Hershey Park Or Bust

Wednesday morning Zachary hopped into the car and left at 7:30am for NY...specifically Watertown. We went to pick up Courtney and Chelsey and bring them here for the week. We got home about 5pm which isn't bad for a 600 mile reound trip.

Yesturdat we headed for Hershy Park. Hershey Park is only 50 or so miles from us but it is an hour and half drive and we got there at a decent time after first stopping by AAA to purchase our discount tickets.

The lady inside advised us to take a change of clothes in the event of rain. When it rains the park clears out she said, then you have shorter wait times for the rides.

Hmmm, maybe AAA was only a side job and she was actually a weather forecaster.

We went into the museum first since it is right before the entrance to the park. After that we headed towards the rides. There are all kinds of shops there right before the entrance and immediately after. We decided to hit those for souvenires on the way out.

So the kids and Shelly ended up waiting at one of the wooden roller coasters. Then the black skys started to move in. Then they closed this coaster. So the kids lined up for one of those swing rides...then the rain came.

and came

and here we were stuck under a tree in a torential down pour. I think we waited about 20 minutes under the tree while Zack and Chelsey went on that swing ride. I am not sure why they would keep this ride going while closing everything lese but they did.

So we're all soaked and without a change of clothes. We don't know how long this rain will laste so we head out towards the car. On the way we stop at one of those shops we bypassed earlier and bought a couple of towels and shirts for the kids as well as some other souvenirs.

We get to the car and get inside while everyone trys to dry off the best they can. I was content with just ringing ou my shirt. I think about 40 minutes into the rain and now back at our car we decided to leave and at least get something to eat. I was ready to head home but at that point we had spent about $400 so....let's just get some lunch. If it had been up to me we would have headed home but smarter heads than I prevailed.

We had lunch at Fudruckers and while we where there the rain stopped and blue sky was in sight.

For our second forray into the park yesturday we did get to do alot more. Shelly and the kids went on that wooden roller coaster they had missed out from earlier. We all went on a smaller coaster and Chelsey and I went on one.

Then it rained again. This time harder than the first time. We were luckier this time as we were under an awning of one of those food places so we weren't getting soaked at least. I think we waited about 15 minutes and it really wasn't letting up so we headed for the car, although relunctantly. We stopped to get some chocolate...including one of those 5 lbs chocolate bars and we left. We were soaked this time from head to toe. It seemed like we had to traverse some monster streams that were running everywhere to get to the parking lot and our car.

We were parked right outside the entrance so at least we didn't have far to go.

So the kids got to ride a few rides but we missed the zoo but overall I think they enjoyed themselves. At the very least it was a memorable day.