Day 5 - Sea World

We completed the Disney parks and moved on to Sea World. The weather calls for a 60% chance of rain. How perfect to add to our experience of a ‘water’ park. By the way…did you know for a $20 deposit you can rent an electric scooter for $40 for an entire day? I do. But today, either I have managed to kill all nerve endings in my heals OR I am finally getting used to the pattern of ‘walking for 5 minutes and standing for 15’ routine.

Sea World has a ride called the ‘Kraken’. The Kraken is a legendary sea monster of gargantuan size. I have posted a You Tube video someone did while on the ride, below. Jon, my Dad, Sheila, and Jake went on the ride. I was going to go on it with my son, but there was a little problem. They didn’t make the seats for ‘big boned’ people. No, I am ..really. There was a test seat at the front entrance. I fit in the seat but to get the shoulder restraints down with the belt strap, it would have taken two guys to stand on top and to pull down on the straps until my eye balls popped out. And I like to breathe so I decided to take pictures of the others on the ride. Jake love it and wanted to go again, except the rain started. We then tailed it over to the sea lion show under a big canopy and watched sea lions and the pouring rain. The rain was coming and going the rest of the day so we made our way from shelter to shelter and show to show. The Shamu show was really good. I got a bunch of great pictures that I will have to share later sometime.

We ended the day at the park at about 5pm and then went out to Johnnie’s steak and seafood. We are now back and packing up for the flight home on Friday. Hard to believe the week went so fast. What an awesome time with the family and we only almost lost Abbie 3 times. Next time you come down here to Disney, bring the right walking shoes and you won’t have to count the steps between benches.

See you all back in sunny, cold, South Dakota.

Part of the Kraken