Day 15 – Saturday

We went back to Seaworld again today. We still think it’s brilliant!

We got there as close to when it opened as possible to take part in the dolphin feeding. This is great, although it wasn’t a complete success as the birds also want to get in on the act – one of them swooping down to take a fish out of my fingers before I could give it to a dolphin and another tried to get one off Eliza and made quite a painful scratch in her finger putting her off the whole experience.

Seeing around 50 people lining up along the wall with dolphins coming up to use for food was quite bizarre.

After that we fed the rays (which is even more odd as you have to put your hand onto the bottom of the tank with the shrimps sticking up through your fingers. This then enables the rays (whose mouths are on the bottom) to get to them.

We then enjoyed the killer whale show again, watched sealions and walruses and did a couple of rides, including getting very wet on a log flume and another one which takes you to their Arctic section where they have beluga whales and polar bears.

In the afternoon we headed out to Florida Mall. Supposedly the biggest shopping mall in Florida, it doesn’t compare with our large malls at home. But it was good to get out and do something different and Eliza is very happy that she was able to visit the Build-A-Bear workshop – something she’s wanted to do for ages.

In the evening we went back to Seaworld to see the evening killer whale show (Shamu Rocks) which is just as good as the day time one. Both of them gave me a really sadistic pleasure of watching people on the front seats getting absolutely soaked!