Seaworld

We just got back from a trip from CA where we went to Sea world, I will post the other stops on our trip. We have the most pictures at Sea world, so I decided to start here.

On the back of the map of the park they suggested that the water rides in the mornings because the lines are shorter. I was talked into going in the front seat by Zach. I was wet from my chest to the bottom of my feet. There is a wave that comes over and lands in your lap that must be 10 gallons of water.

I was done in the front seat after one ride, but Zach talked Sarah, then James, and finally Samantha into riding with him in the front seat. We went on it 5 times together and Zach and Samantha went on it one more time just to make sure they were really wet.This is the wettest ride I have ever been on. We went through a penguin exhibit after this then to a polar ride that they air condition a little too much to make you feel like your in the Arctic. When we got done with the virtual ride (its similar to space tours at Disneyland) there was a puddle of water at Zach's feet. James, Samantha, Sarah and my seats were visibly wet.

We went to see the shamu family preform (shamu is no longer with us, they just keep using his name) We stat in the wet zone, but we left drier then when we entered.

As you can see from the picture we sat right next to where a whale comes out of the water and shows off to the crowd. I think Zach was a little sad that we did not get sprayed. The rest of us were rather glad we were able to dry out a little bit.

After seeing Shamu we decided that we would go and try another ride, we went on the Ship Wreck Rapids where we got wet again. It is a lot like Grizzly Bear Rapids at Disneyland. We had a lot of fun riding it, but after riding it, I really began to wonder if this place was designed to get its guests as wet as the whales and dolphins.

This ride has hydrants that you can put a quarter into and spray rafts as they go by. The last two times we went on this, Laura and Zach sat them out. Zach was standing by the hydrant, and some nice man gave him a quarter so he could spray us the first time through. That nice man gave him another one, and Zach started spraying us when we first come into view until we went under the waterfall. We were all very wet.

After we finished the water ride we were able to go and hold star fish.

It looked like it was going to rain, so we went into a 3D movie ride, that dumped more water on us. We did miss the rain, and we walked around a little more watching the seals begging for fish. They are very aggressive and barked at everyone that they thought had a little fish for them. We did not buy any of the 1.25 sardines to feed them, but they were fun to watch. As were looking for place for lunch we found a restaurant that had a fire they had been cooking over. We lost the kids to the fire, they were cold and wet. We took our time getting dryer and warmer, the food was so so and over priced, just like most parks.

We did spend a little bit on this expensive sardines and fed the dolphins. This was well worth the money. I would highly recommend doing it. They have a feeding time when you can touch and feed them. Sarah wanted to make sure that we did this and we were all very glad we did it.

At some point in the day we went thought the shark encounter where you can see many many sharks from the surface, then from below. It was very cool to see them so close.

One last stop to see the dolphins perform before we left, well worth the wait. Zach tried one last time to get splashed on. The rest of us were a little higher up, out of the soak zone.