Originally Posted By iamsally Great pictures Dave. And yes, it was so enjoyable for those of us on this side of the Atlantic as well. Wonderful memories.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Sea World Pictures: <a href="http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=56a8td25.29otvxbzt&Uy=-g1udbu&Ux=0&localeid=en_GB" target="_blank">http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/ Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=56a8td25.29otvxbzt&Uy=-g1udbu&Ux=0&localeid=en_GB</a> We went to Sea World and had a blast. There were not many shows on, so we had to prioritise them. But they were fantastic as always. Also, this was our first time on Atlantis here. It was a lot of fun, but it felt somewhat lacking, this is one of the few attractions that we do think is better in Florida. Mikey freaked out over the Penguins. He fell in love with them so much that we paid 3 visits. Also the Polar Bears were 1st rate in their actiity. Feeding the Sea Lions was very cool too. And the BBQ food at Sea World was first rate. We had a great day. Love it, love it, love it!
Originally Posted By ImaDLFan Wow, Dave your quite the talent with a camera! This makes me want to go visiting in my own backyard. Thanks for sharing. Did you eat in the pink dining room at the madonna inn? When we visited we ate in the cafe because it was so pink I lost my appetite. LOL we did sneak my mother in law into the mens bathroom to see the urinal though, everyone should see that!
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x you paid for 3 seperate visits to Sea World? Why didn't you just upgrade to the Fun Card? $10 more (more or less) and unlimited use (except like, 2 blackouts a year, but those are during the summer). I'm really enjoying reading your trip reports, Dave! I'm saving the pics, though, since I'm *suppposed* to be working on Homework
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Thanks guys. We ate in the coffee shop, I don't think we could cope with the pink room. Sarah chickened out of going into the men's room, but I did at least take the pics.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo xPPx - we were tempted by fun cards, but I had a $12 off each coupon, not good on fun cards. The savings seemed worth it, especially as we are unlikely to make it back within a year (though now I am seriously rethinking that position).
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Fun Cards are going to be our savior this summer. Our DLAPs are expiring, so Sea World will get us through the summer until we can get back to DL in October for the girls' birthdays. So sad we couldn't have met up with you at Sea World. My girls love it almost as much as Disneyland!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo It was a bit of a bummer, but sadly we had limited connectivity and had to be fluid due to the unpredictable weather/kid behaviour. As it is on the Tuesday we threw out going to the Gene Autry Museum because the kids were quiet. We instead opted to hang out at the resort, swim and watch TV.
Originally Posted By ajnhollysmommy I too am enjoying your trip report. I do hope that either you make it to the Northwest or the 4 of us head over across the pond to see you guys =) I am proud to call you my brother and I cant wait to tell Sarah about the perfect golden cooked to perfection yummy corn dog that I had yesterday with American mustard-- yummmyyyy (pay back for the not so sweet text she sent while you guys arrived DL)
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Well Sandra, you did scare us a little with the video clips of Boise on Black Friday. However, if you guys ever come over, you totally have tour guides and digs. But that Corn Dog quote was a low blow...
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Well, after one's family, there is always another love right? For me it has always been Disney. And although Sarah also loves Disney, she loves Pandas more. So it is fair that there should be two pilgrimages while in San Diego. given we all love Animals, we could not go to So Cal without a visit to the Zoo. We had an amazing day as all the animals were really active, and there were lots of babies to see. An amazing day, totally. <a href="http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=56a8td25.32vgumpvd&Uy=-pv3tyn&Ux=0&localeid=en_GB" target="_blank">http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/ Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=56a8td25.32vgumpvd&Uy=-pv3tyn&Ux=0&localeid=en_GB</a>
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Well folks, I now need to get ready for work tomorrow and get ready for bed. Coming up in my next updates are Legoland Carlsbad, some shopping exploits, and of course the finale, an LP pow wow at DL!
Originally Posted By iamsally Great pictures. I love the SD Zoo and have not been since 2003 I believe. I understand Sarah's love of Pandas. I am glad she got her fix.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Thanks for sharing! I haven't had a proper look at all the pictures yet, but definitely will when I get home tonight. It sounds like you had a really wonderful time, I'm so glad for you all!
Originally Posted By Stacers76 Great report! I'm still bummed we couldn't make it to the SF meet....next time! And please let Sarah know I am SO with her on the panda thing!! When we were at DL in Dec, since I was the planner....we had a day we took to San Diego just to go to the zoo so I could see the pandas. No baby panda out yet...we missed it's public debut by a week! Thanks again for sharing, cute family having fun...good times!
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Wonderful trip report Dave! Am looking forward to the rest of it. We had such a great time spending time with you, your wonderful family and all the terrific LPers who came out in droves! We, too, got to meet a lot of LPers who we've only spoken to on-line. Such a great turn out and an equally great time had by all who attended. Your pictures are so much fun to look at! You have a good eye. We too often take for granted what we have here and don't realize it until we see it through someone else's eyes.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Thanks for the kind words folks. iamsally - we had a blast, thank you for including us in your world while we were in the neighbourhood! catfish - we did often think of you. I think next time either of us head to DL, we need to coordinate diaries! Stacers - maybe next time. I love Pandas too. Sarah though is the one who is obsessive about them though. To me it's a real e-ticket just to see the look on the woman I love's face when she sees them. To see mom, baby, big sister and daddy panda was fantastic. All tolled, I think we spent about 90 mins with the pandas, queuing and requeuing.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Tinkeroon - thank you for the kind words. Moving 6000 miles as a youngster taught me not to take life for granted. Also, as a young traveller, I always forgot my camera and missed capturing such great memories. My one real regret this trip is I did not get enough pictures of people. AJandHollysmom's family, DLDUG and Stew, Oneyepete, deoggesmom and darkbeer et al. At least we have great memories!
