no seriously - FREE BEER...at Seaworld - who knew?
Well we made it back from our trip in one piece...a little worn, a little weary, a little battered a little bruised...
but hey they had FREE BEER at Seaworld...
The trip to Fl was great - it was the first time flying for Pantie-wad and the Toothless Wonder - it was a little sketchy in the airport with the waiting and such...thank goodness we had the "F" flashcards - see PWG does speech theraphy - at her last session her therapist gave her cards with pictures of things that begin with the letter 'F' (and yes I checked none had 2 naked people) - to which she happily showed TW how to play the 'F' matching game...this is #45 why having Twins is a GOOD thing...(still doesn't outnumber the con side though) - Lucky when I started seeing the game starting to break down we had to board the plane - THANK YOU AIRTRAN for being on-time.
So we get on the plane get all settled...take off...then we hear it - THAT question "Are we there yet?" - Oh freak me...we took off 10 minutes ago...anyway the nice people in the blue unifroms brought us soda and whale crackers (oh no not goldfish - but WHALE crackers) and that entertained them for all of about 4 minutes. Luckly for me I was in the row with TW and after about an hour she turned and told me she was sleepy - well then lay right down here and take a nap - and that is just what she did - yeah me.
We get to Orlando airport - find my sister and her boytoy that came in from NC and get our rental car - with 4 adults, 2 kids and a bunch of luggage - it was all minivan for us...we find the Nickelodeon Hotel easy enough and they even let us check in a hour and a half early - THEY ROCK...get to our room (which was the farthest you could get from the front desk - of course) - shed our clothes and jump into our bathing suits...and off to the pool.
The Pool at the Nickelodeon Hotel is great - they actually have 2 pools - one has a 0 entry way and was great for the girls as they didn't need a lifevest to play - they had a rope going across once the water went below 3 ft. - this pool also had the huge mass of water slides - BUT since we were there it was closed until Friday morning (for repairs) - guess when we were leaving - yep you guessed it Friday morning...that is just our luck...the second pool is a deeper pool - it is about 4.5 ft deep and has a few waterslides - 2 of which dump you out into the pool and one that has a water way that is designed for the little kids...My girls LOVED this pool - we threw on some life jackets and they swam their little hearts out. My third child, commonly known as my husband, loved the waterslides - one of which you had to climb a rope thingy to get to. The other one you just walked up the stairs and slide down - this is where I got hurt...
See Child 3 was goading me into going down the water slide - so I said fine I'll go - walk up the stairs put my foot on the slide and promptly fell like no ones business - my sunglasses go flying off...my body twists in all sorts of weird directions..my foot somehow gets jammed up underneath me...all while I continue down the curly slide...it was not fun...I seriously thought I broke my foot it was throbbing - luckly it was OK - I just sport a major bruise on my ankle now. But that would have been just my luck...to break my ankle on a friggen water slide
After splashing all around in the water it was time to get out - dry off, eat some food and go to sleep...while it is fun to play around the Nickelodeon hotel - not so much fun to sleep - The bed was the HARDEST bed I had ever sleep on - concrete would have been more comfortable.
On Thursday it was off to SEAWORLD - yeaaaa...we had a little trouble at the ticket kiosks but luckly a nice guy named Frank helped us out...he even told my sister who had recieved a free military ticket she could upgrade to a season pass for only $10 - FRANK ROCKS - we get in the gate and then head over to get our tickets validated - see if you go to Seaworld you can get your tickets validated and get another ticket to come back again anytime in the next 6 days...very nice feature - you go Seaworld...so we get our tickets and then my sister goes to upgrade her free ticket - which took 15 minutes and 2 managers...seriously...
Anyway after all that we were free to roam the park - and headed out...we got to see all sort of Marine mammals and fish and whatnot - then it was time to catch the SHAMU show...which we had told PWG and TW they would probably get wet - they were looking so forward to it...we sat in the Splash Zone (even though I didn't want to) and waited for the show the begin...it began...it was good - guess what - we didn't get splashed...missed getting splashed by mere inches...and then it was over...and TW started crying because Shamu didn't soak her...JOY upon freakin JOY...so we cajoled and promised that at some point by the end of the day we would make sure she got splashed by some marine mammal...
It was off to see other creatures of the sea and...the horses....yes the horses we come to Seaworld and see...the horses...which in the end didn't turn out to be a bad thing because they were next to the hospitality house...where we ducked in to cool off and found
Well we made it back from our trip in one piece...a little worn, a little weary, a little battered a little bruised...
but hey they had FREE BEER at Seaworld...
The trip to Fl was great - it was the first time flying for Pantie-wad and the Toothless Wonder - it was a little sketchy in the airport with the waiting and such...thank goodness we had the "F" flashcards - see PWG does speech theraphy - at her last session her therapist gave her cards with pictures of things that begin with the letter 'F' (and yes I checked none had 2 naked people) - to which she happily showed TW how to play the 'F' matching game...this is #45 why having Twins is a GOOD thing...(still doesn't outnumber the con side though) - Lucky when I started seeing the game starting to break down we had to board the plane - THANK YOU AIRTRAN for being on-time.
So we get on the plane get all settled...take off...then we hear it - THAT question "Are we there yet?" - Oh freak me...we took off 10 minutes ago...anyway the nice people in the blue unifroms brought us soda and whale crackers (oh no not goldfish - but WHALE crackers) and that entertained them for all of about 4 minutes. Luckly for me I was in the row with TW and after about an hour she turned and told me she was sleepy - well then lay right down here and take a nap - and that is just what she did - yeah me.
