Not every vacation experience is a family friendly one, but when it comes time to start planning your Memorial Day getaway, we are sure this is one holiday that you prefer to be one that the entire family will enjoy, making a South Padre Island vacation exactly what you need. Offering pristine beaches, fireworks displays, and all the comforts of home in our Franke Rentals holiday hideaways, we can promise this Memorial Day will be one to remember. This guide to the family friendly holiday activities you can enjoy during your South Padre Island Memorial Day weekend adventures will ensure that no family shenanigan is left undiscovered!
Isla Blanca Park, 33174 State Park Road 100
Honestly, you could spend your entire three-day weekend at Isla Blanca Park and not feel like you were cheated out of any family adventures! Offering access to one of the top beaches in the state of Texas, picnic pavilions, visitors can spend their day relaxing on white sands, or they can choose to set their adventurous side free, renting jet skis, parasailing, or even engaging in snorkeling or diving trips.
No adventure is too big or too small at Isla Blanca Park, and although we do hope you venture out a little further, we do know you will have a blast during your time here. Don’t forget the most family-friendly adventure of all, building sandcastles with your kiddos and if you aren’t sure of your skills, Sandcastle Building Lessons offers exactly what their name implies.
KIC’s Ice Cream, 2500 Padre Boulevard Unit 2
Memorial Day is, and always has been, considered the kickoff to summer, and what better way to enjoy a warm summer day than with ice cream? KIC’s Ice Cream offers a prime location just off the beach, and although you can’t go wrong with a scoop or two of any of their 16 flavors, their specialty sundaes, shakes, and mores will make your taste buds stand up and cheer! Especially popular right now is their Peanut Butter Lovers Layered Sundae, made with two scoops of their happy tracks ice cream, and layers of Butterfinger pieces and Reece’s Pieces then topped with whipped cream!
Gravity Park, 106 W Marlin Street
Remember playing miniature golf with your parents when you were a child? In the summer months they would head over after dinner, letting you and your siblings stay up late as you cheated, cried, got lucky, and walked from hole to hole, learning all kinds of life lessons you never knew you were learning. Well, today you can recreate that experience with your own growing family with a visit to Gravity Park, offering miniature golf and so much more!
Go Kart Roller Coaster, Children’s Go Karts, a 60-foot Ferris wheel, and two really unique “rides” the Rocket which is the tallest reverse-bungie in the world and Skycoaster, a giant swing from which you can enjoy the most stunning of views! Also offering arcade games, a climbing wall, and a trampoline ride, this exciting park appeals to children aged 2 to 92.
Dirty Al’s, 33396 State Park Road 100
Dining out while on vacation can be the best part of your experience, but when traveling with children it can also be a nightmare of epic proportions. It’s not your fault as a parent or your kid’s fault as a child, but really just a thing of nature; kids aren’t always mature enough to be on good behavior at restaurants, but fortunately, no one at Dirty Al’s will care! Offering a very reasonably priced seafood menu that even the pickiest of eaters will fall in love with, harbor views will make this casual restaurant feel romantic and slightly edgy.
Memorial Day Fireworks, 211 Whiting Street, May 25
Memorial Day falls on May 26th this year, but the fireworks extravaganza will be on Sunday, May 25th, not that anyone will mind. Costing nothing and starting at 9:15, the best sites to view the colorful sky explosions may be from any of the restaurants found in the Entertainment District. It’s impossible for the entire family not to fall in love with the colorful displays, so be sure to pencil this warm and family friendly adventure into your itinerary!
Chilling in Your Franke Rentals Holiday Hideaway
The happiest family friendly activities may just be the ones you enjoy while chilling in your Franke Rentals holiday hideaways, especially if you choose a beachfront escape. Divide your time between beach and pool (many of our beachfront homes also offer swimming pools and hot tubs because less is never more in South Padre Island), playing board games, or simply relaxing on patios with mojitos in hand as you watch the sun set over the sea. Reserve your favorite South Padre Island Memorial Day retreat today!
