Halloween Mini Vacation Part Three

From there it was on to the penguins and then the sharks. The manatees exhibit was closed but the boys wanted a picture with the sculpted manatees in the landscape. Then we checked out the alligators who were all piled up trying to stay warm, before visiting the stingrays.

Here's Daddy trying out the Sea World app on Mommy's phone.

Some more of the landscape.

Peaceful and relaxed at the Shamu show!

After the Shamu show, the boys changed into their costumes because it was time for some trick or treating.

She's holding a 3 banded armadillo from South America.

There were 13 trick or treating stations total. Each one was sponsored by a different company and the boys were given handfuls of a specific candy at each one - Twizzlers, Tootsie Rolls, Airheads, and more and even some mini-bananas from Chiquita! They really raked it in.

The Groove Chefs outside the Seafire Inn.

Count von Count's Countdown to Halloween Show was in the Pets Ahoy theater in the afternoon. It was different than last year's show and very good!




Finally we finished up the afternoon in Shamu's Happy Harbor. The boys played on the nets and then took in a few rides of their choice - Carousel, Flyin Fiddler and Swishie Fishies (each in their own compartment).



We left the park about 3:30pm and headed home. Wesley crashed out in the car and slept the whole way home. We got back and had dinner and unpacked. All in all, it was a very nice time away together as a family.

Halloween Mini Vacation Part Two

We got up about 7:00am on Saturday morning and an hour later we had checked out of our hotel and were on the road to Sea World. Literally, we were the 9th car in the parking lot because technically the park wasn't open yet. But since we bought tickets to the Spooktacular Breakfast, they let us on through.

Last year we sat way in the back. This year, we were right up front. Literally, right next to the stage!

Some of the supporting characters came around before the show started and visited at each table while we were eating. Daddy and Parker really enjoyed it.




But Wesley was a different story. He totally freaked out. Ernie and Cookie Monster took some extra time to sit down near us, so they weren't so tall. Daddy scooted over with Wesley nearby and in a few minutes, Wesley had warmed up and started giving high fives. Ernie and Cookie Monster were awesome!


The the show started. A couple of songs with singing and dancing onstage. They were so close to us!

And then we got to go up on stage and meet the stars....Count von Count and Elmo!

After the meet and greet was over, we headed outside. There was a little bit of rain but not too bad. We darted across to the Pets Ahoy show to pass some time because the Halloween Spooktacular events in the park didn't start until noon.