We get to Orlando airport - find my sister and her boytoy that came in from NC and get our rental car - with 4 adults, 2 kids and a bunch of luggage - it was all minivan for us...we find the Nickelodeon Hotel easy enough and they even let us check in a hour and a half early - THEY ROCK...get to our room (which was the farthest you could get from the front desk - of course) - shed our clothes and jump into our bathing suits...and off to the pool.
The Pool at the Nickelodeon Hotel is great - they actually have 2 pools - one has a 0 entry way and was great for the girls as they didn't need a lifevest to play - they had a rope going across once the water went below 3 ft. - this pool also had the huge mass of water slides - BUT since we were there it was closed until Friday morning (for repairs) - guess when we were leaving - yep you guessed it Friday morning...that is just our luck...the second pool is a deeper pool - it is about 4.5 ft deep and has a few waterslides - 2 of which dump you out into the pool and one that has a water way that is designed for the little kids...My girls LOVED this pool - we threw on some life jackets and they swam their little hearts out. My third child, commonly known as my husband, loved the waterslides - one of which you had to climb a rope thingy to get to. The other one you just walked up the stairs and slide down - this is where I got hurt...
See Child 3 was goading me into going down the water slide - so I said fine I'll go - walk up the stairs put my foot on the slide and promptly fell like no ones business - my sunglasses go flying off...my body twists in all sorts of weird directions..my foot somehow gets jammed up underneath me...all while I continue down the curly slide...it was not fun...I seriously thought I broke my foot it was throbbing - luckly it was OK - I just sport a major bruise on my ankle now. But that would have been just my luck...to break my ankle on a friggen water slide
After splashing all around in the water it was time to get out - dry off, eat some food and go to sleep...while it is fun to play around the Nickelodeon hotel - not so much fun to sleep - The bed was the HARDEST bed I had ever sleep on - concrete would have been more comfortable.
On Thursday it was off to SEAWORLD - yeaaaa...we had a little trouble at the ticket kiosks but luckly a nice guy named Frank helped us out...he even told my sister who had recieved a free military ticket she could upgrade to a season pass for only $10 - FRANK ROCKS - we get in the gate and then head over to get our tickets validated - see if you go to Seaworld you can get your tickets validated and get another ticket to come back again anytime in the next 6 days...very nice feature - you go Seaworld...so we get our tickets and then my sister goes to upgrade her free ticket - which took 15 minutes and 2 managers...seriously...
Anyway after all that we were free to roam the park - and headed out...we got to see all sort of Marine mammals and fish and whatnot - then it was time to catch the SHAMU show...which we had told PWG and TW they would probably get wet - they were looking so forward to it...we sat in the Splash Zone (even though I didn't want to) and waited for the show the begin...it began...it was good - guess what - we didn't get splashed...missed getting splashed by mere inches...and then it was over...and TW started crying because Shamu didn't soak her...JOY upon freakin JOY...so we cajoled and promised that at some point by the end of the day we would make sure she got splashed by some marine mammal...
It was off to see other creatures of the sea and...the horses....yes the horses we come to Seaworld and see...the horses...which in the end didn't turn out to be a bad thing because they were next to the hospitality house...where we ducked in to cool off and found
FREE BEER
FREE BEER
did I mention
FREE BEER
So we got some free beer and off we went again...but not before forking over $12 to have our picture taken with a Clydesdale...oh well - it is a vacation you are suppose to spend gobs of money - right???
The next stop was the Dolphin show...which in remembering our promise to TW we all sat in the second row front and center in order to get splashed...The Dolphin show was something else - it didn't just have dolphins - it had fairy princesses, and parrots and gay divers...It was quite a specticle...until the damn whales started acting up...they didn't listen...didn't follow directions - If I didn't know any better I would guess they were twins and 5 years old...anyway they ended up having to end the show right there - At least TW got splashed and in the end isn't that all that really matters...
After the dolphin show we headed over to ride the lone rollercoaster - KRACKEN...which my sis, boytoy and I went on...considering hubby could barely handle the rides at Kings Dominion he gladly stayed on firm ground with the girls...it coaster was awesome...however it did leave me a little green around the gills after a few minutes of disembarking...after KRACKEN we all headed over to Journey to Atlantis - a logflume ride on steriods...luckly the girls were *just* tall enough to go on the ride with us...started out good - you sort of float along this waterpath - the scenes sort of make me think of if It's a Small World and the Devil mated - you would have Journey to Atlantis...after floating amlessly for a little while you are shunted up a tall hill and you know what comes next - down, down, down a big slide filled with water...Boytoy and I were in the 3rd row and started to celebrate when only a few sprays of water got on us...we celebrated to soon - out of nowhere we get hit full force with a huge spray of water - WTF!!!! then it whips you around and you think you are going back to get out - oh no you are shut in pitch black and go very very fast around a bunch of curves and then splashes you down a little hill - I think the girls were fine until that last part - they got off the ride and told us in no uncertain terms it was a scary ride and they were not going back on it...
After that since we were soaked to our undies we decided it was time to head back to the hotel...which we did and the girls wanted to go swimming again so we did and of course the 3rd kid wanted to go down the water slide again and again...
Tune in tommorrow for more of our adventures....
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I swear, the free beer is the only thing that got me through SeaWorld.
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