Our trip to Mammoth Cave went way better than I could have anticipated. My advice for anyone going is to reserve your tours a couple of months in advance. We had intended to do the 1.5 hrs Frozen Niagara tour as a family, but there were no spots available a couple of weeks before our day to visit. So we went with the Historic Tour, which made me a little nervous with a 3-year-old and it being 2 hours long with a guide to share the history throughout. But Hendrix was amazing!!!!
Before going Vanessa and Zane told Hendrix it was a Roblox cave we were going in, so I'm sure that helped. Plus, Hendrix loves Peppa Pig and remembers the episode when Peppa's family went caving. His daddy bought him an awesome caving/mining headlamp hat to treat him for doing such an amazing job. He wouldn't take it off, and on the way back to our cabin, as he was nodding off to sleep, he would jump awake when the hat would begin to fall off, to reposition it back on his head.
Adam, Zane, and Vanessa were scheduled for a second 2-hour tour, Domes and Dripstones, where they would see the beautiful formations. We had just enough time to eat lunch before they needed to head off on a bus to the entrance of the cave area they were going to. While we were on the Historic Tour, it thunderstormed and poured rain. It was still raining a tad when we came out of the cave, so we ate our packed lunches in the van. While Adam, Zane and Vanessa went off on their second tour, Hendrix and I ate ice cream and toured the interactive visitor center museum.
What a fun visit!