shoppgirl
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 15, 2008
I just returned from Orlando and had an incredible holiday with my family. My girls are 9 and 7. I promised I would return to this board with my trip report of the Family Fun Tour, so here it is, with lots of photos! It is very detailed, as I am a very detail oriented person. So I hope you enjoy the review! It is long and I have lots of photos, so it will be written in installments!
This was our girls' first Sea World trip. My DH and I have visited once before. I went way back in 1980, and DH went in 1991. I have no memory of my first trip to Sea World, and frankly, neither does DH. So when I planned this trip, I read about the tours Sea World offers, and it definitely sounded like the best way to see Sea World for the first time! My girls are are not thrill ride seekers, so the family fun tour seemed to be the best fit. It allowed us an opportunity to visit with three animals, go on some rides and see a great show! I highly recommend this tour for anyone with young children. Here is a link to the description of the tour from Sea world:
http://www.seaworld.com/sitepage.aspx?PageID=944
I booked this tour way back in January for our July trip. When I booked online, it just said that we were in "tour 1", with no specific time. I just assumed it would be at 10:00 am. I think I may have called Sea World after booking and was told it would be at 10:00, but I don't remember. You are supposed to check in 30 min before the tour starts too...it would have been nice if they were more specific with the time. It wasn't too big a deal for me since I am normally an early park person and get there as soon as the park opens anyways.
We arrived at Sea World at 9:02, and by the time we parked and walked to the gates it was around 9:15.
We lined up at guest services to check in for our tour. The gentleman informed me here that our tour was starting at 9:30!!!! Good thing we arrived early enough. He gave us these great lanyards with a tag on it that said Sea World VIP guest and told us to wait by the park benches next to the guest services for our tour guide.
While waiting we watched Shamu great all the little guests. We didnt bother meeting him here because I knew that we were going to get a private meet and greet with Shamu later on!
To be continued.....
This was our girls' first Sea World trip. My DH and I have visited once before. I went way back in 1980, and DH went in 1991. I have no memory of my first trip to Sea World, and frankly, neither does DH. So when I planned this trip, I read about the tours Sea World offers, and it definitely sounded like the best way to see Sea World for the first time! My girls are are not thrill ride seekers, so the family fun tour seemed to be the best fit. It allowed us an opportunity to visit with three animals, go on some rides and see a great show! I highly recommend this tour for anyone with young children. Here is a link to the description of the tour from Sea world:
http://www.seaworld.com/sitepage.aspx?PageID=944
I booked this tour way back in January for our July trip. When I booked online, it just said that we were in "tour 1", with no specific time. I just assumed it would be at 10:00 am. I think I may have called Sea World after booking and was told it would be at 10:00, but I don't remember. You are supposed to check in 30 min before the tour starts too...it would have been nice if they were more specific with the time. It wasn't too big a deal for me since I am normally an early park person and get there as soon as the park opens anyways.
We arrived at Sea World at 9:02, and by the time we parked and walked to the gates it was around 9:15.
We lined up at guest services to check in for our tour. The gentleman informed me here that our tour was starting at 9:30!!!! Good thing we arrived early enough. He gave us these great lanyards with a tag on it that said Sea World VIP guest and told us to wait by the park benches next to the guest services for our tour guide.
While waiting we watched Shamu great all the little guests. We didnt bother meeting him here because I knew that we were going to get a private meet and greet with Shamu later on!
To be continued.....