The World of Sea

Wow! Long day! Time to blog about it. :)

Alright so first I woke up. (Good thing to do if you want to get your day started - I highly recommend it.) Then I had some cereal, because that is my breakfast food of choice (except for french toast, but that wasn't an option this morning). Then I showered and we headed off!
We got to the park at about 8:45. The park officially opens at 9:00, but they were letting people in anyhow, so we followed suit. The first thing we did inside the park was head to the new ride, Manta. It was awesome 'cause we were one of the first ones so there was no line! . . . But there was still problems with the ride, apparently. So after getting right up to the ride and then waiting to be seated, we had to wait for 30 minutes while they ran into technical difficulties and sorted them out by changing out two roller-coaster cars. After our 30 minute wait at the front of the line, we were allowed to ride the ride. And it was pretty sweet! But we were all a little bit bitter that we had to wait...
Next we went to the Atlantis ride! The log flume ride. The semi-wet ride (because the SUPER-wet ride comes later in the story). So I got to sit in front with my brother, and I'm proud to say that I didn't get very wet! (I won't be so proud later on...)
Then off to the dolphin show we went. It was pretty neat! It was kind of like a ballet concert with dolphins and diving acrobatics. They had divers jumping off of these super high platforms and doing about 20-bajillion flips before landing in the water. And not one of them did a belly flop!
Now the wet part comes. Shipwreck Rapids. 11:00 in the morning. It hadn't even gotten super hot yet! And yet I went on it twice! (Stupid, stupid, stupid...) The sad thing was, I wasn't even that wet after the first ride, but there wasn't a lot of people in line, actually there was nobody in the line, and so we went again. (Stupid, stupid, stupid...) That time I got it all. And I mean ALL. Emphasis on the ALL part. I didn't get dry again until 4:00 that afternoon and my feet were prunes!

Then to summarize the rest of the day trip, we had lunch, went to a few more shows and saw some exhibits. My favorite shows today were the Sea Lion show and the Cirque de La Mare. I liked the Sea Lion one because it was really funny and creative, and I loved the Cirque de La Mare show because it was full of AMAZING acrobatics! I mean, seriously! The strength and the balance and the flexibility and the awesomeness was just so overwhelming, I couldn't help but clap. (Plus it was expected, so that made it even better) It was after that show that I finally got dry again, and by that time I was pretty sunburned and feeling worn out.
So we went to one more show at 5:00 - the Shamu show. It was alright, I mean, I think Killer Whales are pretty majestic and smart, but I was just feeling so tired by that time that everything was starting to seem a little "meh." Know that feeling? Yeah. It was a long, awesome day, but at some point you gotta call it quits!
So before leaving I got my souvenir T-shirt. It said "Blue Horizons," which was the dolphin show we went to.

After leaving we decided to eat some food (because that's kind of essential to human survival), and so we stopped at a local place called "Fat Burger." Mmmmmm! I know. I got a Fat Burger, and everybody else got something like that. Everybody else except for my uncle. My uncle, whilst walking in, saw a challenge. The Triple King Challenge. And when my uncle gets a challenge, my uncle takes the challenge. And that's how he ended up with the 1 1/2 lb, triple patty burger.

Amazingly, he finished it! . . . After seeing stars, of course (at the moment he is laying on the couch groaning). But for his outstanding finish he got a certificate and a picture on the restaurant wall! Lucky him.
As for right now, everybody is out back swimming in the house we are staying in for the week, and Caleb is trying to get Chris (the Triple King uncle) to come swim off the calories with him! Even though he only had a hot dog.

Anyway, that was my day! We are planning on watching M.I.B. pretty soon as well, so over and out, folks!