That was a DAY!

We woke up at about 8 am, ate breakfast, showered and headed out to Hershey Park. When we arrived at the gate to the parking lot, Carl and I looked at each other an simultaneously said "Busch Gardens". Then Grace pipes up from the back seat "Yeah...It DOES look just like Busch Gardens, doesn't it?" We HOWLED. Great. She's part of our "inner jokes" now;)

W parked in Lot 1 and took the little Tram to the front gate, where we were presented with our first look at "Chocolate World", a building with a movie about the history of the sweet stuff, a ride through a "chocolate factory and a store where you can "make your own" Hershey's Candy. We continued on, eager to get into the park.
The first thing we came to were the "measuring stations" where they assign you a type of candy to go with your height range. Grace was a Reece's Peanut Butter Cup, I was a Twizzler and Carl was a Jolly Rancher. We GOT the type of candy we measured as from the attendants at the stations! Nice touch!

We were all impressed with how clean the park was and how friendly the workers were! Grace even ate CHOCOLATE, such was the mood in the park yesterday!

It rained on and off, so we were among the smart people who bough ponchos and didn't spend the day soaking wet. We even saw a Sea Lion show in the pouring rain, which added a unique touch!:)

The first ride we attended, Grace and I were slated to go on together, but the attendant caught me at the last second and "measured" me and declared me to be too short to take her...I have never run into this, and apparently neither have they! LOL Needless to say Carl was wiling to pinch-hit, and I happily watched them fly their spaceship for the next 5 minutes, while the attendant chatted me up. (I think he felt really badly!)

We then continued on to a smaller log ride, where despite our ponchos, we got kind of wet;) Grace LOVED it, I was complaining a bit, and Carl was on my case. I explained to him that I hate being wet at a theme park like he hates to be in large crowds. He was so good and apologized and saw to it that I stayed as dry as possible after that! I love him!!!

Next was the "sightseeing ride"...You know the one. Every park has it. It is a basket you sit in with your feet dangling precariously, so you can se the entire park from above. AHHHH. MY kind of ride!!!

Next, Carl and Grace wanted to tackle a smaller, but still adult, roller coaster called the "Comet". I rode with a chinese girl we met in line, and Grace and Carl were right behind us. By the end, Grace was catatonic. She didn't utter a sound on the entire ride, she was so petrified. She declared at the end that she would never ride it again, but guess what she said at bedtime, before falling sound asleep next to me? Yep! "Mom. I really want to tackle that Comet again tomorrow. I just didn't know what to expect!"

The rest pf the day was various rides, a visit to Zoo USA, which was WONDERFUL and Chocolate World! We had a BLAST in the 3-D movie and the factory ride, but we didn't get to do the "make your own candy' thing, because there were just too many people. Maybe tomorrow!

Forte