Making good use of our SeaWorld passes due to proximity (our neighborhood was nextdoor to Shamu), we went every single week of summer.
If we weren’t swimming in our neighborhood pool in the hot Texas afternoons, we might be at the Wave Pool at SeaWorld.
We’d fill in our day of fun around the Wave Pool. With so much to choose from each trip was different.
Sometimes we’d go in the evenings to enjoy shaded walks and venues, even just for the beauty of the gardens, while fun music played all around.
The kids loved that giant net and tube playscape, the best in the world! I was first drawn to it by a Max Lucado story about his daughter playing in the sandpit underneath. I couldn’t wait to take my littles…who practically grew up here on summer vacations.
Missing the old days of fireworks closing out the evenings then picking up an ice cream sundae waffle cone as we excited the park, I regaled my kids with all the stories.
I told them how there was an extra section to the park, back when it was owned by HBJ Textbook Company.
That was back by the tower where there were extra experiences, a few of which included climbing to the top to the tower, the USA map below, and a lovely walk through shaded Texas Live Oaks where there were bronze statues of famous Texans.
The current Anheuser Busch tasting room used to be a huge sit down restaurant named after Bluebonnets.
Every evening there used to be a parade with all the SeaWorld characters dancing to music throughout the park.
There used to be lots of concerts at the section near the tower, my favorite being John Denver.
When Anheuser Busch took over, they changed all that.
I never could figure out why there were horses at SeaWorld. Sadly they were cooped up all the time.
The marine animals were much happier!
For all the loss, we found plenty to enjoy.
In fact, I was beginning to reassess the budget for future activities.
One evening we had dinner with Shamu, except that was a disappointment, because we didn’t see him anywhere splashing around, even in the distance. But we did eat at tables near his tank. Hmm…
However much better than that was the opportunity to swim with one of the animals, like…Sea Lions! My favorite!
Maybe next year we could choose our favorite animal to swim with on our birthday. Something to look forward to!
For more photos from SeaWorld check my Flickr set by clicking on any of the photos.
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