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We spent Easter at the Williamsburg KOA last year and had such a wonderful time that it was easy to make the decision to stay there once again this year. They do such a great job of providing fun activities throughout the weekend to add that special something to the holiday.
The first item on the agenda was a visit from the Easter Bunny - of course as we learned last year she's really just a weird female bunny rabbit who is a bit odd if we're being honest. Adam was still excited - sort of - to get a balloon animal from her - he opted for a Pirate's Parrot and it was cute - but honestly, she's a bit scary. Needless to say - Harper kept his distance. :)
Also on the agenda was the petting zoo. The kids had a great time with this. Harper was in awe of the animals and enjoyed kissing on them and petting them. Of course Adam was also intrigued and had fun watching his little brother partake in the fun. They also got to see the real "Easter Bunny." (or was it?)
Happily since they met with the real Easter Bunny on Saturday he knew where to find them on Easter morning. The boys had such great baskets waiting for them filled with all kinds of treasures. Adam was most excited about the DVD copy of "Rogue One" and Harper was thrilled to find bubbles and fruit pouches (ok, Harper was thrilled with all of the colorful goodness.) Regardless, it was a happy Easter morning and we were thrilled that the Easter Bunny decided to gift Adam with a box of donuts as they made the perfect breakfast before we headed out for our third day of Busch Gardens fun!
Busch Gardens on Easter is a hidden gem and while the drizzly weather from last year kept even more crowds away we still found the crowds on Easter Sunday to be minimal allowing for even more consecutive runs on the Loch Ness Monster, a father/son ride on the Autobahn roller coaster, and more fun rides for Harper to enjoy - that is before he fell asleep again. :)
After a long day of fun at Busch Gardens we all got cleaned up and went for a nice Easter dinner at Bone Fish. We followed the up with an Easter Egg hunt around the camp site. Harper was loving ever moment of it and did a great job of finding eggs that his big brother was kind enough to leave behind.
It was another memorable Easter weekend!
We had so much fun with our season tickets to Busch Gardens last year that we opted to purchase them again this year. Adam was so excited to see if he had grown enough to move up a wrist band which would open up a whole new world of rides and roller coasters. Much to his delight he did in fact meet those height requirements and while there are still some rides he isn't tall enough for he did hit the mark for the most famous ride at Busch Gardens - the Loch Ness Monster! I wondered if he would have any hesitation with going on this as it goes upside down and also since he'd really never been on a real roller coaster before but as soon as we got inside the park he insisted we head straight there. I'll admit I was actually a bit nervous about how he was going to enjoy it but after that first drop I looked over at him and he was all smiles and laughs - just like me on a coaster. He then proceeded to ride it three times in a row - twice with me and then again with Daddy & Kathleen. Adam = Thrill Seeker.
Our visits to Busch Gardens during this trip were also fun because Harper was big enough to take in some rides as well. He was so cute riding the clydesdales - and Olivia was sweet to ride with him. He also enjoyed the Merry-Go-Round, swings, and riding in an airplane with his big brother. Harper = Thrill Seeker? Well - we'll just have to see but for now, it seems that's the direction we are headed in.
We just love Busch Gardens - it's such a clean, friendly and beautiful park. It was fun having Kathleen and Olivia with us for one of the visits as well. It gave Andy and me the opportunity to go on a roller coaster together which was fun and also the ability for our family to ride the Mach Tower, which was not fun. Ha! This thing spins you up slowly to the very top - and while the views are supposedly really awesome (I wouldn't know, I had my eyes closed) the idea that you are going to then be dropped back down without warning makes anything positive about this ride immediately irrelevant. But, Adam wanted to ride it and so as a family we did just that. And I'll never do it again....
Mach Tower aside, it was a great couple days of visiting the park (we went again on Easter but more on that later) with lots of water rides enjoyed, some good food and ice cream devoured, and about 7 miles a day of walking - enough to tire all of us out - not just Harper. :)
