SeaWorld of San Antonio

Posted on | September 26, 2009 | 2 Comments

We found out about SeaWorld’s homeschool day a couple days before. I didn’t know we’d get to go until the day before. Rush, rush, rush! When I found out we were going, after church we had to hit Walmart for ponchos but they had none. We ended up with umbrellas which pleased the boys to no end. They didn’t make it to bed until after 10 pm that night!

I was wasted tired on account of prepping for the trip the night before and planned to arrive at our friend’s home a half hour later than we were supposed to. She had room in her van for all of us which was a blessing. We got to listen to a few chapters of the audio version of “Understood Betsy.” Remind me to look that up because I need closure.

We made it on time, though, and was able to meet up with the rest of our group. The park had a schedule for our short day and that left us with only an hour to explore the aquarium, feed and pet the dolphins and check out other exhibits.

dolphin feeding

J is definitely my animal lover and he loved doing this (though NM remembered petting the dolphins at SeaWorld San Diego when he was four).

diver

It was feeding or cleaning time in one of the aquariums, I’m not sure which. The kids enjoyed watching the diver do his or her work in the tank.

After our free time, we had lunch then got to see a presentation on orcas then we went to another area for the walrus, sea lion and otter show. The presentations were definitely oriented towards students and were different from the usual Shamu or Clyde and Seymore shows.

The kids did enjoy the day though they were not happy about not being able to enjoy any of the rides which were closed. Unlike the San Diego park, this one had roller coasters, flume rides and other things like that. The light rain was fun for them, too, since they got to use their new umbrellas. More fun than ponchos!

More photos here of the animals we saw.

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2 Responses to “SeaWorld of San Antonio”

  1. Mai
    October 3rd, 2009 @ 12:19 am

    So cool being that close to the dolphin. The one time we went there (Kyla was 3), all the rides were closed and it was rainy. We should make another trip out there.

  2. phisch
    October 3rd, 2009 @ 3:06 am

    It was fun! The rides i guess are only open on the weekends right now.

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