COCOA BEACH 2008 - Part 2 - Sea World

We stopped on our way to Florida in North Carolina to see Shari and Mark and have dinner with them. Then we drove on to Savannah, Georgia, that night so that we would be able to get to Cocoa Beach in time for check-in at the resort the next day. While we were visiting with Mark and Shari, he asked us if we wanted to go to Sea World while we were there. Of course, we would like to go, but it is very expensive for all of us to go. He said that he could get us free tickets because his company has dealings with Sea World. Anyway, he called and had the tickets waiting for us when we got to Sea World on Thursday. It was a hot, hot day, but we saw a lot and had a great day.

A couple of these pictures are out of order, (as usual I had some trouble uploading them) but I'll roll with it. We got to eat at the Shark Encounter. It is a restaurant where the tables are situated looking at huge fish aquariums that are built into the walls. The aquariums are full of sharks and some other big fish. You can see in the next picture how close we were to the fish. Matthew really likes watching fish and had a good time.

We also went to the dolphin show and, of course, the Shamu show. We also saw some other shows. The scenery was spectacular - beautiful colors and choreography! Here is Shamu.

This was one of the favorite things that I saw at sea world. Underwater sea creatures never cease to amaze me with their uniqueness and beauty. I have never seen one of these before - it is a sea dragon. It actually looked like a sea horse with leaves coming out of it! It was so beautiful and unusual!

We had a very fun day thanks to Mark!  Bob got to ride the fun roller coaster, we saw lots of strange sea creatures, fun shows, had an interesting lunch and we were REALLY TIRED!!