San Diego ~ Sea World Resort!

After a huge day a Legoland yesterday it was time for another full day of fun! Today we headed to Sea World and thankfully this theme park was only a 5 min cab drive from the Hotel! We arrived at 10am and once again hit the rides early! We first went into the Sesame Street area, which was perfect for Mitchell! Infact all of us could go on these rides together :)
this was one of Mitchell's favourites :

As Sea World is a lot about the animals, there was no way we were missing the Shamu Whale Show and of course we wanted the full experience so sat in the thickj of the splash zone!! We got wet and just quietly it was rather pleasant as the mercury was rising! It was totally amazing to see these whales jump through the air, flip, splash and interact with their trainers. The kids really enjoyed this experience and here are some of our favourite snaps!

This last picture shows how big Shamu is compared to his trainer! totally amazing and we swent back for the finale show at 10pm and fireworks display to....yes we spent 12 hours at sea World!!!
back to the rides........We went to a rapid one but Mitchell was too small to ride, so we left Col, Rhyce & Korey in line and went on our own little adventure! He enjoyed the touch pools and checked out a star fish:

After a look at the touch pool and dolphins we headed back to the rapid ride to spot the others coming through the start of the ride. Mitchell had much pleasure in positioning a water telescope and firing them as they went by!!

Then it was time to move on and check out a few more locals. We came accross a pool with White Beluga Whales. Wow what a gorgeous looking whale they are!

The final ride for Col and the boys, before the fireworks display, was the really high Atlantis! Another water ride with a huge drop at the end of it!

Needless to say, we LOVED sea World and it is definately on our "go back to" list next year!