Saturday - Day 7
Sea World day!
We arrived at Sea World at 10:00AM ready for a day of fun and excitement as this is our first Sea World experience. The first thing we did when we got in the park was grab a map and plotted out our day. There are a few rides and a few shows. Each show lasts about 30 minutes and rides vary. The first place we HAD to go was to see SHAMU! Shamu’s first show started at 11 and we made it in plenty of time. The show was pretty cool. Apparently there are 2 groups of killer whales at Sea World and yesterday they put the 2 groups together for the first time. The show didn’t go as expected as about half way through they stopped the show to give the whales some time to get “acquainted” with each other. They finished the show but I got the feeling it didn’t go as planned, anyway it was still cool.
After the Shamu show we headed over Kraken - Sea World’s only roller coaster. It may be the only roller coaster in the park but by no means is it tame. It is a very fast loopy-twistin'-scream fest and that’s all before the first drop. And we are proud to say we survived. After getting off the ride and catching our breath we went over to the sea lion and otter theater to see the Clyde and Seamore pirate island show. Clyde and Seamore are sea lions and this was the best thing at Sea World - so much so we even went back to see the show again before leaving. The show is hysterical especially because Clyde and Seamore were not taking their cues properly. Very funny stuff. Definitely 2 flippers up!
After the show the weather warmed up enough (about 68) so we headed over to Journey to Atlantis - a water flume ride. Amy was a little nervous as they said you WILL get wet on this ride. We ended up on a boat with half kids and I don’t know if that had anything to do with it but we didn’t get too wet - good for Amy but a disappointment for Stan. We then had a bite to eat. Next, we took in A’Lure. This is Sea World’s performance show like Cirque du Soleil. It was cool. We then went to Wild Artic an indoor ride that is like a helicopter ride to the artic that goes crazy. Very Cool. This was the last ride for us in the park. After grabbing a quick snack (ice cream in a shamu bowl) we then stopped by the Shark Encounter to check out the sharks. After the sharks it was time for another Clyde and Seamore show that we had to see again.
When the show ended we stopped by the sea lion and seal feeding area and then on to the Penguin Encounter to see Tux’s relatives. We then made a quick stop at Dolphin Cove to get up close to some dolphins. This area is a big pool with a whole bunch of dolphins that people can lean over he side and put their hands in the water and hopefully maybe a dolphin will swim close enough to touch. Since Amy is a little creeped out by her hand in the water - she took pictures of Stan with his hand in the water. He really didn’t think any would swim by as they were over in the other part of the pool. So he would take out his hand and wash it, then sure enough, more would start to swim by and he would put his hand back in. The routine went on for a few cycles and then to his surprise a few did swim over he got to touch a few. Wow, very cool to actually touch a dolphin. They feel kinda like slimy, stiff pudding. After washing his hands the final time we walk by the stingray pool. Here we can feed stingrays and touch them. The food place was closed but you can still touch them. Once again Stan puts his hand in and there like 50 stingrays in the shallow pool. After a few minutes of touching them, much to Stan's surprise, Amy gingerly drops her hand in to touch them as she wasn‘t afraid since she held one last year in Grand Cayman. We thought it was cute that they were all swimming in the same direction in a circle and creating a whirlpool. Imediately after touching them we washed our hands again and headed for the exit as it freezing now and we still had to eat dinner and pack. (sob, sob) We decided to leave Sea World and go to Universal’s City Walk for dinner, which is near our hotel. Since is was our last night we had to get a margarita from Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville restaurant. We got there at about 7:30 and they said it would be a 1 hour to 1hour & 15 minute wait. Well we didn’t want a margartia that bad. We then walked over to the Hard Rock Café and if it was less than an hour we would eat there. To our surprise we walked right in! We even had a margartia there and we were finished before we would have even been called for out table at Margaritaville. It worked our great. Now it was time to head back to the hotel and pack.
