The beach town nearest to us (Wildwood) has what has been rated as one of the top three piers (attached to the boardwalk) in the U.S, Morey's Pier.
Morey's Pier is actually three piers right on the beach at the ocean. Huge carnival rides including full sized rollercoasters, AND two full sized beachfront water parks.
Ummm, awesome!
We've never gone even though it's so close. It's expensive, the kids were always too young, and it's expensive.
However, the CG base sells UBER discounted tickets for one day a year to go to Morey's Pier for an all day event. Access to all piers and the water parks, plus a free catered lunch. A "Coast Guard Day at the Pier" kind of morale thing. The guys don't even have to take leave for it since it's a morale event. And since the kids are finally old enough to appreciate such adventures, we decided to do it this year.
And it turned out to be quite possibly one of my favorite family events we've ever done.
Especially the water park. The boys just loved the water park. There were two kiddie areas including one with a shipwreck that had two good sized water slides that the boys were just completely and utterly obsessed with.
I enjoyed that place so much I might even pay full price one day. But if I can spend an entire day there and only spend $40 instead of $250 AND get a free lunch, then even better.
 |
| Flying pirate ship over the water park with the ocean as the backdrop |
No comments:
Post a Comment