Hey everyone!

As part of our transatlantic cruise from Ft. Lauderdale to Barceola, Spain, one of our ports was Teneriefe in the Canary Islands. The island is home to lots of interesting historical stuff (and of course still the worlds most deadliest airline crash) but it is also home to 'Loro Paqrue.'

The park is kind of an odd mix between a zoo and Sea World. In fact all four of their killer whales were born at Sea World in Orlando. And of course the park is also home to a roller coaster, the ONLY coaster in Teneriefe!

If you're into animals, you'll love the park as it is really nice, if you're not into animals (and honestly, we're not big nature/animal people) it's fine for a short visit. We stayed about 3 hours (although 40 minutes of that was waiting for the coaster to open, which opened late) and we took in a couple of the shows.

The shows were the perfect length for both someone who likes this kind of stuff and who isn't that much into it. I think the dolphin show was about 15, maybe 20 minutes long. Just enough to watch some giant fish jump through hoops and do other wacky tricks but not too long to where you'd get bored.

The killer whale show was even shorter (probably right at 15 minutes) which was fine because they didn't let those giant guys do too much.

Anyway, the coaster was interesting for a kiddie coaster in that it litterally was buried deep whithin the surrounding shrubbery! Serioulsy, if you stuck your hand out, you'd get bush. Hmmm... Maybe that's not so bad after all! ;)

Ok, enough babbling, onto the photos....

See! We are on a cruise ship!

The girls are just too cool for our bus to Loro Parque.

That giant mountain is actually a volcano. Let's hope it stays put for the day!

Oh, goody...not too much farther now.

The entrance to the park...yup.

That is one pissed off looking bird!

"You have to pay 5 Euros to see the rest of this Aligator."

Lunch Time!

Here was the "Loro Show" aka the Parrot Show.

Yes! We found the credit!!!

The sign says it opens at 10am, but it actually opened about 10:40.

Oh, yeah, and it's an upcharge of 1 Euro.

Elissa and KidTums get this random, off-the-beaten-track credit!

If you sit anywhere but the front seat, all you see is fin!

Note how the coaster is completely surrounded by shubbery!

OMG! OMG! OMG! COASTER TRACK! *JIZZ* *JIZZ* *JIZZ*

Yup, the coaster was cute. Cha-ching. Credit conquered!

YES! This park gets points for having tortoises!

YAY!!! Jumping fish! (Yes, yes, dolphin enthusaists I know they are

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