We FINALLY hit kid-friendly Italy! Micah booked hotel rooms and theme park tickets months ago, and the secret was out today. We told the kids that today was going to be kid day (after our debacle in Florence, and Venice being anticlimactic). We told them to search around for a fun park or something to do while we drove.
They found Gardaland almost immediately! Little did they knew it was in the works all along.
And we all agreed…it was time for some real-deal fun!
This place was magical. It was more whimsical than Disneyland, but more upscale than Efteling. Everyone agreed, that Gardaland was great. No lines, enough European flare, great rides, not too big, not too small…just right!
Talking and singing trees.
Cool off rides.
Even if you didn’t want to cool off!
Cool off falls!
Fun shows and attractions.
We got my mom a wheelchair because she has a broken bone in her foot. She loved it…until Pippi pushed and swung her in circles!!!
I sat on a bench while Pippi ran to tons of kid’s rides…and she thought she was hot stuff all on her own.
Then she invited Nonnie to ride with her.
When we saw a cool mini-water park, Dash and Pippi wanted to go so badly, but didn’t have swimsuits on.
I told them to go European style…and they didn’t give it a second thought!
Then begged for a euro to dry off.
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We got back to our rad hotels
-boys were in the adventure hotel, and spelt under an igloo.
-girls were in the magical hotel, and slept in a fairy garden.
We slept like champs in the girl’s room. But after a night of escape-room treasure hunting and frog hunting, Scout ended up with the flu and threw up most of the night.
While Scout slept in, we took the kids to the pool for some swimming and fun.
The greatest thing ever –were the mandatory caps to keep the hair out of the pool!!! PLEASE USA - enforce this! Scout eventually started to feel much better, and the kids came up with “steal the cap” where they all played a tag-style game where they had to steal the blue caps off of everyone else. Last cap wearer — won! Dash was the ultimate at this game. He was a patient hider…and a fast juker.
We ended up back at Gardaland for another afternoon of fun.
And Pippi took good care of her older brother while he was recuperating.
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Honestly…these two days were a blast! They were so fun…and were so needed after a few rotten days before!
We all feel like the trip was resurrected today!
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