Today was the first day for Schlitterbahn to open and we were there right when they opened at 10am along with a lot of high school kids. It was school day at Schlitterbahn so several bus loads of high school kids were there. The park would have been desolate without the high school kids but it wasn't too crowded. The lines for the rides weren't long at all. We started in the kids section and Brent went down two kids slides. The water was super cold!
Then, we thought it would be fun to get on the lazy river so Brent and Beck got us a couple of tubes. As you can see from the picture below, the water looks pretty calm and it did for a while until we hit the rapids. Unfortunately, we did not read the sign which clearly says, "Swift Water and Large Waves". Luckily, we had a life jacket on Kinsey and Brent was in the water holding on to mine and Beck's tube so that we would not turn over. Our kids were SO SUPER SCARED!!! They were pretty much traumatized.
We got off the roaring rapids as soon as we possibly could and found a heated pool which is where we spent the majority of our day. And, Brent went down the pink slide and loved it!
After we ate lunch, we went back to the kids section. I sprayed sunscreen on the kids every hour and Kinsey only had a little redness right by her eyes...I guess I missed that spot. Not bad for a five-hour day in the sun.
For dinner, we thought (the operative word here is thought) it would be fun to eat at the Rainforest Cafe but we were so wrong. The host tried to seat us at the table right in front of the apes and she told us they would go off every 10 minutes. I asked if they were loud and she said, "sort of; some kids like them and some kids don't." Kinsey was already crying just looking at them so she moved us to the other side of the restaurant to a table that was somewhat close to the elephants. Right after sitting down, the restaurant does this thunderstorm every thirty minutes where the lights dim, you hear thunder and the animals go nuts...well guess what? My kids went nuts too! They cried and wanted to leave! I would have left if it had been up to me. Brent took Beck to the gift shop until our food arrived then we ate as fast as we could so that we could leave before the next thunderstorm. Although the food was fantastic, we will not go to this restaurant anytime soon.
This was Beck's favorite part of the Rainforest Cafe...the gator in the water.
We went to the beach to take family pictures and this time we brought swimsuits and beach toys.
This was a wonderful fun-filled day in Galveston! I'm starting to fall in love with this place!
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