Dizneyblonde
23-09-2009, 09:16 PM
3 Kids, My castle and how many cupcakes?
Day 3
Tuesday 11th August
SeaWorld
We were awake by 6.30am which is pretty late for us on a first day so that shows how exhausted we were after yesterdays antics!
I had rather a disturbed night’s sleep thanks to the previous occupants of the room leaving the alarm set for stupid o’clock and the volume at its highest level! Obviously in my sleepy state I was unable to work out what to do in the dark without my contact lenses in so it happened a couple of times before I pulled the plug out! Lesson learnt – always check the time and alarm on your clock when you move into a new room!
We were up showered and dressed by 7.45am after lying in bed listening to the fab American accent and watching every weather channel we could find and concluding that today would be sunny!
We found the room where breakfast was to be served. It was room 1100 by the pool and was just a hotel room with tables full of fruit, cereal, juice, tea, coffee, buns, bread, toasters and condiments. It was great to just be able to grab and go without having to be seated and wait to be served. It was nothing special but it served its purpose.
We noticed that the pool area was closed off and that the pool water looked very green. An English chap told us that he’d just been and asked reception and had been told it was shut until further notice. Good job I hadn’t planned any pool days here and looking at the colour of the water I was quite pleased!
We were at trolley bus stop 19 by 8am and were the first ones on the bus that turned shortly after.
SeaWorld car park was empty when we arrived at 8.15 which was a good sign. We were getting excited at the prospect of our first theme park day and headed for the entrance. We had to exchange or DC so we got in line with a few other people that were waiting. A separate entrance opened for DC only and it wasn’t long before we had our SW day passes and were ready to go.
I didn’t know how the 14 days entry to the parks worked before DC but apparently you get a day pass for whatever park you go to before DC on production of your DC confirmation then for every visit after, your DC id card is all that is needed for entry.
Anyway the park finally opened at 8.50am and we headed straight for Manta along with everyone else! Just as we got near the entrance we all stopped again as there was a rope across the path!
Ay 9am we were allowed to enter and we joined the line for Manta feeling really excited about the first coaster of the holiday and it was new! However just as we got to the height board we were told that no bags were allowed and that we had to put them in the lockers and rejoin the queue!
We finally got into the queuing area which is an amazing aquarium. Could have spent ages in there looking at the fish and the rays and it was lovely to be out of the heat for a bit.
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Manta the ride is awesome! Way better than I thought it would be and I came off feeling like I was a kid again! A fantastic way to start our theme park marathon!
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http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSCF4653.jpg
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSCF4665.jpg
Kraken and Atlantis were next on the list and both were pretty much a walk on.
The rest of the day doesn’t really have much order as we just wandered around the park doing what we wanted, taking photos and video and going on stuff as we came across it. I can remember what we did but not at what time we did it!
We caught the Shamu show at 12.30pm which was as good as ever and brought a tear to my eye as usual. I was disappointed that they didn’t have the cameras on the audience this time though.
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSC00005.jpg
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSCF4692.jpg
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSC00008.jpg
The kids had their picture taken with ‘the whale man’ again so we can compare it to the one we took on our last trip.
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSCF4706.jpg
Continued...
Day 3
Tuesday 11th August
SeaWorld
We were awake by 6.30am which is pretty late for us on a first day so that shows how exhausted we were after yesterdays antics!
I had rather a disturbed night’s sleep thanks to the previous occupants of the room leaving the alarm set for stupid o’clock and the volume at its highest level! Obviously in my sleepy state I was unable to work out what to do in the dark without my contact lenses in so it happened a couple of times before I pulled the plug out! Lesson learnt – always check the time and alarm on your clock when you move into a new room!
We were up showered and dressed by 7.45am after lying in bed listening to the fab American accent and watching every weather channel we could find and concluding that today would be sunny!
We found the room where breakfast was to be served. It was room 1100 by the pool and was just a hotel room with tables full of fruit, cereal, juice, tea, coffee, buns, bread, toasters and condiments. It was great to just be able to grab and go without having to be seated and wait to be served. It was nothing special but it served its purpose.
We noticed that the pool area was closed off and that the pool water looked very green. An English chap told us that he’d just been and asked reception and had been told it was shut until further notice. Good job I hadn’t planned any pool days here and looking at the colour of the water I was quite pleased!
We were at trolley bus stop 19 by 8am and were the first ones on the bus that turned shortly after.
SeaWorld car park was empty when we arrived at 8.15 which was a good sign. We were getting excited at the prospect of our first theme park day and headed for the entrance. We had to exchange or DC so we got in line with a few other people that were waiting. A separate entrance opened for DC only and it wasn’t long before we had our SW day passes and were ready to go.
I didn’t know how the 14 days entry to the parks worked before DC but apparently you get a day pass for whatever park you go to before DC on production of your DC confirmation then for every visit after, your DC id card is all that is needed for entry.
Anyway the park finally opened at 8.50am and we headed straight for Manta along with everyone else! Just as we got near the entrance we all stopped again as there was a rope across the path!
Ay 9am we were allowed to enter and we joined the line for Manta feeling really excited about the first coaster of the holiday and it was new! However just as we got to the height board we were told that no bags were allowed and that we had to put them in the lockers and rejoin the queue!
We finally got into the queuing area which is an amazing aquarium. Could have spent ages in there looking at the fish and the rays and it was lovely to be out of the heat for a bit.
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSCF4766.jpg
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSCF4767.jpg
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSCF4770.jpg
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSC00015.jpg
Manta the ride is awesome! Way better than I thought it would be and I came off feeling like I was a kid again! A fantastic way to start our theme park marathon!
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSCF4651.jpg
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSCF4653.jpg
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSCF4665.jpg
Kraken and Atlantis were next on the list and both were pretty much a walk on.
The rest of the day doesn’t really have much order as we just wandered around the park doing what we wanted, taking photos and video and going on stuff as we came across it. I can remember what we did but not at what time we did it!
We caught the Shamu show at 12.30pm which was as good as ever and brought a tear to my eye as usual. I was disappointed that they didn’t have the cameras on the audience this time though.
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSC00005.jpg
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSCF4692.jpg
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSC00008.jpg
The kids had their picture taken with ‘the whale man’ again so we can compare it to the one we took on our last trip.
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/dizneyblonde/DSCF4706.jpg
Continued...