We started Day two of our pre-cruise trip eagerly. A bit to eagerly and early. We did some beach exploring but it was just to cold to get out of the car so we ended up doing most of our beach exploring by car. For lunch, we stopped at the THE SPOT. We scored a table with a lovely view of the beach and chowed down on some great food. I had the shrimp cocktail which was huge and yummy. The boys had burgers and my picky daughter had an amazing shake. Confession: I don't like shakes. I know.. I know... that is just wrong. However, I did taste this one and it was made with Hershey's syrup and that makes all the difference to me. The boys liked picking out their own toppings for their burgers at the topping bar. We will defiantly be adding this to our must do list for future trips to Galveston.
Our next stop was the Pirates of the Gulf Coast Museum. It took us forever to find it. My GPS was just not compatible with the location. We gave up looking for it and got out on foot to explore the area and stumbled across it. It was small and more of an scavenger hunt than an actual museum. There is also a haunted house attraction. We did not tour that... as Joshua does not do well with scary things.
The museum has some anamatronic pirates and sounds that completely freaked him out. We were less than halfway through when he wanted to leave. He stuck it out and we tried to finish the scavenger hunt. We finally did... after backtracking to find the things we missed. At the end, each of the kids got to chose a prize from the big treasure chest. All in all, it was a neat attraction but if you have kids that are easily spooked you might want to skip it. Ironically, my two year old daughter was not scared at all.
The museum has some anamatronic pirates and sounds that completely freaked him out. We were less than halfway through when he wanted to leave. He stuck it out and we tried to finish the scavenger hunt. We finally did... after backtracking to find the things we missed. At the end, each of the kids got to chose a prize from the big treasure chest. All in all, it was a neat attraction but if you have kids that are easily spooked you might want to skip it. Ironically, my two year old daughter was not scared at all.
On our self appointed walking tour (read... wondering around with no clue where we were going) we stopped at a number of places. We skipped over a few of the places we had visited in prior visits, like the Tall Ship. We decided to take a dolphin boat tour. We enjoyed watching the birds attack the shrimp and fish boats and the saw several dolphins. The tour guide was funny and informative. It was chilly, but the hot chocolate and blankets provided on the boat were a cozy touch. We also visited the Kings Confectionary and spent a great deal of time eyeing all the candy and ice-cream before we decided what to buy. We headed back to the hotel for snacks and naps before our last stop at the Moody Garden Festival of Lights.
After walking through the amazing lights we headed back inside to take our tour of the Moody Gardens Rainforest Pyramid. We have visited the rainforest in a prior visit but the tickets were half price because it was late. We decided to give it a try even though we were warned that most of the animals would be sleeping.
I am so glad we did. Touring it at night was a completely different experience. Most of the animals were sleeping . A monkey was fast asleep right in the middle of one of the walk ways. He was attended by his very own security guard (Okay, it was just a staff member!) who was making sure that none of the guests disturbed him. We really enjoyed hunting for the sleeping inhabitants. Another bonus was that it was not crowded so we were able to take our time. Once we made our way through the pyramid we headed back to the hotel for some much needed food and sleep.
After walking through the amazing lights we headed back inside to take our tour of the Moody Gardens Rainforest Pyramid. We have visited the rainforest in a prior visit but the tickets were half price because it was late. We decided to give it a try even though we were warned that most of the animals would be sleeping.
I am so glad we did. Touring it at night was a completely different experience. Most of the animals were sleeping . A monkey was fast asleep right in the middle of one of the walk ways. He was attended by his very own security guard (Okay, it was just a staff member!) who was making sure that none of the guests disturbed him. We really enjoyed hunting for the sleeping inhabitants. Another bonus was that it was not crowded so we were able to take our time. Once we made our way through the pyramid we headed back to the hotel for some much needed food and sleep.