Sea World

I took my two girls to Sea World of Orlando yesterday.  We have passes and this was the second time we've gone this year.  I was pretty excited because we would be seeing the Shamu show for the first time.  I know when I was a kid, I loved Shamu.  It was one of my favorite shows.  I  loved watching Shamu swim around and jump out of the water with the trainer on its nose.  The big splashes and the crowd cheering.  I just loved it.  Well times have changed.  The trainers no longer get in the water with the whales.  I assume it's because of the trainer death a few years ago.  And it makes sense for safety reasons, I get it.  But the show just isn't the same.  Thankfully, my girls don't know the difference.  They enjoyed it.  My youngest was clapping her ass off and my oldest had the biggest smile on her face.  It was awesome.  And me being Mother of the Year, didn't take any pictures.  Bummer.  I brought my camera but I forgot to take pictures.  And then I got flustered halfway through the show, when my youngest knocked over my large Coke Zero (that I just spent $6.99 on- it's a refillable cup with a straw that I can bring back all year- refills are $0.99) and it spilled all over the ground and then proceeded to drip down the concrete to all the levels below us.  I can only hope no one had their nice bags on the ground by their feet because they would be saturated in Coke Zero.  Ugh.  I was praying no one turned around and gave me the evil eye. 

We also went to The Shark Encounter.  That was also a little disappointing.  I kept comparing it to my experiences when I was younger and it just didn't measure up.  But I have to remember I am no longer 12 and I have a different perspective on what is exciting.  That said, my girls enjoyed it.  They got to see a whole school of "Dori fish" (the fish from the movie Finding Nemo) and a bunch of sharks.  They kept yelling out "Look!" with a look of pure joy on their faces.  It was awesome.  (Again, no pictures.  MOTY, right here.)

Lastly, we saw the Whale and Dolphin show.  Now that was awesome.  It did not disappoint at all.  The trainers got in the water with the dolphins, lots of big jumps, splashes, flips, and tricks.  I loved it.  My girls loved it.  (side note: Dolphins are one of my favorite animals.  Tigers and Otters are the other ones).  We'll definitely have to see that again another time.  Hopefully, next time my kid won't spill all 22 oz of my drink within 10 minutes of me buying it.