Williamsburg live blog day 3

Today, it was Water Country USA. Like Busch Gardens, the landscaping was beautiful. Most of the park was in a wooded setting, and trees obscured the view of other rides, Unlike other parks where the rides are all smooshed together into a small area. Also, the food was better than any water park. I actually had garlic-sauteed shrimp for lunch. This is one of the best-looking water parks without the name Disney in front of it.

As far as the rides go, they were pretty decent. There was no mega-thrill slides (see Summit Plummet in Disney's Blizzard Beach), But there was the 75-foot tall rampage that I was unable to go on. Memorable rides were the Aquazoid, in which you hop on to a 4-person tube and slide down a mostly pitch-black tunnel, and the Big Daddy falls, where a 4-person tube hits two drop pools. There was also a large wave pool, but the waves weren't that intense. I remember when the water park at Dorney had waves that crested, and you could surf them into the shore.

After dinner, we took in some mini-golf at Pirates' Cove. The theming and landscaping was done well, but the course itself was mediocre, with pretty ordinary holes and few frills.

It looks like tomorrow will be shopping and the ride back, so it looks like my time in the parks is finished. It was a memorable trip, and the perfect park to help me get over my coaster phobia.