jenseib
Mommy to Claire
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2006
The divers came out next. They were pretty cool, but again, not what I was there to see, so it kind of irked me.
They also randomly released birds. Again very hard to capture with the camera, especially since I usually never saw them till too late. LOL!
Finally some more dolphins!
Finally I got a picture with several dolphin “mid flight”!
The finale had lots of stuff going on and more birds flew around…which I pretty much missed, and soon it was over.
Claire and I sat and waited for the place to clear a bit before working our way to Mom and Dad, but they worked there way to us. Sure enough, Dad said he wanted to go to another show, the one I figured he would try for. I think it was diving? Or something like that. I told him we would separate, as Claire and I were going to go and see if we could feed the dolphins. Claire then started crying. She said Papa would get lost without her reading the map for him. Mom said she could come with them and be the map reader. She was Ok then. I felt betrayed by my own little girl!!!!! LOL!
I did let her know that I was going to the dolphins and if feeding was open, I was doing it. There may be no other chance for her to do it, and she was fine with that.
We handed Claire a map.
And took off on our separate journeys. We were going to meet up later for the last Shamu show of the day.
I stopped and sat on a bench to rest and call Skip. Today was HOT. I mean MEGA hot. It was definitely the hottest day of the trip. Now this could also feel that way because at Sea World you are outdoors all day, not many inside things to do, so you really notice the heat.
Skip and I talked about the weather and he warned me that tomorrow was supposed to be rain in Orlando again. I told him I had seen that, but was hoping it was a short rain. Of course, because he wasn’t with us, he was giving me gory details of how awful it was going to be, and how much rain was coming. LOL!
He was having a hard time at home with his one brother. The brother works for him and is not part of the business. He hated working for Skip and his other brother and things were getting tense. He has since quit and things have been much quieter and running smoother now.
After I was done talking to him, I talked to a few people sitting near by. Some were from the area, while others were on vacation like us. Everyone was worried about the rain and even the locals said it was probably going to be a strong rain the next day….darn it!
I asked one guy if he knew where the pick a pearl spot was.
Claire’s note this morning was this. She also received a caoch shaped pearl cage, and one for me as well.
I figured we could do the pearl pick either here at Sea World or at Epcot tomorrow.
The guy told me where it was and I was still clueless. LOL! I wasn’t sure we would have time anyways, but this experience seemed more fun. They actually dive in a tank for your pearl at Sea World.
After talking a bit, I headed over to the dolphin feed area, which was very close. They were selling food and feedings were going on! YAY me!
I bought my stinky fish and got in line. I chatted with a Mom and her DD while waiting. The little girl was so cute and I knew if Claire had been in line, they would’ve become instant friends.
Soon we were let in and they gave us directions.
I took a little video while they were giving them. One thing they told us that we couldn’t set our fish tray on the wall as the dolphin would come and take the whole tray off and eat them. LOL!
After the instructions, we began feeding them!
They also randomly released birds. Again very hard to capture with the camera, especially since I usually never saw them till too late. LOL!
Finally some more dolphins!
Finally I got a picture with several dolphin “mid flight”!
The finale had lots of stuff going on and more birds flew around…which I pretty much missed, and soon it was over.
Claire and I sat and waited for the place to clear a bit before working our way to Mom and Dad, but they worked there way to us. Sure enough, Dad said he wanted to go to another show, the one I figured he would try for. I think it was diving? Or something like that. I told him we would separate, as Claire and I were going to go and see if we could feed the dolphins. Claire then started crying. She said Papa would get lost without her reading the map for him. Mom said she could come with them and be the map reader. She was Ok then. I felt betrayed by my own little girl!!!!! LOL!
I did let her know that I was going to the dolphins and if feeding was open, I was doing it. There may be no other chance for her to do it, and she was fine with that.
We handed Claire a map.
And took off on our separate journeys. We were going to meet up later for the last Shamu show of the day.
I stopped and sat on a bench to rest and call Skip. Today was HOT. I mean MEGA hot. It was definitely the hottest day of the trip. Now this could also feel that way because at Sea World you are outdoors all day, not many inside things to do, so you really notice the heat.
Skip and I talked about the weather and he warned me that tomorrow was supposed to be rain in Orlando again. I told him I had seen that, but was hoping it was a short rain. Of course, because he wasn’t with us, he was giving me gory details of how awful it was going to be, and how much rain was coming. LOL!
He was having a hard time at home with his one brother. The brother works for him and is not part of the business. He hated working for Skip and his other brother and things were getting tense. He has since quit and things have been much quieter and running smoother now.
After I was done talking to him, I talked to a few people sitting near by. Some were from the area, while others were on vacation like us. Everyone was worried about the rain and even the locals said it was probably going to be a strong rain the next day….darn it!
I asked one guy if he knew where the pick a pearl spot was.
Claire’s note this morning was this. She also received a caoch shaped pearl cage, and one for me as well.
I figured we could do the pearl pick either here at Sea World or at Epcot tomorrow.
The guy told me where it was and I was still clueless. LOL! I wasn’t sure we would have time anyways, but this experience seemed more fun. They actually dive in a tank for your pearl at Sea World.
After talking a bit, I headed over to the dolphin feed area, which was very close. They were selling food and feedings were going on! YAY me!
I bought my stinky fish and got in line. I chatted with a Mom and her DD while waiting. The little girl was so cute and I knew if Claire had been in line, they would’ve become instant friends.
Soon we were let in and they gave us directions.
I took a little video while they were giving them. One thing they told us that we couldn’t set our fish tray on the wall as the dolphin would come and take the whole tray off and eat them. LOL!
After the instructions, we began feeding them!
Can't wait to hear all about it 
you are such a great story teller and all your pictures are fabulous! I can't wait to read your AEP TR!
but Rhett did say he would turn into a pirate next summer on the Fantasy! 
