SWOT Photo TR: 8-8-07

We got to the park intentionally late because we wanted mainly to see the evening shows. The evening show at the seal lion stadium was a spoof of the other shows and attractions at the park. It was the best. The evening show at Shamu stadium was called Shamu Rocks Texas although it didn't rock as much as it has in the past years. It was basically the Believe show set to a few rock songs and some non-rock songs without all of the other theatrics. They were even showing the Haunted Lighthouse movie at the theater in the evening, although we skipped it. All in all it was a good day. The kids got to ride some rides they don't normally get to ride because of the long lines and we finally got ride Atlantis for the 1st time this year. I not sure if Atlantis was the reason but the lines for Rio Loco and Texas Splashdown were short and Great White actually had a line. Typically it is a walk on. Didn't get to ride Steel Eel because we ran out of time.

This was the only decent shot I got of Shamu Rocks.

And Shamu.

And Viva.

The seal lion evening show spoofing SeaWorld security.

The girls enjoying the stationary log.

2nd drop.

Got to ride Texas Splashdown too. The line was short as well. 1st drop.

Thru the trees.

Hannah, Sarah and Sabrina in front of GW.

Great White loopage.

Ooooo.....

The girls don't get to ride Rio Loco too often because of the typical long lines, but today it was short.

Multi-jumpers.

Barefoot and backwards.

More ski show.

The ski show has returned to being more of a demonstration show without a plot.

JTA from the ski stadium.

The kids get to play on the beach at the ski show. There's Hannah and Sabrina.

One last shot of Viva. My favorite show in the park, even though the dolphins weren't behaving that day.

And they go upside down.

The Russian swing is so cool. They fling the divers 1/4 of the way across the pool.

The divers even dive from the support structure of the stadium.

A trainer interacting with a beluga whale.

One of the divers in mid-dive.

This is the pre-show guy at Viva the dolphin, whale and diving show. He is also a diver in the show as well. He has a pretty funny show.

Lift hill POV.

Hannah, Sarah and Sabrina ready to ride.

Angry fish wants to eat you!!!!!

Heading down the drop.

The backwards dip section.

Traversing the lift hill.

JTA queue. This was about as long as the line was all day. But yet the park was still crowded.

JTA portal.

Splashdown at JTA.

Great White from across the lake.

Steel Eel from across the lake.

JTA thru the trees.

Nice report. Great pics of the park.

 

Sorry to hear it was so crowded. I can't believe you said the coasters are usually a walk-on! Kraken here in Otown is a walk-on in the off season, but lately, the beast has been sporting 45 - 60 minute waits! Of course, Orlando only has one big coaster, but that's apparently changing in a year or two!

 

It is also interesting to see beluga whales in a show. Orlando just keeps them on display. In a year or two, they're supposed to move to Discovery Cove so people can swim with them at a premium price! Even more than the beluga swim Orlando offers now!

 

Thanks for the pics!

Great TR and pics.

Nice trip report, looks like a cool park, I hope I get down there someday.

^^^The shows were extremely crowded. The ride lines were short, but GW had about a 2-3 train wait, running one train. It is usually a walk on for any row but the front.