The trip started out with a three hour delay, which kind of changed the itenerary, but we definitely made it work out. We got to the airport and there was only one flight attendant. Due to the delay, the plane after ours was being flashed on the monitors as ready to board when we were still getting on. This confused everyone and made the delay even worse. The positive news is that we ended up with a $50 credit so we are fine with the delay!
Once in Austin, we could tell right away. 95 and humid is way different than 74 and dry. Wendy picked us up and hand-delivered some amazing kolaches from the Czech Bakery. We then drove from Austin to New Brunfeals to get ready for the water park the next day.
For dinner, we ate at our normal joint-- Los Cucos and had some good green salsa until they ran out! The resturant closes at 10pm and we got there at 9:30pm so it’s not completely unreasonable. I ended up “borrowing” some from other tables and even had other tables donating it to me by the end. I am obsessed with their green salsa.
The next day we woke up early (10am) and made our way to Schlitterbahn. We met our friends Mike and Catey and the five of us (including Wendy) started riding. We got front of the line passes, which let us cut in front of everyone so we were pretty pleased with ourselves and our VIP status. Since it was an odd number I voluntered to go by myself and got some great video as seen above.
The highlight of the trip was the Congo ride. We went through like normal, but the ride’s extension was finally open and we got to float along the Comal River. So neat floating next to the lily pads and frogs!
Great trip as always looking forward to next year!
Reminders for next year:
1. Go on Sunday (it’s Texas and people are at church)
2. The normal fast pass and not the super fast pass is sufficient as we could spend the extra wait time in the wave or lazy river.