Christmas Town at Busch Gardens-{Williamsburg Trip}

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{Day 1:  Christmas Town at Busch Gardens}

After we all got settled in our rooms on Monday afternoon, we played games, explored the hotel downstairs, and got ready to go out in the cold to experience Christmas Town at Busch Gardens.  We were looking forward to going that night, but after the sun went down…it was cold.  Like really, really, really cold. 

We all made sure to put on our gloves, hats, scarves, and extra pairs of socks before we left the hotel that evening.  We left the hotel about 4:30…We had never been to Christmas Town, so it was a whole new experience for everyone.  We didn’t expect that lots of people would be there the day AFTER Christmas, but we were wrong.  That park was so busy!  We could hardly find a parking space and had to walk a few miles just to get to the entrance. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a little, but it was busy. We finally got to the entrance of the park, found our tickets, and got inside Busch Gardens. 

       

It was so pretty!  Christmas music was playing throughout the different “countries” and the lights were breathtaking.  Can you believe that this is actually a water ride during the warmer months?  They even made the water look like it was moving!  It was so neat!

       

Beautiful ladies:  Katie, Caroline, and Aunt Kim                     Isn’t he so cute?  He needed his picture taken. ;)                  

      

Cousin and brother/ sister love! ;)Yep, more cousin pictures.  It’s not everyday that you get to sit on a polar bear bench.  {Left to right: Andrew, Caroline, Katie, me, and Christopher}

     They also had a few shows for everyone to watch during the evening.  This was when we were standing in line for “Deck the Halls”…  

It was really good!  I’ll be posting a video in a few days that has a glimpse of the show, so stay tuned.

Thinking about my lovely friend, Anna… It’s her “traditional Busch Garden” picture.  Don’t ask. Hahaha. :)

         

Uncle Bobby and Aunt Kim… So very thankful for them.  They have been amazing this past year.  Love you guys!!

                              

So many pretty lights and Christmas cheer!  You should definitely go to Christmas Town if you’re ever in Williamsburg during the end of the year.  It’s so much fun!

Sooo, we were almost completely frozen at this point and we’re all ready to start heading back to the hotel, so we decided to ride on the train.  It would have been more fun if it wasn’t so cold, but that night it was in the low 40’s…and breezy.   Not the best night to ride on a train, but it was pretty fun.  It just made it feel more like Christmas.  :)

          

While we were on the train, I snapped this picture.  I think it turned out pretty cool….what do you think?

We loved the gift shops.  We never bought anything, but it was fun to do some window shopping, and by the end of the night, we had almost made a game of who could find the heater inside the fastest…Haha.  Yeah, we were cold.  Family pictures before we left… The 5 grandchildren and our lovely grandma.   Isn’t she pretty?  :)…and one of Uncle Bobby’s family.

Such a fun night!  I’m so glad we decided to go to Christmas Town while we were in town.  It was really cold, but it just made it all the more fun.  You should have seen us running/walking quickly to our cars in the parking lot so we could turn the heat on as high as it would go and finally feel our toes again.  You would have thought that someone was chasing us to our cars or something.  Haha… good times.

Once we got back to the hotel that night, we all went to our rooms (We had two different rooms right next to each other: the boys room and the girls room), we changed into our pajamas, and most of us got snuggled under blankets in our beds to watch movies late into the night.

Next up:  {Day 2: Playing games, shopping, and going out to eat}