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And that is why you should visit Christmas Town. Has this become a Christmas Town bashing post? Not at all. So, basically I’ve just told you that two of the attractions kind of suck, many of the others aren’t even running, the lines can be long and the food is terrible. You’re welcome.Ī store window in the Italy section of the park. Oh god…I shudder just thinking about it! I did not take a photo. Do not–I repeat, DO NOT–order the chicken parmesan. If you must eat in the park, get junk food–a ‘smore or chocolate fondue or a caramel apple. This ‘restaurant’ served slop the likes of which I’ve never seen–and I spent the last eight years of my career eating middle school cafeteria food. We left without ordering and ended up at the ‘restaurant’ in Italy–in quotes because restaurant implies that said establishment serves food. While the space is stunning, the menu is not. We decided to forgo the admittedly very good-smelling smoke house restaurant in France in order to dine in The Festhaus in Germany. Bad idea! Additionally, I tried to eat food served in the park. Because I was so excited about seeing everything, I waited until very late in the evening to eat. This bit of advice is in capital letters for a good reason–not following it almost ruined our visit. The Festhaus is beautiful–but serves gross-looking food. I fully admit to being insanely impatient! No one else around me looked as miserable as I did standing in that line. Though really, this is a personal preference thing. And I’d have gladly paid $29.25 to not have to stand in line for the Flight of Lights. To be fair, this attraction still would have been worth doing–if not for the painfully long wait. After the first thirty seconds of the ride, you’ll be enjoying a lovely view…of pitch blackness. Our thought (and, apparently, the thought of everyone else in line) was that it would provide a stunning view of the admittedly very lovely holiday decorations. I don’t know how animal rights groups can possibly be ok with this.Īdditionally, we stood in line for Flight of Lights–the little ski-lift type ride–for a good half hour. It is so sad–and so cruel–that it seriously begs to be protested. You will then see three–count them, three–little penned in areas with a total of six penguins huddled sadly inside, standing on what could only be described as ‘snow cone ice’. After standing in a sizable line, you will enter a tiny room with photos of lots of different penguins on the wall. It was the saddest, most cruel thing I’ve ever seen. The Ice Palace is a Christmas Town-specific attraction that features a penguin display. I arrived at Busch Gardens having absolutely no idea how anything worked.Īnd so, in the spirit of The Suitcase Scholar’s quest to bring lessons big and small to the world of travel, I would like to share with you, dear reader, everything I learned about Christmas Town so that you, too, can have a very merry visit.

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If you chose to be an informed guest, you can arrive knowing how to work the entire Disney system and truly have a magical time. Anyway–one of the many things I love about Disney World is how much information there is on the subject.

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Feel free to click on the word Disney in large letters over there in the right hand column and you can see for yourself.

If you’ve stumbled upon this post by Googling ‘Busch Gardens Christmas Town review’ (and I hope you have), then let me tell you–I love Walt Disney World. Now, if you are a devoted reader of The Suitcase Scholar, you know about my love for Walt Disney World.

After spending two days in colonial times, I fa-la-la-la-laed my way to the Busch Gardens turnstiles at 3:00 on Sunday afternoon. I mean, come on–a whole park dedicated to the most wonderful time of the year? Count me in! Add to that the fact that they offer what I consider to be a really good deal on combination tickets for Colonial Williamsburg and Christmas Town, and the deal was sealed. You see, the day after Thanksgiving my husband and I hit the road again, but this time we headed south (because really, this time of year, north is a bad idea!) Our destination was Colonial Williamsburg, and while I will write multiple posts about that portion of the visit, I feel compelled to discuss a more pressing topic–Busch Gardens’ special holiday event, Christmas Town.Īs soon as I read about Christmas Town, I knew I had to go. Which brings me to the subject of this post. The traveling-really-far-just-to-see-some-silly-lights people.

The dedicating-an-entire-night-to-gift-wrapping-and-hot-chocolate-drinking people.

The humming-carols-under-their-breath people. Like it or not, the holiday season is upon us.

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