The usual price for an adult ticket? $55! So thanks to Chevy and the hubs' stepdad we saved $220. We had originally planned to go to Hershey a few weeks ago, but thanks to the crazy amount of rain that has been dumped on the east coast this month the park was flooded. So we rescheduled for the last weekend.
Since Cecilia was free (kids under three are), we decided to ask our good friends, Mike and Amy to go. Daniel has known Amy since they were in Sunday School together before they even went to Elementary School and he met Mike in high school. Before kids and mortgages we hung out with Mike and Amy all the time, but now with our busy schedules (and budgets) we don't get to see them nearly as much we used to. Mike and Amy have two adorable little girls, Miss M who just turned 4 and Little A who is exactly a month younger then Cecilia (she turned 2 on May 17th).
We originally were going to stay the night since Hershey is a little more then a two and a half hour drive from home, but last minute we decided to go up there and back on the same day.
Miss M seeing how tall she is |
This was the first time Cecilia had been to a bigger amusement park. She loved it!
Miss M, Little A and Ci "driving" cars |
"Mom, these aren't like the swings at the park." |
"Nevermind, I like them better!" |
You can't go to Hershey Park without taking a tour of Chocolate World where they show you how Hershey's famous candy bars are made. You go through a replica factory on these little carts. Suprisingly, Cecilia stayed entertained.
Picture Amy took of us on the cart before the tour (I look horrible!). |
Chocolate |
Wrapping Hershey's famous candy bars. |
Look at all that Heshey's chocolate syrup! |
Hershey's famous kisses! |
The store after the tour (surprisingly all of this candy was very reasonably priced!) |
Daniel, Ci, Miss M & Mike |
We went back to the park after the tour. We were hoping the girls would take a nap in their strollers, but we had no such luck. All five of us rode in the observation tower, it was neat to see the park and the actual Hershey factory from an aerial view.
Daniel and MIike, friends for almost fifteen years.
We rode some more rides with kids, Ci enjoyed "driving" a classic car with the help of daddy. I sneaked a picture of the picture the park took. There's no way I was paying $15 for that..
Miss M wanted to drive too, but was shy when it came picture time.
Here's all three girls, it was nearly impossible to get a picture of them all looking.
Ci, Little A & Miss M |
Before we left though the girls wanted to one ride again. Can you guess which one?
The swings!
We left right after the last ride and before we ever got to the car Cecilia was out.
Overall we had a great time, we all agreed next time we need to stay the night. Going there and back in one day is a lot, especially with little ones. (Can I say, I told you so?) Hopefully next summer we can score some free tickets again. I'll be sure to let my blog readers know if they are running the promotion again (apparently they run it every year) so those of you close to the Hershey area can take advantage of it too.
Congrats goes out to one of my favorite bloggers (and long time blog buddies), Julie who guessed where we were going! Congrats Julie, e-mail me {mindy71183@gmail.com} or Facebook me your address. I picked a little something up for you and Issac while we were at Hershey Park.
2 comments:
Aw!! Looks like so much fun. You have an adorable family
Awesome pics! I haven't been there in years but I do remember the smell of the Hershey factory! That's always been my favorite part! :-)
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