Busch Gardens

We got to the park at 915a (opened at 930), so we got to park right up front.  We visited every dang thing, walked everywhere (our legs are still hurting today).  We got lucky and it seemed everytime we got to an animal exhibit it was feeding time, which was really cool to see.  The Haunted Mansion 3-D was a neat theatre show...one of those where the seats move, water comes out of the screen, etc...  There was this one part where it's supposed to be rats running lose, and air shoots out from under the chairs to feel like them running by..both of the girls about crapped themselves, it was hillarious.  The girls both agreed to go on the 'kiddie' coaster with Alex...Kaitlynne flat-out cried when she got off of it, Katie tried to be big and bad for daddy, but in the end-she wouldn't ride anything else either..lol.  Anywho, we had a great time...kids, for the most part, did very well.  We got back to Ocala and had dinner at Denny's then came home.  I got on here for a little bit, but crashed quick, I was so tired.  I usually can hold out until Alex is ready, but I didn't even hear him come to bed.

Above are pics from yesterday (I took 70, kept 54, but promise not to bore y'all with all of them):

1 & 2)  The monkey's on the monkey.

3)  Alex and the girls on the train (in the tunnel-they were sure something was about to happen).

4)  If you feel like enlarging this one, do it..it's so funny!  This is the 'after' pic from the kiddie-coaster.

5)  The girls on an airplane ride.

6)  This was cute, an elephant came out from rolling in the hay (literally), and another elephant chased after him and ate the hay off his back.

7)  The girls with Santa.

8)  My fav pic :)  Myself, Alex, Kaitlynne, and Katie in front of the flamingos. 

9)  This was funny, too.  Took a pic w/ a Clydesdale;  Alex and Kaitlynne were laughing because as soon as they got posed, the horse bent over to sniff Katie's hair..lol!

10)  Feeding time at the lion's den..he came right up to the glass by us to see his trainer walk by.

11)  Alex and the girls feeding the turtles.

12)  Mr. Croc came over to say hi, too.