For the past couple of Memorial Day Weekends we've stayed at Disney, but this year it didn't work out and we let Mady decide what she wanted to do. She loves Busch Gardens and staying at the pirate ship hotel, so that's where we went. We love Busch Gardens because there are so many things for the kids to do there. We always devote one day to the rides and one day to the animals. We try to get there around 9 when it opens and then leave around 1 when it's really hot, and have lunch and go back to the hotel to swim and nap. We love the hotel because it has a huge pool with a separate kiddie pool, as well as an outdoor bar and tons of covered outdoor seating.
The first day we arrived we hung around the pool and let the kids swim. We were so excited for KK and her swimming! She starts another round of swim lessons June 13 and gets to move up a group! After swimming for a few hours we headed out to dinner and then came back for more swimming!
The next day we arrived around 9 am and headed to Safari of Fun. There are tons of kid rides in this area, and Mady does a great job of going on them with Kaitlyn. We also went to the Sesame Street show since Kaitlyn loves Abby and Elmo!
We also saw the Sesame Street show and met Abby, Kaitlyn's favorite! She wanted nothing to do with Cookie Monster.
After spending 2 hours at the Safari of Fun area, we headed to the other side of the park where there are more kid rides and Mady's favorite roller coaster, the Scorpion. You can see Mady and Jacob in the second row!
We left the park around 1, had lunch, went swimming, took naps, and had dinner by the pool.
The next day we headed back to Busch Gardens to see the animals. Kaitlyn was not tall enough to go on Rhino Rally, so we walked through the Edge of Africa, rode the train, and rode on the Skyride. We saw lots of animals and the girls even got to see the hyena being fed!
We left the park around 1, grabbed some lunch and then headed home for a pool party and bbq. We had a great weekend and it was so nice to get out of town for a few days. We are headed to the beach next week and then Mady starts 2 weeks of tennis camp and VBS.
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