Family Vacation

Holiday World Advocates! We were a military family so any leave time (civilian term: vacation) DH earned was spent traveling back "home" to visit family. We did that for twenty years. Upon retirement, we made arrangements to take our children to a theme park. We don't do "name brand" theme parks but we found one in--get this--Santa Claus, Indiana, and being Hoosiers, we set a date to travel. Their site said that Memorial Day wasn't busy so we planned to leave directly after the evening church service and stay at a hotel to be at the park when it opened. It was outstanding! Easy drive! We found an AFFORDABLE, brand new hotel with adjoining rooms and that in itself was huge. We have to have two rooms when we travel and connecting rooms are great!! The park was wonderful! First thing off, they gave all our smaller children bracelets that we wrote our cell phone numbers on incase they were separated from us. The attendants could call our phones and help us quickly reunite with our lost little ones. (Fortunately, that didn't happen but that is a Munro Law: If you are prepared, it won't be an issue!) The parking was free, the park was clean with employees with busy brooms, the drink stations were everywhere, the bathrooms had attendants in them and were fully supplied and home-like clean, smoke-free environment, they supply sunscreen-pump it right into your hand and apply, they have a dress code both inside and outside the water park, the restaurants were very reasonably priced and the food was decent but you can bring a cooler and use the Lakeside Picnic Shelter and re-enter with a stamped hand. The music was generally Christian. I was astounded as I heard it piped through the speakers. I kept laughing in amazement at how great this was turning out. The set up of the park has the entrance for the rides for older/taller people in the same area with rides for the younger riders. I could still stay with the family because the older ones could ride the faster rides and I could still take our younger children to ride right there. It was great! That being said, there is a kiddie section but a roller coaster entrance is right near it!! Lastly, they have a new ride this year!! It is in the water park. Check it out!! Buy tickets! They open in May!