Please comment on my SW/DC itinerary...*UPDATED*

[Soupermom]

Greetings! Dh and I have not been to Sea World in over 15 years and we'll be taking DD 14 and DS 11 in two weeks! Since so much has changed, I'd appreciate comments on my 3-day touring plans...

***I went to the SW website to get updated show times and had to revise my schedule. If Pets Ahoy is at 6:30 and Sea Lions Tonight is at 7:45, will there be enough time between the two to get good seats for the latter? What if Believe is at 11:30 and Blue Horizons is at 1:00--same question.***

Wed. 7/9

Drive from Tampa, leaving in time to arrive for 9am opening.
Kraken
10am Clyde and Seamore
11am-ish...lunch at the Hospitality Center
12 noon OR 1:30 Odyssea (between lunch and Odyssea we would visit sharks encouter, pacific point, etc).

Break at the hotel/dinner

6:30 Pets Ahoy
7:45 Sea Lions Tonight (is there enough time between these two?)
Atlantis???



Thurs. 7/10
8am Discovery Cove--go early to get early dolphin swim time
I don't have a specific timeline for this day? Do I need one?
Leave DC around 4pm or so...
Break at hotel/dinner
7:45 Sea Lions tonight (if missed the day before)
9:00 Bayside Ski Jam
10:15 Shamu Rocks (again, is there enough time between these two?)

Fri. 7/11

Arrive for opening...maybe!
Kraken?
Wild Artic
11:30 Believe
1:00 Blue Horizons

Leave for Tampa



Have I missed anything major? I'm not worried about riding Atlantis, we might try it if the line isn't too bad and we're near the end of one of our days. We do NOT want to ride the motion-simulated ride, either. I plan on visiting the animal exhibits, too; I just didn't specify a time for them...

Any suggestions would be welcome! We are staying a few miles from SW, so going to/from the hotel shouldn't be a problem. TIA!

 

[kellymonaghan]

Sounds excellent to me.

I would just warn you that the music-entertainment portion of Bayside Ski Jam is sorta lame. Ski part is good, though.

 

[Soupermom]

Thanks for the quick reply Kelly! Apparently I plannned much of our trip based on YOUR book--thanks for that, too!