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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Drove to Williamsburg and stayed at one of the "resorts" around that area that offer a few amenities. Got the springtime pass for Colonial Williamsburg / Busch Gardens for ~$125 per person that allows unlimited visits to either place for a week. Bounced back and forth between attractions, swam in a pool, played mini golf.  Very cheap and really low key.  We could do as much or as little as we wanted and had a short trip home.   [/quote]

We do almost the exact same thing at least once a year, sometimes for winter break and sometimes in the spring, and it’s just such an easy place to do as little or as much as you want. You can rent a timeshare condo through the hotel booking sites at a good rate and that gets you amenities like pools and miniature golf on site. As my kids get older, I keep expecting them to outgrow it, but if anything they find more to enjoy.[/quote]

Can you and the other poster say more about what your family enjoys doing in Williamsburg? People keep suggesting it for an easy trip, but I don’t see the appeal yet. I don’t have fantastic memories of Colonial Williamsburg as a kid (as in, I didn’t love it), which is probably coloring my view.[/quote]

Like the other PP, we stayed at one of those timeshare resort condos that we booked for cheap on Airbnb. The resort had a pool, arcade room, mini golf, and planned activities (e.g. the kids went off and did tie dye while we were in the bar). We did two partial days at Colonial Williamsburg. We just did a little each day and then spent the rest of the day visiting shops in Williamsburg or hanging at the resort. We did two days at Busch Gardens and stayed 5-6 hours each day. Went on a ghost tour one night.

Maybe my kids are easily impressed, but it’s what they want to do for every vacation (they’re 7 & 9). Makes me wonder why we spend so much to go to fancy places instead of an easy local spot. [/quote]

I'm the other Williamsburg poster and we do these things as well. My kids especially love Busch Gardens, it's their favorite theme park because they are thrill ride kids and it delivers there big time for them (even as littler kids they were able to ride a lot, not just the "baby" rides). When we go later in spring or the summer we also do Water Country USA, which they love even more. We've reached the age where I can just float around the lazy river or find a lounge chair and they can stick together and do the whole place on their own (as long as they check in at designated intervals).

We usually spend one day going to places a little further away like the Virginia Living Museum or doing a sailing trip in Yorktown. When they were younger they liked Jamestown but now that feels boring to therm. They still love Colonial Williamsburg and we usually do one paid activity, like a carriage ride, even though we otherwise stick to the free experiences. And we graduated from the tame ghost tour to the more epic one, which I swear scared my husband more than the kids last time we went.

For us it's also about the things that have become tradition. We are on an endless quest to find the best pancake house and we've yet to run out of new contenders. We measure the kids by a specific fence in Colonial Williamsburg once a year and those goofy photos are some of my favorites. And we have been keeping track of who wins mini golf every time we play to see who the supreme champion is. That's the beauty of an easy and affordable trip, you can go often enough to create these kinds of things. [/quote]

The little traditions thing is so lovely. Your family sounds very sweet, hope you have many more years of great memories![/quote]

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