Belle83
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2011
Part 28: More Sea World - Friday Dec. 15th
Ok I left off with my camera breaking. Very sad
I ended up using my fiancé's point and shoot camera, which was better than nothing but still kind of a pain to just have one camera. I was also worried I wouldn't be able to get my old pictures off of the camera. We went to pet the Sting Rays, where the entire contents of my purse almost fell entirely in the water. I was not having a good day! lol
There's nothing to take your mind off of things like that like a scary first-time ride on Manta. If you haven't been on Manta, it basically straps you in so that you are flying through the roller coaster. Scary at first, but fun once you make it through the first time, lol.
We bought these Quick Queue passes to skip lines. They came in handy a few times. Since there are only 2 of us, it wasn't too expensive. I'm not sure that I would have done it if we had a larger group.
After Manta, we went to the Dolphin Cove petting area. My fiancé was able to get to touch the Dolphins a few times. It was hard for me because I'm really short (a half inch shy of 5'1"), but I did get to pet one once. None of my Dolphin pictures turned out because it was getting dark. This one is ok...so here is a picture of total strangers petting a dolphin, lol.
Despite my lack of pictures, that was a really cool part of our day. My notes are really fuzzy from the rest of the day, and my lack of pictures make that worse. I know that we went on Atlantis and Kraken before heading to Shamu Stadium. I was really nervous about both, especially Atlantis (I had read it was a horrible drop) but I survived and had fun. We used the lockers for Atlantis to keep our stuff dry and I'm glad that we did. We hit at least one gift shop somewhere in there, because I took this picture of the pretty decorations.
After eating dinner, and riding Kraken and Manta again, we walked over to see the Christmas Shamu show (I know there is an actual name for it but can't remember). It was definitely a different experience to see this type of show at night.
Again, my pictures aren't great from this. There was a lot of singing, it was a beautiful show.
Leaving the stadium, we were able to catch part of the holiday fireworks they had. Talk about good timing!
My absolute favorite of all of the Christmas decorations from our entire trip was the Sea of Trees at Sea World. Basically they are lit up floating trees in the lake. So so pretty, pictures don't do it justice.
Leaving that night, we continued in the tradition of having our car be all by its lonesome in the parking lot. We basically left when park closed (I think midnight?). Camera issues aside, it was a great day. I'm glad that we made it to Sea World this trip.
Next Up: Port Orleans Riverside
Ok I left off with my camera breaking. Very sad
I ended up using my fiancé's point and shoot camera, which was better than nothing but still kind of a pain to just have one camera. I was also worried I wouldn't be able to get my old pictures off of the camera. We went to pet the Sting Rays, where the entire contents of my purse almost fell entirely in the water. I was not having a good day! lol There's nothing to take your mind off of things like that like a scary first-time ride on Manta. If you haven't been on Manta, it basically straps you in so that you are flying through the roller coaster. Scary at first, but fun once you make it through the first time, lol.
We bought these Quick Queue passes to skip lines. They came in handy a few times. Since there are only 2 of us, it wasn't too expensive. I'm not sure that I would have done it if we had a larger group.
After Manta, we went to the Dolphin Cove petting area. My fiancé was able to get to touch the Dolphins a few times. It was hard for me because I'm really short (a half inch shy of 5'1"), but I did get to pet one once. None of my Dolphin pictures turned out because it was getting dark. This one is ok...so here is a picture of total strangers petting a dolphin, lol.
Despite my lack of pictures, that was a really cool part of our day. My notes are really fuzzy from the rest of the day, and my lack of pictures make that worse. I know that we went on Atlantis and Kraken before heading to Shamu Stadium. I was really nervous about both, especially Atlantis (I had read it was a horrible drop) but I survived and had fun. We used the lockers for Atlantis to keep our stuff dry and I'm glad that we did. We hit at least one gift shop somewhere in there, because I took this picture of the pretty decorations.
After eating dinner, and riding Kraken and Manta again, we walked over to see the Christmas Shamu show (I know there is an actual name for it but can't remember). It was definitely a different experience to see this type of show at night.
Again, my pictures aren't great from this. There was a lot of singing, it was a beautiful show.
Leaving the stadium, we were able to catch part of the holiday fireworks they had. Talk about good timing!
My absolute favorite of all of the Christmas decorations from our entire trip was the Sea of Trees at Sea World. Basically they are lit up floating trees in the lake. So so pretty, pictures don't do it justice.
Leaving that night, we continued in the tradition of having our car be all by its lonesome in the parking lot. We basically left when park closed (I think midnight?). Camera issues aside, it was a great day. I'm glad that we made it to Sea World this trip.
Next Up: Port Orleans Riverside
We always bring our DSLR and our point & shoot so hopefully we would never be unlucky enough for BOTH to stop working at the same time, but it still makes for a worrisome time.
When we finished, I was so happy that I had finally done the ride, and sad that I missed all the detail, that I wanted to go again so I could pay attention to it this time. I can't remember if we went again, I'm not sure that we did during that trip. Anyway, major turning point in my Disney adventures. I could now go on *every* ride at WDW. 
