at different places to get to rides, etc. |
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| View from the train. Several of the roller coasters in the park. |
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Swings are always fun!! |
Park Wildlife.
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| Lydia and Emily on a ride. Ryan and I are in the car behind them. |
This was a roller coaster that was pretty tame. Bad thing, we carry a backpack with us and one of us had to stay back. It ended up being me. Typically it is Emily and myself as we are not fans of roller coasters. AT ALL! I was willing to go on this one and encouraged Emily to come too. We were headed there when we found we couldn't take the backpack with us and didn't want to pay for the locker to hold it. So, Emily went on. As you can see in the picture above, she was a little nervous. Needless to say, she survived. We still go back to our bad choice as parents to put her on Space Mountain when she was 4. It still haunts her.
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| These turkey legs are in every amusement park we have visited. They must be pretty popular. And there must be a lot of turkeys looking to lose their legs. ;) We split two of them as a lunch in the middle of the day. |
I think we rode this same ride about 6 times. Both days.
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| The other turkey leg. |
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This was Lydia's favorite ride. The Skytram. She LOVED it! We rode it several times. To different parts of the park. She has been on them before, but seemed way more excited about them this time. Mike and Ryan are in the car in front of us.
Here is a link to a YouTube video of the kids and me riding Pompeii. It is a long one, but pretty neat. A fun day!!
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