We definitely got our money's worth out of the Aquarium membership. We went again this week and it never gets old. There is always an 11:30am dolphin show that the kids don't ever want to miss. Since it is included in our membership, we go. And this time, we got there early enough to get sweet seats in the "Splash Zone". Once we were seated, the questions of, "When is it starting?" began and I had to tell them that since they chose to get early seats, it wouldn't begin for another half hour.
As we were waiting, a dolphin show worker person (whatever you call 'em) came up the stairs to where we were sitting. Great, I thought to myself, she's going to tell us they have to fill up the other side of the seating before sitting here, or something crazy like that. I dug in, ready to stand my ground. ** When in reality, she just wanted to know if the kids would like to participate in the Grand Finale. Really? At the end of every show, there is a musical montage, the dolphins flip & leap and on either side of the pool, they have about 4 kids hold flags and wave them. Yip-yipee-yip-ito. (geez, i've been reading too much skippyjon)
So they moved us into the "Reserved Seating" row, (I always wondered who got those seats) which were better than the ones we chose. And the kids still got wet. This show rocked even more than the other ones because they introduced a new baby dolphin, Bailey. She is 10 months old and really quite cute. They had her jumping in tandem with her mom even doing a few tricks. I didn't get pictures because the likelihood of being soaked was very great. They warn anyone sitting in the Splash Zone of the "possibility" of getting wet. Depending on your location in said zone, you WILL be splashed. It's a trick that the dolphins do; swim around the perimeter and splash the people. We had a great time!
** After we were moved, I was thinking to myself that I'm still pretty defensively programmed. Not being able to sit where we want, being moved for trite reasons and not having any control over it, yeah, that's what would happen in Egypt. I have to keep telling myself, "You're not in Egypt anymore." It's hard.
2 comments:
Culture shock all over again, eh, Lydia?
I'm glad you guys had fun! I've always wanted to do that...I mean...like, when I was younger. Now getting called up on stage during a dolphin show might seem a little silly...but then? Talk about a dream come true.
What a special treat!! Altho, at a dolphin show in Egypt you could pay extra to the animal handlers to go into the show area and have your photo taken with the animals personnally! :p (yea, not necessarily a good thing...) So glad that the kids got chosen together too!!
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