A Day at Busch Gardens

Last week the boys had their Spring Break.  I had some hotel points still from a job I held some 9 years ago, that required a lot of travel.  I decided to book a hotel room for a few nights and take the boys to Williamsburg.  On my own.  I know, I must've lost my mind, right?  We mostly did just fine though.  We got an early start and had beautiful weather for our day at Busch Gardens.

The boys and I rode Prince Elmo's Spire.  This is not us in the pic - I took it while we were waiting in line.  Which we did a lot of - turns out there were a lot of folks on Spring Break that decided to hit Busch Gardens.  It was packed.

Pierce really wanted to ride Escape from Pompeii, but the twins weren't big enough yet.  We spent some time watching it though, and hopefully next time everyone will be big enough to ride.

The Little Balloons:

Pretending to stomp grapes in "Italy" - 

Pierce picking on his brother while waiting for the swings to start -

Poor Cort and Reid.  They never did figure out how to pull the lever to get their plane off the ground.

Riding the train around the park -

View from the train - we'd hoped to take a boat ride but never got around to it.

The boys talked to an elderly couple sitting behind us nonstop the whole train ride.  They were delighted.

Pierce went up in the treehouse in The Land of the Dragons, while the twins and I stayed on lower ground.

The carousel-

We finished the day with a ride on Grover's Alpine Express - a kiddie rollercoaster.  I was worried they wouldn't let the twins on, and although they balked a bit in the end they did (thank goodness, considering how long we'd waited in line).  The boys LOVED their first roller coaster ride.  Sadly, we came off it and discovered that our stroller had been stolen.  Fortunately, I had rented a stroller (not wanting to risk having our double BOB stroller being stolen), however, our drinks were in the stroller and it had our name on it!  Plus, we were really far from the car, the twins were exhausted, and they sobbed the whole walk.  I certainly called it a day at that point, and we headed back to the hotel, just stopping long enough to pick up a pizza on the way. 

Would you brave 3 boys age 5 and under at an amusement park for the day?  LOL, it wasn't so bad.  The biggest part was constantly being on alert - not wanting to get separated for even a second, especially since it was so crowded all day!