Sea World

Since we were tired, we got a late start on Tuesday. We went looking for a museum. The Morse Museum in Winter Park has a massive collection of L.C.Tiffany works along with other Arts and Crafts items. The Morse part comes from the Fairbanks Morse Co. who made hit and miss engines, ignition systems, aircraft engines and lots of other stuff. He had much money and was friends with L.C.Tiffany so after Tiffany died and his house (mansion) burned, Tiffany's daughter asked the Morses to help preserve the things that they could salvage. They must have needed a freight train to get it to Florida. That's a lot of Tiffany. It's a good museum and we recommend it
Winter Park looks like a good place to hang out if you had the money. We didn't have the time as we were meeting Cousin Joe and family for dinner. A bit of rest and off to Landry's again. It was a very enjoyable meal. Young Cole , about a year old, was already trying to pick up girls at the next table. Joe and Amy informed us that they spent a lot of time at Sea World and they recommended it. We decided to take them up on it.
Sea World was absolutely worth it. It was open with plenty of room, shade and unusual gardens. There were shops and vendors but not jammed in your face. The shows were abundant and very good. The Cirque-type show wasn't as good as the animal shows but still good. I did come to the conclusion that seals are much more independent thinkers than orcas or dolphins.
There's no credit in the animal world. There's no do some tricks and I'll pay you at the end of the week. It's do a trick, get some fish. Do a trick, get some fish. This may be where folks get the idea that dolphins are smarter than people. They may be right.
The jokes in the sea lion show weren't as lame as they could have been. The props were. The swordfight degenerated quickly after the blade fell off the sword.
The food was quite good and fairly priced for a theme park. We ate at a barbarcue joint and the beef brisket was a bit dry but tasty. Stacey had some fair short ribs and chicken. it was a lot less than a meal pass.
There are a number of rides at Sea World but only 2 coasters of note. There's the Manta where you ride facing down as if skimming along as a manta ray and the Kraken. Ah the Kraken, now there's a coaster that could hold its head high at Cedar Point. I decided I needed to ride at least one coaster at Sea World and the Kraken is a nice steel coaster that should be easy on my back. It's big so I figured it would be a longer ride than most. It did seem strange that there wasn't a line.
The restraints were quite snug , barely allowing any movement. The floor dropping away was disturbing but it wasn't until halfway through the ride that I really wanted my mommy. I'm sure there are standards on how many gees can be pulled and how fast a coaster can go and someone really should check that damn thing. I can't remember another coaster where my cheeks tried to move to the back of my neck and my stomach tried to pop out of my butt. After a very long and exciting ride, I was able to leave the park, go back to the resort and rest.
We did eat at Tabla's again that night and then packed for the next phase of our trip. So ends Orlando.