SeaWorld Highs and Lows Part 2
Following on from yesterday then…
Believe
Believe is SeaWorld’s largest show featuring the killer whales. Here’s a little video;
*New* Sea Lions Up-close Tour
This experience started with an educational talk by one of SeaWorld’s animal trainers, which was followed by the ‘opportunity’ to feed the sea lions. I was thinking this would be fine, it hadn’t occurred to me that we’d be feeding them stinking dead fish, furthermore it didn’t occur (yes, I’m a little slow on the uptake) that we’d be doing said feeding with our bare hands. I’m not a fan of fish and I don’t even touch raw chicken or beef with my bare hands. Well, we were issued our buckets and as soon as my bare skin touched the scaly, wet, smelly, squelchy fish I began to retch and retch until the tears were rolling down my face and members of the crowd began to shout instructions and encouragement, not a good look! Certainly an ‘experience’
Afterwards (and after I’d washed my hands *very* thoroughly) we saw the sea lion show Clyde & Seamore Take Pirate Island, a fun show that young children would really enjoy. We got our ‘close-up’ photo – you don’t realise how big they are until you’re standing beside one!
Dinner at Sharks Underwater Grill
To round off an excellent day we headed for the Sharks Underwater Grill to meet Anna and Melissa whom are both part of the digital media team (they do the SeaWorld Tweets!), they were absolutely lovely. New York Striploin + strawberry daquiri + good chat = great combination 
Oh the retching, the retching.
Every time I think about it I start laughing again…
So supportive EM!
It was better than that woman screeching ‘hold your NOSE honey!’ at the top of her voice
Oh poor you! Euww, don’t think I could touch old dead fish with my bare hands either, yeesh. Have they not heard of tongs?
Haha, can you imagine if I’d asked for tongs! Fish wasn’t old though, “sushi quality” apparently!
It was hilarious, poor Erica.