Victoria's Blessings: Sea World

On the last day of our trip, we visited Sea World. We had not been there since our Make A Wish trip. But, through our online home school, we were able to participate in a field trip of Sea World for only $25 a person. While waiting for the Ocean Discovery class to begin, Robby took some pictures of the girls. I love this pose:

Sabrina playing with flowers:

During the class several kids got up and help different animals so they could act out the food chain. Sabrina was a tarpon and Catherine was a shark.

The dolphin nursery was neat, literally they had 9 dolphins in a small pool:

The pelicans:

The sea lions:

Watching a show:

The sea lion jumping into the pool during the show:

The big fat walrus:

It actually spun around at the end of the show:

Sabrina looking at an aquarium:

Catherine enjoying the fish:

I am not sure what this has to do with the sea, but the girls got to pet an alpaca:

Again, I am not sure what this has to do with the sea, but they had a pretty cactus garden:

A whale tail in bloom:

The children's ride section was a hit, including the sea animal carousel:

The Tea Cup copycat ride called the Swirly Fishes:

The up-and-down ride called the "Crab:"

Getting ready for the Ocean Commotion ride with Daddy:

Getting tossed and turned on the Ocean Commotion ride:

They also had a Shamu roller coaster, but we did not get any good pictures. It was pretty hot, so the girls and Robby cooled off in a splash pad:

I love topiaries and here is one of Shamu:

The girls playing in a pretend ice cave:

The dragon sea horse:

Sabrina looking at a walrus through the glass:

The dolphin show included some dives and acrobats (as well as birds flying around the audience):

They also had some dolphins in the dolphin show, but half of it was human divers and acrobats:

Here is one of the acrobats:

The highlight of the day was feeding the dolphins: Sabrina just threw the fish in, but you were supposed to pet the dolphin on the chin and then drop the fish in.