Friday, July 29, 2011

SeaWorld

SeaWorld San Diego, located in Southern California is one of the three SeaWorld theme parks in US. There is a fee ($14) to park your car.

Upon our arrival at the park, we decided to go on Journey to Atlantis ride. Only to our disappointment, we were told it was temporarily closed due to techinical difficulties. With that being the case, we decided to ride on Shipwreck Rapids.

At Shipwreck Rapids, we were being seated on "tube-style raft" as they described it on their site. It seats 8 people on the tube. We were a party of 5 people, so they had us seated with another party of 3. The ride itself is fun. Not too rough. It will get you soaking wet for sure! Water is very cold even on a hot day. If you happen to escape from getting wet somehow, think again. Other guests watching you on top can spray you with water canon for only 25 cents a pop. Some guest sprayed us on our raft and I too did the same to other riders. FUN!! Once the ride has come to an end, there is an area where you can dry off for a fee. There are two machines, and for 5 dollars, four people can step into one of the machines and it will blow hot air. If you wear jeans, it will not dry!

From there we went to see One Ocean show. Of all the shows I saw at the park, this is the only one I enjoyed watching. Blue Horizons show is okay. Lots of dolphins but more of people dancing. Sea Lions Live is hilarious. Cirque de la Mer is very disappointing. My niece and I feel a sleep during the show! Skytower is very relaxing. It's a free ride that takes you some over two hundred feet above ground. I thought back in 1993, you had to pay for it to go up.

For lunch, we ate at Shipwreck Reef Café. I had Chicken Caesar salad ($9.89). I also tried burger from my dad. I was very disappointed with the burger. Very dry and no flavor at all.

Overall, the experience could have been better if there were shades above the seats. I know it may not be possible, but that would help from getting sun burns!

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