On Saturday we drove to a city called New Braunfels (about 45 miles south) to see a place called Schlitterbahn. In the summertime, Schillterbahn is a waterslide park, but in the winter, they turn it into a sort of a Christmas Winter Wonderland. In their advertisements, they promise "over a million Christmas lights!", "snow!" , "ice skating!" "sledding!" and much more. Most of it was true.
We arrived as the park opened at 5pm. Admission was $14.99 for me and Christy, and $12.99 for Sara (Kyle was free.) Luckily for us, Saturday was a warm day here in Austin. The temp got up to 82 degrees out here. (As I'm typing this now, the temp is only expected to be 48 degrees, with a low of 29, quite an amazing change from one day to the next. If it rains sometime today, we may even see some snow.) The place wasn't too impressive in the daylight, so I can understand why they don't open until close to sunset. Once it became dark, it was much more impressive. There probably was a million lights there, and the kids seemed to be in awe.
The "snow" that they mentioned wasn't actually real snow, it was a machine pumping out bubbles over everyone. Bubbles that looked like snow. I'm not really sure I liked this idea. The bubbles started to get into our drinks so we ended up throwing them away. Then the bubbles were in our hair so when we got home we had messy, sticky hair. Maybe they should just import real snow.
The "sledding" was true, but it wasn't slow sledding. It was simply riding a sled down one of the waterslides. They did have ice skating though, but it was so crowded and the line was so long that we didn't even bother with that.
One of the highlights was when Kyle and Sara got to meet Santa Claus. Sara seemed really excited to see him. She kept telling me that she was going to tell him all about the kind of toys she wanted for Christmas. Once we finally got up the Santa Claus, she freaked out and didn't even want to get close to him. Her excitement suddenly turned to fear and she didn't want to see Santa Claus. Kyle, however, didn't mind, and he posed for a picture with Santa. So this is the second year in a row I waited in line with Sara to see Santa and she chickened out at the last minute. Maybe next year she'll be able to handle it.
Overall it was a pretty fun time. After going to so many places that proved to be disappointing, this place was pretty nice.
(Pictures: 1. Schlitterbahn's. 2. The overcrowded ice-skating rink. 3. Klye meets Santa Claus for the first time. 4. Sara (with her new glasses) runs away from the park-mascot dog. 5. Klye walking through a tunnel of lights.)
We arrived as the park opened at 5pm. Admission was $14.99 for me and Christy, and $12.99 for Sara (Kyle was free.) Luckily for us, Saturday was a warm day here in Austin. The temp got up to 82 degrees out here. (As I'm typing this now, the temp is only expected to be 48 degrees, with a low of 29, quite an amazing change from one day to the next. If it rains sometime today, we may even see some snow.) The place wasn't too impressive in the daylight, so I can understand why they don't open until close to sunset. Once it became dark, it was much more impressive. There probably was a million lights there, and the kids seemed to be in awe.
The "snow" that they mentioned wasn't actually real snow, it was a machine pumping out bubbles over everyone. Bubbles that looked like snow. I'm not really sure I liked this idea. The bubbles started to get into our drinks so we ended up throwing them away. Then the bubbles were in our hair so when we got home we had messy, sticky hair. Maybe they should just import real snow.
The "sledding" was true, but it wasn't slow sledding. It was simply riding a sled down one of the waterslides. They did have ice skating though, but it was so crowded and the line was so long that we didn't even bother with that.
One of the highlights was when Kyle and Sara got to meet Santa Claus. Sara seemed really excited to see him. She kept telling me that she was going to tell him all about the kind of toys she wanted for Christmas. Once we finally got up the Santa Claus, she freaked out and didn't even want to get close to him. Her excitement suddenly turned to fear and she didn't want to see Santa Claus. Kyle, however, didn't mind, and he posed for a picture with Santa. So this is the second year in a row I waited in line with Sara to see Santa and she chickened out at the last minute. Maybe next year she'll be able to handle it.
Overall it was a pretty fun time. After going to so many places that proved to be disappointing, this place was pretty nice.
(Pictures: 1. Schlitterbahn's. 2. The overcrowded ice-skating rink. 3. Klye meets Santa Claus for the first time. 4. Sara (with her new glasses) runs away from the park-mascot dog. 5. Klye walking through a tunnel of lights.)
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