More Updates from the past....
08 March 2008, Saturday - Seaworld, Southport - Gold Coast
One day before Heng Onn is due to leave for Malaysia, he still "dragged" us to accompany him to Seaworld. They were having a promotion - 50% off for locals!
So Heng Onn, Esmond and myself, invited Rey and Jennifer as well as Yenki to join us. So off we went in two cars. We started off with a full stomach after breakfast from Oriental.
08 March 2008, Saturday - Seaworld, Southport - Gold Coast
One day before Heng Onn is due to leave for Malaysia, he still "dragged" us to accompany him to Seaworld. They were having a promotion - 50% off for locals!
So Heng Onn, Esmond and myself, invited Rey and Jennifer as well as Yenki to join us. So off we went in two cars. We started off with a full stomach after breakfast from Oriental.
First stop - the seal show....
Next stop - the new attraction - Shark bay....
The tank was huge! There were so many kinds of sharks in the tank, but they all seemed to be saying one thing ...... > "See what see? Never see a shark before ar? I bite you then you know..."
But we were lucky. We were there at the right time (12.30pm) coz we overheard a Seaworld employee telling someone else that there's going to be shark feeding then. So we waited and waited.... Finally.....
Once the cage came into the water, all the small fishes started to crowd around it. And when the tongs with the bait was out of the cage, the small fishes tried to get as many mouthful of food before the big guys came. The small fishes quickly darted away from the food when any sharks came close (probably afraid that it might end up as the shark's lunch accidently). In this case, it's "fish are food, not friends...."
It's hard to gauge the real size of the sharks when you are watching them from the tank. But it's a different story if you see it in this angle...
The tank was huge! There were so many kinds of sharks in the tank, but they all seemed to be saying one thing ...... > "See what see? Never see a shark before ar? I bite you then you know..."
But we were lucky. We were there at the right time (12.30pm) coz we overheard a Seaworld employee telling someone else that there's going to be shark feeding then. So we waited and waited.... Finally.....
Once the cage came into the water, all the small fishes started to crowd around it. And when the tongs with the bait was out of the cage, the small fishes tried to get as many mouthful of food before the big guys came. The small fishes quickly darted away from the food when any sharks came close (probably afraid that it might end up as the shark's lunch accidently). In this case, it's "fish are food, not friends...."
It's hard to gauge the real size of the sharks when you are watching them from the tank. But it's a different story if you see it in this angle...
Compare its size against those of the smaller fishes.... scarry...
But if given a chance (and don't need to pay lots of money...) I'd love to be in their position and try feeding sharks....
Apart from seeing sea creatures, they (except Rey and me) were also there for the rides...
The rides at Seaworld didn't have enough "kicks" for these guys, who had promised to go to Dreamworld for more exhilarating rides when Heng Onn is back...
After that, we were all hungry so we headed for lunch within the theme park. We had some "distinguised guests" joining us for lunch too...
Last show of the day was the dolphin show. It was good because it had included some lucky audience for interaction with the dolphins. But the finale was the best....
The one thing we didn't manage to see at Seaworld was the polar bears. I only got to see its butt for a few seconds before it decided it was too hot to be outside so he went back into his enclosure. So we have to contend with taking photos at the Polar Bear exhibit sans the polar bear...
We also gave one show a miss. Why? Because we are not the target audience. Who is it then? They are for lucky persons who are treated like kings and queens....
That's right. The "screaming devils" a.k.a. kids.... look at the number of strollers! This is just 1/4 of it... Getting a whole family into a theme park is a very expensive affair. Normal price of adult entry cost $66, while kids go in at $33. If you are a family of 4, it would come up to close to $200 for entry alone! Then the merchandise?
The Sesame Street Beach is also another new addition to the theme park. All your favourite characters from the famous kids program were there. It's the one program that has kept me entertained for countless lunch / dinner when I was a screaming devil myself... (but it was probably my mom who was screaming then... screaming at me to start swallowing my food!)
The primary mode of transport within the theme park other than our own pair of legs is the cable car.... fortunately, the queue wasn't too long...
Esmond even caught up with an old friend of his.... and he was starting to get really chummy too...
Yes... the walrus is still there.... Yenki said it looked like a huge piece of s***... (it does, especially from the back... hahahah...)
We were there until the park closes at 5pm, after which we proceded to Ephraim Island at the architects' request.... It's an island with expensive housing.... It has a very beautiful sunset and there was a rainbow too...
Once we've satisfied the architect's "occupational obsessive behavious", we headed for dinner at Yahoo in Waterford.
It was a great day.
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