When we made it back to the resort to catch up with my SIL's family, we got to our room and found our new neighbors were nowhere to be found. So, my wife and kids quickly got on their bathing suits and we headed to the Duck Pond pool in search of our new party members.
Hey Goofy, sorry to interrupt your game, is our SIL's family around?
Gawrsh, sorry no, why don't you try the Fantasia pool
So off we went to the main pool
Hey there Mickey, have you seen our SIL's family
Why don't you try over there?
Um..thanks Mick but I don't think they can fly.
ok, How about over there?
Um, no, I don't think they are in those trees either and listen don't take this the wrong way but you might want to see someone about spiffing up those shoes a bit Mickey
He He Thanks. I'll sure look into that. Did you try over there?
Er..Nope, not there either. Ok then Mickey. I see you've got important...um... sorcerer things to do ... so we'll stop bothering you and keep looking. thanks anyway Mickey. Appreciate the.....er....help.
Since we could not find them, my wife and kids decided to take a dip in the pool anyway. I took a couple more pics and then sat down to relax in a lounge chair for a bit.
Hellooooo beautiful...Was that an earthquake or did you just rock my world?
Seriously? We stand here every single day. I think you've said that one about 4 million times. Let's give it a rest today, ok?
While I was sitting I got a call from my SIL that they were in their room. we must have just missed each other when going to the Duck Pond Pool. Hmmph...I'm a little miffed at Goofy. He could have mentioned that even though there were not there when we asked that they had just left.
We made it back to the room and met up with our neighbors. I mentioned in my last post that we are headed to my favorite buffet on property. Did you guess what it was? Since the character experiences are sadly not what they used to be when the kids were younger my favorite is based on food and the winner for me is....Boma. I will get to my favorite character buffet though later in this trip.
The AKL is not far from the All Star Resorts area and car is definitely the way to travel there if you have one. During the short drive over the skies unleashed a torrential rain down upon us. It was raining cats, dogs, horses, cows, you name it. This is the kind of rain where is does not matter if you are wearing a rain poncho, you are going to get wet. when we got the AKL I pulled the car up near the main entrance and let the rest of the family out while I went to park the car in the lot. My brother in law did the same. I tried making a mad dash from the parking lot to the resort but it was an excercise in futility. I was soaked by the time I got in anyway. Unfortunately, it was becoming a nightly ritual for me to get a good soaking so far.
After we got our beeper I took a few pics while waiting for the table
I thought after this last picture that it would have been pretty awkward if just as I was taking the picture that someone came out of the bathroom door. "Hey mister, let me capture you for prosperity after doing your business in there." I quickly decided that a picture of the ladies room fixture would not be a smart move.
It did not take too long to get seated. Since I have dietary restrictions I had to wait for a Chef while the rest of the table went to get some food. Fortunately there was a nice man in the table next to me that I was able to chat with about photography while waiting. He was a very rare breed that still used film. Personally I could never go back. The rest of the table came back and started eating and there was still no chef to be found. The waiter came by and said, Oh, he has not come by yet..let me look.. and then disappeared for a while. After waiting a bit more the waiter came back and said that the Chef was with someone else and would be by soon. Note that I could not see anyone resembling the chef near to buffet or in the dining area but ok I continued to wait. The rest of the table had started going for seconds when he finally came by and gave me the run down of what was safe on the buffet. There was still a lot for me to eat but when he got to the soups he said there were none there that were ok for me. He asked if I would like him to check back in the kitchen on other soups I could eat and I said sure and we finished the walkthrough so I could finally get some grub. This was the last I saw of the man. He never even came by to tell me there was "no soup for you".
There was still plenty to eat though and it was all tasty so I was not disappointed with the meal. Note that there is no steak to be had so I did not take a picture of my meal and there is no ratings tonight. All in all, it was another good meal at Boma. The service...eh...not stellar...but the food was good. I'll tell you about a completly different amazing chef experience later in the trip. If you have dietarty restrictions that is the place to go.
We strolled around a bit after eating but it was still raining some so pictures of the animals outside was not a happening thing. The downpour fortunately had at least stopped though.
This is not the best picture but my son wanted me to capture this tribal headdress. This is only part of it and the whole thing is over 10 ft tall. How someone could actually wear this is a marvel.
By the time we got back to our resort the rain had stopped but there was still a thick humidity in the air. I was going to head out for some more exploring but we had a fun expirement in store for us first. My SIL drove down to Fla from home and had stopped in Gainesville along the way to visit my wife's uncle. Her uncle gave her something to bring down to us to try. There are these berries called "Miracle Fruit". They have a surprise effect on you after you eat one. Ok, stop right there, don't worry this is all on the up and up we are not talking about any type of drug or anything. We are as straight a family as you are going to find. Anyway, as you eat this berry you swirl the flesh of the berry around in your mouth and your toungue. After you do this for a while, anything you eat that is sour now is supposed to taste sweet. I had heard of these before so I knew this was for real and I had wanted to try them. My SIL only had lemons so after we all ate this berry, everyone ate some lemon wedges. Wouldn't you know that for everyone except me, the lemon wedge was truly very sweet and tasted like lemonaid. I must have already killed my sweet receptors since I hardly eat any sugar so the darned thing did not really work for much me. Well, either that or the rest of the family was all in on an elaborate joke on me. since I have read about these before I knew that this was for real. Note that after the trip I ordered some tablet form of this from
Amazon and had a tasting experience of a variety of differnt foods with some friends. The results were a bit better for me but still not what the others experienced.
So, after fun with lemons and we put the kids went dow to bed I went out exploring again. This time I decided to walk over to the All Star Music resort area to check out the buildings there. Because of the thick humidity I again had issues with my lens fogging up. Here are some pictures after I was able to clear things up a bit.
By this time it was getting late so I decided to call it a night. That's a wrap on Day 4.
For our next day we are headed out of town. We'll pick up from there next time.
It's been years since we've been to Sea World and I'm enjoying the trip down memory lane.
on the stale bread...it's a shame you didn't enjoy the meal after the long walk. Hope the animals listen up and are more co-operative later on!
The lens that I have that provided the largest "zoom" is a 300mm f/4 lens with Image Stabilization.
Thank you Nory
Some serious attitude adjustments are in order in that exhibit.
