Sea World

In San Diego we were a short drive away from Sea World and spent two days there. Of course there is a lot for the kids to see, but we learned that the park is owned by Anheuser-Busch, so there are free beer samples to the delight of the adults too.


The touch pool was popular, though Bruce was the only one who worked up enough courage to touch the starfish.


This starfish may look a bit more imposing to some, but was more approachable to the boys.

No matter where we went on our trip it seems there were flamingos. These happen to be a real favorite of Andrew's so we spent lot of time looking at our pink friends, and were able to feed them too.
Here is a little pre-Shamu show snacking. They have lots of whale, sea lion, otter and dolphin shows to take in. They are all slick, carefully scripted and seem to go off without a hitch to the delight of all the children. Though a friend shared a story she heard of where recently an unsuspecting pelican landed in the whale tank during the whale show and the Killer Whales did what Killer Whales do, as the crowd was gasping and bird bits were flying. Evidently that show was shut down pretty quickly and people were escorted out.


They have displays of every sort, as well as some rides too. Everybody liked watching the penguins.