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Our Sea World day was REALLY hot too. You got to see so much more than we did. I will need to go back and check everything else out. I wanted to see the Penguins, but we ran out of time. It does look like it's the same set up that Sea World Ohio used to have though.
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Great update!!!!.. I began looking at the pics at SW and I called my DGD who is 5 to enjoy them too!!!!.. She loved the Manatees pics... She said they all need to shave their whiskers were to long... When we came up to the penguins, she wanted to know if they all had Happy Feet!!!!... She enjoyed this update as much as I did!!!!...
Oh gosh! Hope she feels better soon and thank you for the update.
If this was your shot at never having to cook again, it probably worked.
If only from his point of view - he cooks all the time!
I think the fish I had last night was a bit dodgy. Let's just say it wasn't a good night and I've spent much of today sleeping to recover from the lack of sleep last night. I only surfaced an hour or so ago and am still a bit weak and groggy, but much better than I was in the middle of the night...
Wednesday 20 April – part five: “Coral Reef, eat your heart out!”
We wandered through the Waterfront area next.
Mark found a whacky hat on the way round!
How could anyone resist these cute critters?
From there, we went underwater to get close up with the sharks. I always love the way that you travel beneath them here. It’s very cool.
When we came out of there, Mark asked an employee is we could take some photos of the Sharks Underwater Grill and they happily said so in we went. Wow. As Mark said “Coral Reef, eat your heart out!” It’s beautiful in here. I was so glad that we had asked to go in.
We set off again, moving reasonably slowly. We stopped at an overlook that gave us views of the tower and the main lake.
Then we wandered through some of the cooling misters that they’ve got scattered around the park. Boy, were we grateful for those today!
I missed ther sharks too, another thing I wanted to do, as i beleive that tunnel was in the Movie Jaws 3-d many years ago and I just wanted to see it. LOL!
I know it sounds like we missed everything at Sea World...doesn't it? We did see a few shows though...I swear we did!
Sea World Orlando seems to be much bigger and tad newer. I did a quick check on the history of Sea World, and it sounds a little bit like Disneyland's history. Sea World SD was built in the 60s, and then when WDW opened and people were flocking to Orlando, they decided to build in Orlando. So now the Orlando one is the newer, bigger (and better, from what your pictures are showing) cousin of the original SD version.
I've never been in Coral Reef, so I have no basis for comparison, but the pics of Sharks Underwater Grill sure do look great! I love the bar with the water under the counter!
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Meri would LOVE to sit at that bar! She loves sitting at the bar in restaurants anyway (no idea why - perhaps the high stools, or getting to watch the bartender in action) but the fish there would seal the deal, no question!! Love it!
Great pictures...I love seeing the sharks from those tubes. They have one like that at the Ripley Aquarium in Myrtle Beach. The view of the sharks from the restaurant reminds me of the Jaws 3 movie, where the really fake looking shark swims up to them while they are lounging around having drinks.
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I began looking at the pics at SW and I called my DGD who is 5 to enjoy them too!!!!.. She loved the Manatees pics... She said they all need to shave their whiskers were to long... When we came up to the penguins, she wanted to know if they all had Happy Feet!!!!... She enjoyed this update as much as I did!!!!...
As Mark said “Coral Reef, eat your heart out!” It’s beautiful in here. I was so glad that we had asked to go in. 
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We did see a few shows though...I swear we did! 
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