Seaworld

i absolutely love seaworld. my first visit was to the san diego seaworld in 1995. the second time i went was the gold coast seaworld with hubby during our honeymoon in 2004. of course i remember the 2nd trip better. the first thing that i put in the itinerary for this trip, was obviously, seaworld. i wanted to go as early as possible in case people started getting tired or unwell and before my ankles get swollen.

it wasnt easy convincing daddy to go. he didnt like standing and queueing for the ticket and kept promoting langkawi underwater world (for obvious reasons...duh!!) but i think he liked the place.

i planned properly so that the gang (more of the older people) didnt get bored and so that the visit went smoothly. unfortunately we didnt get to see the 4pm waterski wipeout show as daddy and mummy wanted to go home before it started. iza was disappointed. she was even stressed when buying souveniours as daddy kept asking her to hurry up. dont worry iza...maybe next trip!

Seaworld Attractions

no doubt the main attractions of seaworld are the animals (for me, the dolphins).















while there, hubby and i did take the opportunity to go to the cartoon network cartoon beach for amir to enjoy the kiddy rides.














iza, sue and uncle zamri went off to experience the thrill rides, while mummy and daddy waited at a nearby cafe.

All Star Parade

this entry should come after the movieworld entry. how to i amend that?
some pictures from the parade at movieworld. we got good view as we arrived at the main street quite early. we didnt plan on being so early but we were on our way to the looney toones village and we saw the workers putting up the barriers so we grabbed our places. iza and sue sat on the pavement while big ol' me had to sit on the bench. amir got restless before the parade started and ran around in the garden area. he got a bit shocked looking at the looney toones characters.

Movie World

we started on a wrong note. should have booked tickets, or at least the theme park transfer earlier. when iza went to book in the morning, the 9am transfer was full. we had to wait till 10.30am and it took us an hour to get there. daddy wasnt too happy that we bought the ticket at the hotel tour counter and charged it to the room. mummy and daddy didnt want to go, uncle zamri wanted to follow but he came back late the night before. it was just us youngsters.

batman advanture was the first ride on the itinerary. iza and sue went...they said it was so lame. the queue for superman escape was long, an hour wait so they decided to go take the lethal weapon ride first. they didnt realise that the queue was equally long and i had to entertain a sleepy-yet-didnt-want-to-sleep amir for an hour. coming out of there, hubby was ahead of the girls. his reaction to my "how was it?" question was "it was hellllll".














next was lunch. we almost went down to our knees when we noticed that the meat was halal. the burger was great! so juicy and meaty and huge and fresh.



















then we took amir to the looney tunes village. he went on tweety's cage ride with auntie iza and the train with me.














iza and sue went off to queue for superman. hubby had had enough of thrill rides so we went off in search of the surau. it turns out they didnt go for the superman ride after all, as sue had a headache. they did manage to get on the scooby-doo ride. still not as thrilling.



















before leaving, we spent an hour in the souvenior shop. so many things to buy. while waiting for iza and sue to shop, we took pictures with some of the main characters. a bit disappointed that we didnt get to watch shrek 4D show and the police acedemy stunt show.

Aquaduck

when we went for our honeymoon we didnt get the opportunity to ride the aquaduck. its a bus that goes on land and on water so we can get to see the view from 2 perspectives. this time around i made sure aquaduck was in the itinerary when i planned our activities. the weather today was perfect. cool and windy yet the sun was shining brightly. we booked the 10am ride & had to leave the hotel by 830am. daddy was having gout (he said due to the oyster he ate) and uncle zamri didnt pick up his phone, so it was just the 6 of us.















the ride was nice. the duck took us across town to seaworld and went in the water just off the spit. the jump into the water was a bit scary. felt like a roller coaster ride. the cool wind was relaxing and it put amir to sleep almost immediately after we went into the water.














it took us around the "posh-houses" area and was in the water for almost 40 minutes.














there was a house with helipad, complete with a aud3.5million helicopter for the owner to fly between his summer houses. nice man!!