The kids are finally willing to sit in the car so we can explore a bit! We decided to drive up to Atlanta and visit the World of Coca Cola and the Georgia Aquarium. On the way up, there was a Buc-ee's. I saw one on the way up to VT last year, but we didn't stop. We decided to this time and see what the hubbub was all about! I have to say, I was impressed! The gas prices were great - 2.99 on Thursday and 2.89 on Friday evening on the way home! The 'store' was huge! The size of a Walmart! The food was pretty good. We all got the brisket on Thursday and Emily went back for more Friday while Aidan tried the chicken salad on a croissant, and I did a Caesar chicken salad. We might have gotten lots of snacks for the hotel stay as well on Thursday! The bathrooms were awesome! Enclosed rooms for everyone, which you do not tend to get here in the USA. Very clean as well. Can you tell, we liked this stop? I hear they may be putting one in on the other side of Ocala at some point.
We checked into the hotel right next to the two attractions and overlooking the Centennial Park. Then we walked over to the World of Coke for our 3PM entry time. We got both sets of tickets online and they had us pick entry times. It was a close to 6 hour drive so we figured 3PM for arrival would allow for traffic.
We were done around 4:30 and headed back to the hotel. We checked it out and decided not to swim in the pools - there was a small indoor and a chilly outdoor pool. We did find a game room and spent a good hour in there. There was a Foosball and a Mrs. Pac Man game there. I enjoyed the Pac Man game and both kids got to try it out. I am terrible at Foosball.... Em is better than me but Aidan is pretty good at it. Then it was time to think about dinner. There were lots of options within walking distance, but we checked out the one at the hotel on our way back to our room. I didn't have my phone or purse (phone was charging in the room) and the Cajun/Tex Mex place in the hotel looked good and I could charge it to the room! It was really good. Em and I did the Mexican and Aidan went with Cajun side.
After breakfast at the hotel, we drove over to the parking garage at the Aquarium. We had a 9AM ticket to get into the aquarium. It was a lot easier to see things in the morning before it got really busy. The aquarium was really neat. Tunnels with the fish above you! Walls of window to view all the swimming things and the reefs. We did the Sea Lion show at 11:15 and the Dolphin show at 2, then headed home in the rain. We could have sat and watched for hours!
beluga whales!
albino alligator
It was a nice getaway with the kids.
Emily has horses in a bit and then I plan to see what trouble I can get into in the sewing room.
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sounds like a fun couple days. We stopped at a Buckees somewhere on the way home from a trip out east last fall - it was big and gas was good but it was way too busy for me and it had a over whelming smell of sausage cooking which was nauseating to me. Mike and I decided it was faster to run into a small gas station/convenience store than this huge place which really had nothing we wanted anyhow.
That sounds like a fun getaway! I enjoy going to aquariums - so much to see. They're building a Buc-ees near us here in Colorado. After your review, we'll have to check it out when it's finally open!
It looks like and sounds like the 3 of you had a great time--
I got to go to the Aquarium during Dorian, I believe with my daughter--she always liked to run away when a hurricane was coming close by--we were there on a Saturday and later one of the workers told us it was the busiest day they had ever had (cause all of upper Florida and GA and SC drove to Atlanta to escape the hurricane too!!!) and we were lucky as we got there just when they opened so got to see most of it before the big crowds--when we came out of the dolphin show at 2:30 we seen we needed to leave cause the crowd was huge and shoulder to shoulder--Dawn wanted to go back and sit and watch at the big tank area but the crowd was so thick we couldn't get there!!!!!!
So what is your next adventure with them???
hugs, di
What a great getaway! Hugs
What a fun little get-away! As many times as we've been through/in Atlanta, we've never been to the aquarium or World of Coca Cola. Both look/sound like fun places to visit. And we must visit a Buc-ees - we've heard so much about them but have yet to be near one. ~Jeanne
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