Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail...

..Famous words my husband uses with his high school students. And a plan we did have yesterday for our "Daycation" to Hershey Park. But, as we all know, things don't always go as planned, so plan for a Plan B....

Let me explain...

Hershey park is a little over three hours from us, so we planned on leaving at 7am, that way we'd get out there just after the park opened at 10am. Well, our little potty-trainee had a little bit of potty trouble earlier in the morning and couldn't be/didn't want to be, rushed. So, we waited...and waited...then, time was a wastin', so we left at 7:30am. We hit every source of rush hour traffic possible, on every interstate. But, that wasn't it. The kicker was that every 15-20mins we'd hear "I'm goin', I'm goin...I gotta' go...pull over, quick!!" So, we'd pull over, get out the potty seat, and we'd wait, and wait, and wait. To no avail. We risked our lives along Route 78 with 18-wheelers whizzing by pulled over on the side of the road because we'd sat at the previous rest area for a half hour, and finally left, and the next one wasn't for another 22 miles. It probably wasn't in our best interest to plan such a lengthy trip this early in the "potty going" stage, but it was a risk we took.

Well, to make a long story short...come 10:30am, we were still in our home state. There was no way we were making it to Hershey Park that day...

So, after driving another 15 minutes and another 25 minute potty break, and quietly/secretly discussing what to do amongst ourselves in the front, my husband proudly announces..."We're here!!" We look over and see a great sight for our stressed out, weary eyes...Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom (about an hour and a half closer to us than HP). We heard a great cheer from the back of the van and oohs and aahs at all of the rides. We pulled in, paid our parking and our admission (and I even had a coupon in my bag of tricks because this was a contender as one of our Daycations), and enjoyed our day.

Camp Snoopy...a section of the amusement park just for preschoolers and little riders.

Sally...one of the many Peanuts characters visiting in Camp Snoopy

Waterworks... a waterpark just for kids inside Wildwater Kingdom, which is all in one place! Two parks for one price.

It all worked out, and, thankfully, so did our potty-trainees digestive issues. We ended up having a great day.

As we were slowly sauntering out of the park from sheer exhaustion at 8pm, my little guy says, "I had a great time at Hershey Park!" He didn't even know the difference, and we didn't have the heart to tell him!