Do we really have to go home?
Sea World day!
We arrived at Sea World at 10:00AM ready for a day of fun and excitement as this is our first Sea World experience. The first thing we did when we got in the park was grab a map and plotted out our day. There are a few rides and a few shows. Each show lasts about 30 minutes and rides vary. The first place we HAD to go was to see SHAMU! Shamu’s first show started at 11 and we made it in plenty of time. The show was pretty cool. Apparently there are 2 groups of killer whales at Sea World and yesterday they put the 2 groups together for the first time. The show didn’t go as expected as about half way through they stopped the show to give the whales some time to get “acquainted” with each other. They finished the show but I got the feeling it didn’t go as planned, anyway it was still cool.
After the Shamu show we headed over Kraken - Sea World’s only roller coaster. It may be the only roller coaster in the park but by no means is it tame. It is a very fast loopy-twistin'-scream fest and that’s all before the first drop. And we are proud to say we survived. After getting off the ride and catching our breath we went over to the sea lion and otter theater to see the Clyde and Seamore pirate island show. Clyde and Seamore are sea lions and this was the best thing at Sea World - so much so we even went back to see the show again before leaving. The show is hysterical especially because Clyde and Seamore were not taking their cues properly. Very funny stuff. Definitely 2 flippers up!
After the show the weather warmed up enough (about 68) so we headed over to Journey to Atlantis - a water flume ride. Amy was a little nervous as they said you WILL get wet on this ride. We ended up on a boat with half kids and I don’t know if that had anything to do with it but we didn’t get too wet - good for Amy but a disappointment for Stan. We then had a bite to eat. Next, we took in A’Lure. This is Sea World’s performance show like Cirque du Soleil. It was cool. We then went to Wild Artic an indoor ride that is like a helicopter ride to the artic that goes crazy. Very Cool. This was the last ride for us in the park. After grabbing a quick snack (ice cream in a shamu bowl) we then stopped by the Shark Encounter to check out the sharks. After the sharks it was time for another Clyde and Seamore show that we had to see again.
When the show ended we stopped by the sea lion and seal feeding area and then on to the Penguin Encounter to see Tux’s relatives. We then made a quick stop at Dolphin Cove to get up close to some dolphins. This area is a big pool with a whole bunch of dolphins that people can lean over he side and put their hands in the water and hopefully maybe a dolphin will swim close enough to touch. Since Amy is a little creeped out by her hand in the water - she took pictures of Stan with his hand in the water. He really didn’t think any would swim by as they were over in the other part of the pool. So he would take out his hand and wash it, then sure enough, more would start to swim by and he would put his hand back in. The routine went on for a few cycles and then to his surprise a few did swim over he got to touch a few. Wow, very cool to actually touch a dolphin. They feel kinda like slimy, stiff pudding. After washing his hands the final time we walk by the stingray pool. Here we can feed stingrays and touch them. The food place was closed but you can still touch them. Once again Stan puts his hand in and there like 50 stingrays in the shallow pool. After a few minutes of touching them, much to Stan's surprise, Amy gingerly drops her hand in to touch them as she wasn‘t afraid since she held one last year in Grand Cayman. We thought it was cute that they were all swimming in the same direction in a circle and creating a whirlpool. Imediately after touching them we washed our hands again and headed for the exit as it freezing now and we still had to eat dinner and pack. (sob, sob) We decided to leave Sea World and go to Universal’s City Walk for dinner, which is near our hotel. Since is was our last night we had to get a margarita from Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville restaurant. We got there at about 7:30 and they said it would be a 1 hour to 1hour & 15 minute wait. Well we didn’t want a margartia that bad. We then walked over to the Hard Rock Café and if it was less than an hour we would eat there. To our surprise we walked right in! We even had a margartia there and we were finished before we would have even been called for out table at Margaritaville. It worked our great. Now it was time to head back to the hotel and pack.
Do we really have to go home?
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