Sorry about the delay - busy weekend!
First of all, to address the nacho topic - to each their own. I knew that they were probably too much for one person (even if I hadn't eaten in about 10 hours) but the idea was to try a couple of different things. To set the stage for future pictures, nothing about eating on this trip involved saving money, reducing costs, etc. Instead, it was ALL about trying as many of the great places that I had read about from many of you in preparation for this trip - and I wasn't disappointed!! Yes, we could have reduced costs by sharing, eating at other places, etc. but what fun is that when you are on vacation?!?
Since having children, one of our favorite things to do is to enjoy a good meal out - and I'm happy to say that we accomplished that several times on this particular trip!!
Now, on with the trip!!!
I had said in error that IOA was up next, when in fact it was Sea World! We were awake by 7:30, and proceeded to get ready and eat breakfast in the room. Since the shuttle wasn't going to be picking us up until 9:55, we had some time to wander around the hotel which felt like it was empty.
This is a picture of the 240 foot waterslide at the HRH which was great fun. There was never a line and the boys loved it (DS7 claimes that he "broke the record" by going down it 40 times in a row)
On the shuttle ride to the park, the bus driver provided a nice verbal tour of the area and offered discount cards for various resteraunts which were free (drink coupons, free appetizers, etc)
At Sea World, we enjoyed a few of the attractions as we made our way back to Sharks Underwater grill. The park wasn't busy at all, and we decided to have lunch at 11:00 as we wanted to catch the early "Believe" show. Sharks was a wonderful lunch experience - great food with a view!!
View from the table:
Food on the table:
Fish (Red Snapper, I think)
BBQ Chicken and Shrimp
Of course, the kids enjoyed their souviner Shark Tumblers!!
With full stomachs, it was time to make a brief visit to the kids area and the Happy Shamu roller coaster before taking in Believe.
As you can see, we had great seats in the "soak zone" and everyone got splashed by these magnificant creatures. We all really enjoyed this show!
We spent the rest of the day taking in all of the other attractions, as well as the dophin show - Horizons. This was also a great show, and once again we were splashed in the soak zone. We had a very full day here, as the shuttle didn't pick us back up until 7:30 but the kids did amazingly well considering how much we walked. All in all, we had a blast - great weather (88), low crowds, and great food!!
Back to the HRH:
It was late by the time that we got back, so we scrapped the idea of going to Pat O'Brians and instead decided to raid the "Kitchen":
Shrimp & Scallop Pasta
Meatloaf (one of their menu "favorites")
As an extra bonus, the kids got to meet the first characters of the trip - Woody Woodpecker, and................
After dinner, everyone was whipped so we returned to our very comfortable room to rest up for a very special surprise breakfast date..............!
Those nachos are so impressive looking, we get them too. I have never had that shrimp and crab dip, looks enormous too! The kids look like they were having a blast.
FOOD PHOTOS!!!
I'm patiently waiting for more reviews & pics. 
