Vacation 2008 - Day 1 - Sea World!

We flew out Saturday morning at 8:30 headed to Orlando, FL!!! My mom had a conference at the Renaissance Hotel at Sea World so we jumped at the opportunity to join her. Addison was real excited about flying in an airplane and did really well although it was nice for it to be a fairly short flight. We landed around 11:30 and decided to hit Sea World that afternoon since it was right across the street from the hotel (within walking distance). Addison almost took a nap when we got to the hotel, but Da'be stopped by not knowing that we were there and that was the end of our nap. So, we headed out and she fell asleep on the 5 minute walk from the hotel...so Lee and I made a plan for the afternoon/night and enjoyed seeing a few of the exhibits that we could stroll through. Sea World has this awesome deal where before you leave the park you can get a voucher to return any day within the next 7 days for FREE!!! So, we traded in our tickets and went back the next morning to catch some of the shows/animal exhibits that we didn't make it to the first day! She loved watching the shows and would ask where the animals went when they disappeared under water - it was sooo cute. She loved the Shamu Rocks night show since it involved lots of fun dancing music and also the Elmo show, but when it came time to meet Elmo she had quite the grip on her daddy! We also saw an awesome boat/water ski show - those drivers and skiiers were very talented. We found this to be pretty amusing, but of all the many different animals at Sea World, Addison's favorite was the "horsie" - that is all she talked about and we had to go see them a couple of times while we were there! More to come on Mickey Mouse land!