Disney Trip - Day 5: Sea World

from April 28, 2010

We decided to take a break from the craziness of the Disney parks for the day and spent day 5 of our trip at Sea World.  As soon as we got through the gates, we were greeted by Shamu and neither of the boys wanted any part of him. 

When we first got to the park, it was not that crowded and all of the adult rides were right near the entrance - since there were no lines, Omi and Poppy watched the boys while Jay, Matt and I went on the roller coasters.  One of the rides called Manta was one of my favorite roller coasters I have ever been on - we rode in the front and you lie face-down (totally horizontal) and you basically fly through the ride although at one point you end up flat on your back.   It was pretty cool and unlike any coaster I had ever been on.

After walking around for a bit and checking out some of the exhibits, we realized that the Shamu show was about to start - one of us was not that interested.

Ryan was very disappointed that he did not get splashed during the show and I think the rest of us liked the dolphin show better.    After taking a break in the shade and some lunch, it was time for the kids to have some fun so we headed over to Happy Harbor, were Ryan finally got to go on his first coaster of the day, the Shamu Express.   He got to pick who he wanted to go with him and he picked Uncle Matt (who had a very hard time fitting his legs in to the seat meant for kids) and even picked sitting in the last row.

He absolutely loved the ride and I think he went on it three times in a row before we had to pry him out of the seat.    Next up was the Flying Fiddler,  which basically went up in the air and then did a free fall, bounce up and down thing.  Ryan looked so small on the ride, especially in between Jay and Matt but he loved it and laughed the whole time.  I think he cried every time he had to get off a ride all day.

While Ryan was on the rides, Dylan made a new friend and then headed over to the sand area under the pirates nets. 
 

Both boys played in the sand box and Ryan climbed in the nets for quite a while but while up in the nets, Ryan spotter the Squishy Fish  teacup ride and we headed over there.   Ryan was a pretty good helper in trying to spin the car but Dylan put his arms up and let the ladies do all the hard work.   We went on a few times at Ryan's insistence and by the end, I think both Omi and I thought we were going to be sick!

After all of that spinning, we needed a break and went to the arcade area to try and win a stuffed Shamu souvenir.  Now, I am a pretty competitive person, but wow - there was some serious game play between these five to try and win the first prize!!

While I love Ryan's technique, he was not ssuccessful at the "ring on the bottle game" and neither was anyone else (which is probably a good thing since the prizes here were about five feet long and I have no idea how we would have gotten it home).

Next up was Racing Shamus and finally we had the first winner of the day.

We played the games for a pretty long time and then decided to call it a day (it was almost 6 by the time we left i think). 

Uncle Brian came that night and we headed back to Downtown Disney to check out some things that we did not check out the night before - we didn't make it to far though.  Omi and I hit up the Christmas shop and the boys spent almost all of their time at the Lego store where they had a huge area to play and make your own cars - Ryan was super focused and although his car was not that fast (and didn't go straight), he had a blast.   He would have stayed all night, but we headed back on the early side so we could rest up for our early breakfast the next day at Magic Kingdom.