1) We ate A LOT of fries to the point of having homicidal tendencies
2) I complain about it a lot
So for the sake of future postings, just remember the two points above so I won't repeat it else I may have to take out my tendencies on you.
Sea World was the only park with a monorail and it took us around the park. Now most of the park's maps are drawn to include details and some visual information so the map makes the park look large. When we took the monorail, we realized it was really smaller and walkable. This is for the benefit of my cousin sister who kept wanting to be either chauffered or carried to every destination after she saw the map. So if you are torn between walking or taking the monorail, take the monorail first, then walk around the park.
You could take a helicopter tour of Sea World or the general area of Gold Coast and it only cost something like AUD50+ for a 5 minutes ride! Cheap eh? After tearing the kids away from the helipad while explaining to them that Daddy's tree just ran out of AUD and his oil well has dried up so that we need to spend wisely (meant, cheaply), we headed for the dolphin show. You seen one show, you seen them all. Some years back, Mikey swam with some Pink Dolphins at Sentosa Island, Singapore. He got to interact with the dolphins and ride on its fins. So this was a little anti-climax but a dolphin is a dolphin and they really continue to amaze me as to how intelligent they are which is more than I can say for some of our members of parliament.
One of the restaurants that we dined in had a very nice view of the dolphin's nursery.
One of my favourite exhibits was the polar bear. I can't remember its name but he was so playful rolling around with his tub, without a care in the world. Here was this 800lb mean killing machine who has no natural predator (except man) in all its mightiness and all he could think about was his blue tub!
Sea World has an "Animal Experience" program and one of the activities is to swim with the sharks and feeding them!! I don't know about you but I grew up in the 70s where they showed Rob Schneider chase a certain Great White Shark in this movie you may remember called "Jaws". Since then, thousands of hours of shark documentary has been made to show how they react when thrown a dead fish.
I think we ALL know the answer to that and that is, they go crazy and chew it up like McNuggets faster than you can say "AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!". So, forgive me if I think it is a little stupid to go into the water where 2000 teeth of pure killing instinct is just waiting for a good human-chop!
There were some rides and it was professionally set up, with the whole story line and premise of the ride like the one called "Bermuda Triangle". It was a boat ride into the "unknown" and then we fall down a 30 degree incline and got a bit wet. Some other shows were a water ski stunt show, a comedy skit involving seals and a 4D show on saving the planet and our sea friends.
For the kids, there was a section of the park called the Sesame Street Beach with all kinds of rides named after the characters. Check out the skyway or cable car. When we were there the first time, it was open but we were very unlucky that it was closed this time for maintenance. During June to early November, there is a tour that takes you whale watching but we skipped that (refer to paragraph where it says Dad is broke!). Also because the only thing we had in access were large cut fries and whales are so not into it! Also I don't think I want to invoke a 100meter behemoth's homicidal tendencies.
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