A quick trip the post office box showed that my new debit card had NOT arrived in time for us to sign up for the EZ pay option at Busch Gardens today, which would have cost us a whopping $12/month total. . . for both passes. But I promised K if she actually made it out of kindergarten that we would celebrate in style, and a deal is a deal. Sooo, today I blew $120 cash on two Fun Passes . . . that's the equivalent of our entire monthly entertain budget (and then some) . . . and it was worth every penny.
To make a long story short, we got the park around 11:00 this morning and they were kicking us out when the doors closed at 10:00 p.m. I got away with spending only about $30 on food and drinks all day, the Fun Passes will get us in the door through Labor Day, K grew enough over the winter to add another roller coaster to her list and the addition of a Sesame Street section (with a splash area) gave me a chance to rest and take some pictures while she enjoyed some rides she could do herself.
The only downside to the day was that I didn't realize the roller coaster went in a full upside down loop, ran through a pitch black cave and would be a bit scary to ride in the dark or that people would pay good money (okay 25 cents) to use the squirters and completely drench us on or first trip through the Roman Rapids. Since we couldn't get any wetter, we took a second.
And loved every minute of the whole damn day.
What fun memories you made! I was worn out just reading about the adventure. That took some staying power!
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