The Swamp: July 2007

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Day 7 - Sea World

Finally, after 4 months of being married, I've finally gotten around to posting the last day of our honeymoon to Florida. It's not as fresh in my mind anymore, but it was still a fun experience I want to share at least a few pictures of, even though I may be a little short on the details and descriptions.

By this time in our vacation, we were so tired we didn't get to Sea World until about lunch time, even though it was within walking distance of our condo. The drawback is that we didn't get as much of a chance to linger at any of the habitats, as we wanted to see as many of the shows as possible, and you have to be at each show 15 - 30 minutes before it's scheduled start to get a decent seat. When one show was over, it was close to time to start for the next show. We ended up seeing three shows total.

First, upon entering the park, which we had access to due to our tickets to Discovery Cove, we turned left and spent some time watching the dolphins at the dolphin habitat before heading to the dolphin show.

A female trainer swam with, rode and was pushed by one or a combination of dolphins. A part of the show included a strange type of whale, which was presented by the male trainer.

After the dolphin show, we went through the penquin habitat, followed by watching the seals and sea lions in their habitat. The second show included seals and sea lions.

Lastly, we had to see Shamoo the Killer Whale. We were disappointed in that the normal show was canceled, as Shamo had just given birth on Monday of that week. We did however get to see her guiding her baby around the tank, teaching it to stear and swim, as well as watch the video of the birth on the jumbotron. The trainers would drop handfulls of fish in the mother's mouth each time she passed in front of the croud.She kept the baby on the outside of her closest to the croud, but it was still difficult to get a good shot of the baby.