Sea World X 2

Nov 7th

While we were in California we also got to go to Sea World. When we went earlier this year we bought tickets that were good for two admissions as long as we went for the second time before they expired at the end of 2008. So we couldn't pass up another opportunity to go to one of our favorite places.

It was off peak season for Sea World too, so even though it was a nice day with lots of sunshine, there weren't any crowds to deal with. We got to see five shows during the 4 1/2 hours we were there, plus we fit in lunch and a few of the other attractions like the penguins and dolphins.

We started off with the penguins, which Shaylin loved the last time we were there and was excited to see them again. We went through on the little conveyor belt twice and Shaylin would have had us keep going over and over for a while but we had to head off to make it to our first show...



The first show we got to see was the Clyde and Seyamore Sea Lion show. We thought we were safe sitting towards the back of the lower section until we realized that they spray you from behind where we were sitting!


We didn't get to feed the dolphins since we didn't catch them at feeding time, but there were still several of them up against the glass for us to look at...


Being the smart people that we are we forgot to bring a hat for Shaylin, so we bought one of the inexpensive Sea World hats. It was the first time she's really worn a baseball hat outside for longer than a few minutes. Here she is waiting for the dolphin show to start...


Jayna got a few pictures of the dolphins jumping out of the water - we're still amazed at how high they can jump!


Shaylin, Emmalyn, and Jayna waiting for the Pet's Rules show to start...


Matt riding a Manatee...


Shaylin was so excited to see Shamu from the time we got to the park at 10:30, but the Shamu show didn't start until 2:30. So of course a few minutes before the show she fell asleep. In this picture Emmalyn had just fallen asleep and Shaylin was just a few minutes away from falling asleep...


We had to wake them both up to go to the Shamu show but we knew Shaylin wouldn't want to miss it. She was so excited and had a lot of fun doing the 'Shamu! Shamu!' chant they do when the killer whales are going around splashing everybody. Here's a few pictures of Shaylin, Jayna, and Emmalyn while they were splashing everyone in the lower levels...



Even Emmalyn seemed impressed...


Here's a few pictures of the killer whales doing their thing...





The one show that we didn't get any pictures of was the Sesame Street 4D show (they add in special effects like wind and water). Jayna and Shaylin were able to catch it in between the dolphin and Pets Rule shows. Shaylin really liked that and was trying to touch the '3D' objects as they came out towards her.

We heard them announce during one of the shows that people could put that days ticket purchase price towards an annual pass for 2009. Plus they must figure that they make more money off of people by just getting them into the park, so they literally charge the same price for an annual pass as they do for a single day ticket. We ended up getting two season passes good through the end of 2009 for $11 each! So we are already looking forward to another Disneyland and Sea World trip next year!