Sea World, Orlando

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Volunteer to assist the trainer with the stars of the show! If you are real lucky, you'll be picked to meet one in person. Our grandson was so happy to be chosen to help with a trick during the performance.

This is as you would expect, dolphin shows sealion shows AND Shamu! The killer whale. He is absolutely Humungous and great entertainment, get to the shows early and sit at the front if its a hot day and you wanna cool off!
Couple of good rides here also, Kracken ( too scary for me) and Atlantis, part water ride part roller coaster.
Generally a more relxing day than the other theme parks, good idea to do this after a few days in the other parks, to give yourself a rest!

*FREE BEER* yes thats right, at Sea World Orlando you can taste beer for nothing as it is owned by Anhauser Busch the company that makes Budweiser. The down side is you aren't allowed to drink too much (yeah right) and the stronger the beer the smaller the serving you get. Some are quite nice but others are downright horrible, but who am I to complain when I didn't have to pay for the round.

ok, I admit it. I love seaworld. I have always been fascinated watching marine life. Seaworld does a great job. It has aquariums, dolphin and orca shows and a couple of rides, like the world famous Kraken roller coaster.
check out my seaworldtravelouge for more details.
cost is about $50-60, and worth every penny.

Quite possibly my favourite of the theme parks! It is a theme park, and also an aquarium. There are some simply brilliant shows to marvel at, particularly the famed killer whale shows (featuring the famous Shamu) and dolphin shows.

There are also a number of 'rides' and attractions of the more theme park mould. The most striking of these is the absolutely brilliant Atlantis Ride. Atlantis is a log flume ride that at times feels like a rollercoaster, with a great preceeding storyline and atmosphere.

Also great was the late night shows, in which lasers and fireworks were used artistically to create some spell binding effects and visuals!

This gives you an opportunity to get close to some fish from the seabed and touch them. I`m not sure what sort of rays they are but you can get close to them if they want to get close to you.
Also on show are some baby rays.

I really got impressed on how this park developed in the last 10 years.
You can visit it with your whole family, and also enjoy some thrill rides like Atlantis and the very nice coster called Kraken....
It's really worth a visit.....

This is a definate must see. Who would have thought an animal as big as a Killer Whale could jump so high. BEWARE though, what goes up must come down, and when SHAMU comes down you are likely to get a good soaking if you are sat in the front few rows.

Shamu the Killer Whale performs all kinds of tricks with his handler, it is amazing to watch as he jumps, twists, spins and splashes around.