Hershey Day 2

After our "preview" evening's 2.5 hour tour of the park, we went back to the hotel and crashed hard.  It was a long day.  The next morning, we headed out to Hershey with the goal of getting there by 10 to avoid the rush.  We got there by 10, but I was one of thousands with the same idea.   I think there's no avoiding the rush at Hershey.

We started out the day on some of the standard rides like the "meant for little kids" flying helicopters:

 Then moved on to the Scrambler, which the kids and Daddy enjoyed immensely!

After several other rides, we had lunch and headed towards the water park.  On the way, we encountered this ride:

http://www.hersheypark.com/rides/details.php?id=83

which had a short line (10 mins), so Daddy decided to inconvenience the kids to take a ride.  It was awesome.  I look forward to taking the kids on it next time we go!

On to the  water park.  We didn't get any photos of the water park for obvious reasons, but suffice it to say that it was incredible.  Castles with all sorts of water toys, a huge tower with 4 different water slides, a overcrowded lazy river and then it started to rain at 4:00 (as we expected).  We relaxed and waited for the rain to pass, then rode some more of the kids rides, like the carousel.

And the flying jets ride

We left the park exhausted at 7:00 and stopped for pizza which we ate in the hotel room while watching Sponge Bob Square Pants.

A good nights sleep and we prepared for day 3 of our summer roadtrip!