October 16, 2005

  • Me and my friends went to SeaWorld San Diego.
    I believe the last time I've been there was in 2003.  For my other
    friends, it's as much as 18 years ago for some of them. Me and my
    girlfriend weren't really there for the park, but more to hang out with
    my friend who is currently on leave from the U.S. military.  As a
    plus though, SeaWorld proved to be a relaxing excursion for the both of
    us, so we rather enjoyed ourselves at a place we openly say "doesn't
    have much to do or see."  For the most part, there were a lot of
    watching animals, touching animals, feeding animals, and me taking
    pictures / video shots of them doing said activities.

    One of the attractions we watched was the R.L. Stein's Haunted
    Lighthouse 4D show, which I've never seen before, but have seen the
    show it replaced which was some Pirate thing.  The 3D effects were
    pretty cool, but unlike the Pirate show that preceeded it, you don't
    get that wet.  I recall being soaking wet at the end of the Pirate
    show, but this lighthouse thing didn't give us the same result. 
    Oh well.

    Another "ride" that we got on was the Wild Arctic experience, which was
    like SeaWorld's version of Disneyland's Star Tours.  Cheesy but
    enjoyable nontheless.

    The real highlight for me and my girlfriend though was purchasing these
    Polar Bear hand puppets, that we thoroughly enjoyed.  For almost
    half our stay in the park, we each had a polar bear on one hand. At the
    end of the night, we even got some baby to stop crying, by entertaining
    her with our hand puppets. They are just sooo cute. hehe

    Good fun.