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Sounds like a great day at Sea World! You got a lot more done than we did the one time we went. I found there to be a lot of crossing back and forth in that park, and not a good direct route through the middle.
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Sounds like a great day at Sea World! You got a lot more done than we did the one time we went. I found there to be a lot of crossing back and forth in that park, and not a good direct route through the middle.
I couldn't agree more with you on the layout. They really need the spoke design that Walt Disney used, because it's a pain in the rear to go back and forth!
The lack of design is one of the things I hate about Magic Mountain - you have to walk a long way to get to a ride and then walk back past everything again to get out!
Thanks for your report about Sea World. I love the Wild Arctic exhibit at the San Diego version. Does the FL one have the wall of ice? DD loved the the polar bear caves, but DS was freaked out by the simulated bear noises....
Sounds similar to our 1 day experience there as well. Minus the soaking wet part!!! We found the Shamu show to be amazing too. Even with a crabby baby on my lap, it still completely held my attention. I just love the T shirt your DH wore!!!
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Thanks for your report about Sea World. I love the Wild Arctic exhibit at the San Diego version. Does the FL one have the wall of ice? DD loved the the polar bear caves, but DS was freaked out by the simulated bear noises....
If the wall of ice is the polar bear caves and the polar bears and I think beluga whales, then yes! There was a little area for the kids to run around as well, which is where they each took a picture of themself in the report. It was like an underground campground/station for the arctic workers.
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Thanks for the great photos of Sea World, especially the Shamu show. I've yet to pry myself from WDW to get to either Universal or Sea World, but one of these days I'll do it! The penguin encounter looks similar to the one at San Diego--do you go through on a conveyor belt?
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Sounds like a great day at SeaWorld. I want to go back there again when we get a chance. Did you get to see Klondike and Snow (the Polar Bears)? I have an interesting story about them.
Sounds like a great day at SeaWorld. I want to go back there again when we get a chance. Did you get to see Klondike and Snow (the Polar Bears)? I have an interesting story about them.
If they were the once in the arctic exhibit, then we saw them. Otherwise I don't recall any other polar bears!
If they were the once in the arctic exhibit, then we saw them. Otherwise I don't recall any other polar bears!
It is probably them then. I kinda makes me sad that their story seems to have gotten lost since they moved to Orlando. Klondike and Snow are brother and sister and they were born at the Denver Zoo. Their mother abandonded them at birth and they both almost died, but the zoo staff rescued them. They were then raised by the zoo veterinarians, almost dying a couple of times as it was hit and miss on what a mother polar bear's milk consists of.
They were very, very popular here in Colorado while they were growing up. Everyone was pretty upset when they were transferred down to Florida. I have heard that their home there at SeaWorld is very nice. We did not get to that exhibit when we were went to SeaWorld in 06.
Sorry for the sidetrack tangent. Seeing your pictures of the penguins just made me think of the bears and how much we enjoyed following their story for many years.
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There was a little area for the kids to run around as well, which is where they each took a picture of themself in the report. It was like an underground campground/station for the arctic workers.
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