Yesterday we tested out the Season Passes we bought to Carowinds.... an amusement park here in Charlotte. Our goal was to get there right at 10:00 when it opened, stay for a few hours & get back in time for the kids to take, what we hoped, would be a nice long nap.
First, we got there around 10:30 and had to activate our passes... there was some sort of gospel concert going on there, so every church group in a 100 mile radius was there as well. The place was packed - a factoid that we had not anticipated... lesson #1 - check the schedule for concerts!!!
However, my kids didn't even notice how crowded it was! Henry was super excited!! Carowinds is Nickelodeon based, so they have rides featuring Dora the Explorer, Scooby Doo, Rugrats and the beloved SpongeBob Square Pants. Henry begged us to take him to the Scooby Doo Haunted Mansion ride first, where we waited in line for about 15 or 20 minutes. We got to the front to enter & he nearly freaked right out... it was after all, "haunted." He didn't want to go in! The girl working the front reassured him it wasn't scary and he finally got on. We rode the carousel, planes, helicopters, boats (the dullest ride there, which Kyra and I waited in line for 30 minutes to get on) and Henry even got on a kiddie roller coaster which he loved. We then waited in line for about 30 minutes to "drive" an antique car!
So with all this waiting, I think you can figure out that we didn't leave in a couple of hours - more like 6!!! We didn't get home until 5pm and the long nap I hoped they'd take? Not so much!! Oh well... here are some pictures from our day.
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Sounds like you all had tons of fun! Maybe next summer Mabel will be old enough for me to take her! =)
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