After being extremely disappointed that the Chocolate Ride no longer gives out full-sized Hershey bars but now gives out mini-sized bars, I was ready for some dinner. After seeing our scary motel room, we decided to spend as little time in it as possible. We decided to take a drive into Lancaster and go to Willow Valley for their buffet.
Buffet: I used to remember this as the greatest, but now that I have been better places, it is just okay. My husband tried ham loaf for the first time, which was surprising, as he never eats anything with "loaf" in its name. I had my only-in-Lancaster piece of shoofly pie, and then we spent the rest of the evening exploring the resort, wishing we were stayin
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Buffet: I used to remember this as the greatest, but now that I have been better places, it is just okay. My husband tried ham loaf for the first time, which was surprising, as he never eats anything with "loaf" in its name. I had my only-in-Lancaster piece of shoofly pie, and then we spent the rest of the evening exploring the resort, wishing we were staying there instead of our Bates Motel.
Breakfast: You would think that there would be plenty of places to eat breakfast in Hershey. You would be wrong. Perhaps they want you to come to the park early and pay inflated prices for a meager pastry. After driving around for about 30 minutes, we finally ate at Friendly's (there was a diner, but the wait was like 2 hours). What can I say--it was Friendly's. The family next to us was visiting other family members and was from California, so at least their conversation was interesting to listen to. Apparently, California has very good oranges.
Park: Okay, we didn't eat anywhere in the park. Nothing really looked all that appetizing. They should work harder on their food advertising. We were so busy riding the rides anyway. We drove home and ate at our local diner, The Philly Diner. The food was good, as always. They have excellent gyros.
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