August 3, 2008

Shamu (and friends)

Such an innocent looking tail...

Such an amazing amount of water coming at us!


They meant what they said about the first fifteen rows being a SERIOUS splash zone! You should have seen the people wringing themselves out, toweling off, and sloshing up to higher seating. They looked like they'd been blasted!! When three whale tails poised themselves in front of you simultaneously, you'd better look out! Here's a shot of a single-tail splash from the side:

Talk about muscle--what a leap!

She disappeared under the water for the longest time and then suddenly they both sprang out, with her on his nose--WOW!!

3 comments:

Christine said...

Oh we are SO going to Sea World just as soon as we can manage it! I knew it was incredible, but this gets me even more excited to go! How nice that it's close enough that you can go more often! These pictures are amazing and it looks like a blast. I love the stroller idea. Definitely gonna do that. :) Thanks for sharing!

Christine said...

Ah, and thanks for the tip about the splash zone. Well noted. :)

sstar said...

Morgan likes the picture of the lady on the nose - he stands up as tall as he can and stretches and grunts.

Joseph says "Sometime I wanna be on top of a killer whale." You do? "MmmHmm. Tomorrow."