Splashy and Thrilling Moments at Seaworld Orlando
>> Jul 27, 2012
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Orlando – the
tourist hub of Florida! The city of endless eternal beauties . Serene beauties
of Orlando can’t be expressed in some mere words! you will have to see it to
believe it. I had been there on last summer with my kids and those holidays
were the most rejuvenating moments of my life. Fresh breeze of air had been
injected to my exhausted nerves and I felt the perfect bliss which I couldn’t
ever find elsewhere. Just one post will not be enough to describe the serenity
and entertaining aspects of Orlando, so I’m going to tell about the experiences
of me and my kids at Seaworld.
On the day of
arrival, we planned in the evening about the entire vacation ! We hadn’t
visited anywhere on that day as all of us were exhausted. On the next morning,
we headed to Seaworld Orlando as both of my kids are really enthusiastic about
marine lives and watery rides.
Orlando Seaworld is
the 9th world’s most visited amusement park and few millions of
travelers from all across the globe visits of each year. Main entrance of the
water themed park consists of lush tropical landscapes and a large artificial
fresh water body with the iconic Shamu(the first female killer whale survived
in captivity for more than 13 months) themed lighthouse.
Just near the
entrance is the most amazing rollercoaster named as Manta! As the train which
takes us for a splashy and thrilling ride resembles the shape of a Manta ray.
Manta is just not a mere rollercoaster! Its infrastructure resembles a sea side
village. Manta is a flying rollercoaster which simulates the sensation of how
rays and Mantas fly high as it emerges from the sea and remains afloat in air
for certain time span before diving back to water. Trust me, it’s a just spine
chilling experience for us! Especially when the rollercoaster reached its
zenith, I felt shock waves passing through my spine.
Every segments of
the roller coaster is highly stylized resembling the wings of rays and
comfortable and its main front resembles the head of a manta. The rollercoaster
passes extremely close to the water and its wings appear to skim the surface.
Water jets in the main laggon create splashy effects as the rollercoaster
passes on. I felt like we are travelling on the wings of a giant manta.
First 4 acres of
acquired land consists of 10 aquariums with 184,000 gallons of water consisting
of 300 species of rays and 60 species of other sea creatures. Floor to ceiling
Plexiglas window with 225 sq feet overhead tunnel prompted me to felt like a
sea diver watching those remarkable creatures.
Key West Is
designed to resemble the architecture of Key West Florida. It’s the zone where
we snapped pictures of some rare green sea turtles! We also fed the string ray
under the supervision of the trainers. Waterfront is the newest themed park
which exhibits a pearl diving event! Me and my kids gladly participated in this
event. We dived into a moderately deep fresh water body and found lots of
artificial oysters under the stern guidance of professional underwater
swimmers.
Sky tower ride is
the most thrilling joyride but it wasn’t recommended for those who has phobia
of heights. Water front resembles a Mediterranean village with some shops and
restaurants. Kids had the most enjoyable moments while feeding small fishes to
the Bottlenose dolphins at the dolphin cove and touched their noses! It made me
to felt that dolphins are the cutest creatures of ocean and their noise and
serene eyes reflects their playful nature. Adjoined dolphin nursery was the
most lovable zone for us! It’s a covered exhibit where new born dolphins
inhabit.
My younger daughter
told me that whether she can have one such pet in her aquarium? Tenderness of
her question had really left me in the state of dilemma between reality and
fascination. Other than Manta, another exciting rollercoaster ride is Kraken
which is a floorless rollercoaster and there is a terrifying tale of
Kraken(ancient sea monsters) behind the name of the joyride.
Stringray Lagoon is
a covered exhibit where we touched stringrays and it’s where my younger
daughter again asked that are they aliens? I didn’t knew what to reply. Shark
encounter zone left us in the state of awe! It’s an underwater tunnel
consisting of wide varieties of sharks and barracuda. It was an awesome experience
while eating some ethnic delicacies of sea foods and seeing movement of sharks
simultaneously! My younger ones just sat staring at the baby sharks with spoon
in her mouth. After the lunch, we left for our hotel and my kids were overjoyed
as they saw those fantastic inhabitants of sea physically, which they only had
saw in their life-science books before.
It was an amazing
and rejuvenating experience for us! I can still feel the goosebumps while
recapitulating the ride at Manta. I don’t know when shall I be able to visit
there again, but I shall surely like to visit for at least once before
departing from beautiful earth.
Author Bio:- Henry
Watkins is a real estate expert by profession and a traveler by passion. In his
leisure moments he prefers to write about his traveling experiences. He
mentioned in one his written article on Orlando about fascinating orlando airport transportation facilities. He appreciated the fact
that favorable orlando transportation services adds more sparks to the entertainment hub of
Florida.
