Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Mardi Gras Festival

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Make plans now to go to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, CA for the Mardi Gras Festival. The food is AMAZING!!!! Our family always has a great time when we visit Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, we especially like that they have rides for all ages. You'll find Thrill rides for your theme park thrill enthusiasts as well as fun rides in the Looney Tunes Seaport Village for the younger kids. 

The Mardi Gras Festival is only here on select dates in February, if you are a foodie and love seafood, you definitely want to go. They have all kinds of Mardi Gras-inspired foods like Gumbo, Fried Okra, Beignets, and more! Be sure to pick up a Mardi Gras Festival Guide when you enter the park, it has a list of all the limited-time foods, beverages and desserts with a map to help you locate each location.

We arrived right at the opening and we were able to do all the rides in the DC Universe area super quick. In the DC Universe, you'll find Batman, The Joker, Superman Ultimate Flight, and Wonder Woman. I watched from the ground as the kids went on Wonder Woman and WOW, that ride goes crazy high and reaches 68 MPH! After we conquered DC Universe we headed to lunch. 

We enjoyed lunch at the Cajun Kitchen which is right near DC Universe and towards the back side of the Looney Tunes Seaport area. You'll find a feast of Shrimp Boil with Sausage, Corn on the Cob, Potatoes, and Cornbread, they also have a Shrimp and Grits plate here. Everything was so delicious! There were six of us in our group and we didn't even finish everything, I think this tray could easily feed 6-10 people, especially if you have younger children.

After lunch, we enjoyed the Tiger Show at Odin's Temple of the Tiger and then headed to Seaport Sweets to find those Mardi Gras-themed Beignets. You can find Seaport Sweets near the Wave Swinger ride. The beignets were warm and covered in powdered sugar. They have two options, a traditional beignet, and a chocolate-filled beignet. Each order comes with six beignets and they are $7.99 for the traditional and $8.99 for the chocolate-filled beignets. I highly recommend making time in your day for the animal show experiences, you will see amazing animals, and the shows are educational and entertaining.

We headed to Oasis Plaza where they have the Medusa Ride, Sky Screamer, Kong, Cobra, and more! Our kids love Medusa and I love Sky Screamer, this is the ultimate definition of airtime with a spectacular view! Sky Screamer goes up 150 Feet in the air and reaches a top speed of 43 MPH. 

The kids were ready for more delicious food, so we headed to the French Quarter Café to try the Shrimp Po' Boy Sandwich. You can find the French Quarter Café, near the back side of Looney Tunes Seaport Village. The kids LOVED it, the bread looked scrumptious as well as the fried shrimp. You can also get Festival Fried Okra at this location. The Shrimp Po' Boy Sandwich is $17.99, Festival Fried Okra is $6.99 and they have a Big Easy Shrimp Boil available here for $24.99.

We headed towards the main food court area to find Bourbon Street Eats to try the New Orleans King Cake Cinnamon Roll ($8.99). This Mardi Gras-inspired cinnamon roll was so festive, it had purple, green, and yellow sprinkles on top of the cinnamon icing, so festive and cute! This was a big hit with everyone as well! At Bourbon Street Eats you can also get a Classic Mint Julep Beverage and they have Gumbo! Chicken and Sausage Gumbo over Rice with Cornbread ($14.99) or a Chicken, Shrimp, and Sausage Gumbo option over Rice with Cornbread ($18.99). 

You can also enjoy Carnival Churros and Big Easy Cotton Candy at the Mardi Gras Festival Food Carts located throughout the park.

They also have Mardi Gras-themed adult beverages, a Hurricane at JB's Sports Bar, and at Oasis Club a French 75 Beverage, and Carnival Queen Beverage.

We loved listening to the Mardi Gras-themed music throughout the park, we saw a few live performances and they also had a fun character dance party. One of my favorite parts of visiting Six Flags is photos with the Looney Tune Characters. 

I highly recommend buying a season pass, it is so worth it! You'll get to enjoy the park all year long! We've done this at different times over the years and it is a great way to enjoy summer vacation with the kids as well as partake in all the holiday festivities during the rest of the year.  I really do love that they do a variety of holiday-themed weeks or weekends such as this Mardi Gras Festival. They bring in limited-time food items, and special entertainment, and decorate the park! I also recommend purchasing a refillable souvenir cup, we do this every year, so worth it! 

A parenting note, please discuss with your children the importance of listening to the ride attendants. As we were in line waiting to get on Sky Screamer, the group ahead of us, had someone who was asked repeatedly to put their phone away, they had to stop the ride and have that person get off the ride. I understand how cool it would be to have that photo or video clip, I love taking photos and videos but I am also very grateful for the safety precautions that are in place. The ride attendants kindly tell everyone before the ride begins no phones are allowed and that the ride will be stopped. So I just don't understand how after all that, people still continue to disobey. It stinks for everyone on the ride, of course, they were given the option to remain other than the person on their phone, but it still takes time to go through the entire procedure to start back up. 

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