Wednesday, August 1, 2012

On Thursday, July 26th we headed off to SeaWorld with the kids.  Toby and I couldn't even remember the last time that we had been there and thought it would be fun to take Makenna.  It helped that we got the tickets for free from coke rewards points:-)  I am thoroughly convinced though that although we went on a Thursday, that it was sunniest, hottest, and most crowded day ever.  But we still had fun!

Our first stop when we got there was of course the Shamu show (aka One Ocean).



(No...we didn't sit in the Soak Zone)

Then we made our way over to the Sesame Street Bay of Play, which was definitely our favorite area!






After having lunch we went over and saw the Dolphin Encouter where you could see them up close with their trainers.

We quickly looked at the sea otter exhibit and then went to watch Cirque de la Mer.  The show was AMAZING and quite comical too!  Don't tell anyone, but I think that they were more entertaining than Shamu:-)


We were going to go on the Bayside Skyride but then decided against it after seeing that the wait time was 45 minutes.  But we did get to see some flamingos along the way.

We decided instead to go to the Shark Encounter area where we saw the small sharks and went on the people mover through the shark tunnel.

Then we went to our last show for the day, and the hottest, Blue Horizons.  We watched the amazing dolphins, whales, and birds at this show.

We got to see the Sea Lion area.

Lastly, we went back over to the Sesame Street Bay of Play.  This time Toby held Kyler while I went with Makenna.  Let me tell you, that rope climbing area was tough.  Makenna's shoe kept getting caught and coming off...hehe.



And you ask, where was Kyler the whole day?...Sleeping!  Well, at least until the very end of the day when he decided to wake up and give us those adorable smiles that we love so much:-)


After Toby and I were thoroughly crispy, red (thankfully the kids didn't get burned at all), we decided to head home.  We had a good time, but it probably won't be a place that we go back to all too often.