Seaworld – December 18

Who doesn’t love Seaworld? We got there before it officially opened so hit the carousel and checked out the penguins as they were getting ready for breakfast, then got great seats for the spectacular Dolphin show. The kids liked the guy skiing on the dolphins best.

From there we checked out the polar bear eathing breakfast and enjoyed the sea lion show, the standard Seaworld slapstick detective show. (Sea lions must all go to the same school for this comedy routine, right?) Claude, the really big one, was my favorite.

Other highlights of our day:

- We took the skyway station for an overview of the park and wipeout waterskiing

- The outdoor/indoor aquarium was very cool – sharks, tons of fish, a touch area w/ blue and green starfishes, sea cucumbers and all kinds of fun stuff, kids had fun identifying fish as a big poster showed who was who.

- Ava danced to the Elmo holiday show – great costuming – and of course we did all the Sesame Street rides.

- The polar bear exhibit was way cool, though polar was asleep this time around.

Again, we left happily tired and hit the hotel pool, then wandered into a fabulous little Vietnamese café for dinner. It happened to be written up in a travel magazine as a “not to miss gem.” I heartily agreed, kids were skeptical though Claire did have fun eating rice w/ chopsticks.