Ava
DIS Veteran
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- Mar 13, 2006
Here's a tip from someone who went to DC with 4 and 8 year olds earlier this year... if you visit the Air & Space Museum, put blinders on the 4-year-old so they don't see the gift shops that are set up EVERYWHERE throughout the museum. My 4-year-old walked out of an exhibit ahead of us, right into a gift shop. This led to an epic meltdown when we refused to buy her a $50 remote-control rocket. It was so bad, and went on for so long, that I actually picked her butt up and started carrying her out of the museum to go back to the hotel. A little sit down & talk in a quiet place (near the line for the IMAX theater on the 1st floor, fyi) allowed her to reset and calm down so we didn't end up having to leave, but it was dicey there for a while.Luckily I know you all won’t judge me...but Hamilton, the Willard, and Ethiopian food aren’t on the list LOL!
Staying at my Aunts an hour south of the city...visiting Kings Dominion today, spending 6-8 hours in DC site seeing (mind you with a 4 and 8 yr old), and hanging out at my Cousins pool Saturday. Just a nice relaxing weekend before school starts next week.
They also liked riding the bus that goes around the Mall and up past the Lincoln Memorial. We only got off at the Lincoln Memorial, but you can hop on & off at all the monuments and as long as you get back on within 2 hours you don't have the pay again. So if you keep an eye on your time at stops you can ride around all day for $1.
I didn't even think of ziplining there. My 5-year-old is probably too small though. I mostly just want to hike a bit and see the waterfalls. The 5yo also keeps saying she wants to visit "the jungle" - I figure this is as close as she's going to get for quite a while, so this will be her jungle. And I think I'll save the Bacardi plant for an adults-only trip.I haven't but I have friends who did ziplining there and thought it was fun. Being there for work didn't leave a lot of free time to sightsee. DH and I did work in a trip to the Bacardi plant but found that the rum was actually cheaper at the airport than it was to purchase it on the tour