Watson's Very Merry 24 nighter TR. Day 16 - Seaworld

[RobynPrincess]

We were up at 9:30 today, we grabbed a quick breakfast and hopped in the car by 10:30. A few nights ago during Black Friday weekend Sy and I bought annual passes for Seaworld and Aquatica BOGOF so we wanted to get a day out of them


I know Seaworld is a contentious subject. Please do not tell me to watch Blackfish, I actually have. I then spent a *lot* of time researching and made up my own mind on how I feel and I've chosen to continue supporting Seaworld. I won't go into it and preach to you dear reader about why because let's face it, we are all adults and capable of doing our research and making up our own minds. Just wanted to put that out there before I carry on with the report. Anyway, back to the report.


We arrived at 11am, as we hadn't yet picked up our annual passes I wasn't sure if we would have to pay for parking however a quick show of the confirmation email and we were shown straight through. The passes were pretty easy to pick up, we just went to a machine, scanned the online ticket and out popped 2 annual passes easy peasy!


Pic of Sy once we were inside


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First up we went over to the dolphin nursery <3 the babies were really showing off for us! Posing and playing around, sooooo cute!


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Our first show of the day was One Ocean. We were quite early so we got a seat near the camera, hopefully far back enough to escape the soaking. (We were thankfully!)


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As always, I got teary. Such beautiful creatures. The love those trainers have for them <3


I took a million pictures.


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Sy found a soft toy Orca outside which we bought for his sister for Christmas


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Next show of the day was the Clyde and Seamore show. This was the first time I've seen this show since its been changed. It's funny but I agree with the general feeling that it's just not as good as the old show.


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We were getting quite hungry now so we went in search of some food, we went into the place in Antartica, we decided to share a meal as they were really big portions. We went for fried chicken with biscuits and fries. Yum.


The next show of the day was Blue Horizons. Part of the show wasn't working which we were told at the beginning, however because of this the Dolphins didn't really get what was going on hahaha they just jumped around doing stuff when they weren't meant to and then not understanding when they did want them to do stuff... Oops! Even the birds were put off, they wouldn't land etc, one of the parrots sat in the tree for ages and wouldn't come down. Was all a bit of a mess hahaha


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We then for a look around the manatees and then went to watch Turtle Trek, I hadn't done this before, even though we weren't moving it made me feel sick lol I had to close my eyes. I then of course started to nod off haha


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Outside we bumped into my friend Michelle's family so we stopped to say hello for a few mins.


We walked around to the Dolphins, we stood in the under water viewing area for a while watching them playing. Sadly you can't really get very close to them on top anymore but for the feeding areas. Bit of a shame but I think it was the right way to go.


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Next up was stingray feeding - aka my favourite part of the day I could spend alllllll of my money feeding those beautiful fishies. Love love love it.


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I love the guy watching Sy in this one, watching with such intent hehe


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Uh oh. Sy had an accident....


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The Christmas village opened at 5pm so we hung around and went in as soon as the doors opened.


It was very cute to walk around but it totally felt weird being so warm and seeing it all Christmassy and Carol singers etc.


We walked over to wild Arctic, the usual helicopter ride motion simulator had been switched for the holidays and it was now showing the Polar Express. I wimped out and left Sy to ride it on his own while I went in and watched the stationary version, where I almost fell asleep again, oops hahaha.

 

[RobynPrincess]

It was all Christmassy inside.


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I watched the beluga whales while I waited for Sy to finish in the extreme version.


There are now seals where the polar bear used to be, a nice addition!


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We headed back outside where it was now dark, we had another walk through the Christmas village, it was better in the dark and now it was cooler out it felt more real.


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We were feeling peckish so Sy got a bratwurst and I got some fries, we sat and watched the band play and then it was time for the tree lighting show, that was very cute.


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We wanted to watch the Christmas ice dancers show so we hung around for a bit watching them practice but the ice wouldn't stay melted which is dangerous. We were chatting to a member of staff who said it most likely wouldn't go ahead as it was so watery, boohoo! We gave up waiting after about an hour as it was actually pretty cold with the wind blowing. We vowed to come back before going home to watch it, which of course we didn't follow through with!


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We made our way out and back to the hotel, we were both fffffffrozen.


We showered and got changed into warmer clothes and then headed out to find some dinner.


We decided on outback as it was nearby and we were both shattered.


I went for chicken breast with baked potato while Sy went for his favourite, steak and coconut shrimp. I was even too tired for a wallaby darned! :O


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We skipped desserts, paid up and made our way back home where we promptly fell into bed.

 

[Chilly]

We refuse to watch Blackfish as we love Seaworld too much can't bare to have negative feelings thrown into the mix.