Mfarquar
07-05-2009, 10:35 PM
My parents, sister and brother-in-law have very generously offered to treat my husband and I to Sea World and Discovery Cove.
However, we have already carefully planned out our 11 day vacation (first and last day are obviously partial days due to flights) - 2 full days at Universal/IoA w/ Halloween Horror Nights, the rest at Disney, and we were considering doing a day at Sea World.
Is it possible to do both Sea World and Discovery Cove in one day? We weren't sure if we could get to Discovery Cove for opening, cover everything by about 2:00 or 3:00 PM (park is open until 6pm), and then hit up Sea World's rollercoasters and maybe another attraction.
Or, would we be better off just doing Sea World (husband has never been) and doing one of the backstage tours, and save Discovery Cove for another trip.
We kind of cringe at the idea of spending 4 full days away from Disney, as we intended to make that the bulk of our trip (plus it saves on the # of days we plan on renting a car). I think the most we want to do is 2 days at Universal w/ Halloween Horror Nights those evenings, and then 1 day at Sea World and/or Discovery Cove where we would return to WDW for a 7:15 pm dinner reservation (especially since we have free dining).
I have ALWAYS wanted to swim with the dolphins (no matter how controlled) and my husband is a real animal lover. He seems to want to do Sea World more, as he has never experienced any of it. We are also REALLY, REALLY interested in riding the new Manta roller coaster at Sea World.
We are theme park warriors, but I don't want us to rush so much we miss things. However, we are good at covering a lot of ground.
What do you folks think?
However, we have already carefully planned out our 11 day vacation (first and last day are obviously partial days due to flights) - 2 full days at Universal/IoA w/ Halloween Horror Nights, the rest at Disney, and we were considering doing a day at Sea World.
Is it possible to do both Sea World and Discovery Cove in one day? We weren't sure if we could get to Discovery Cove for opening, cover everything by about 2:00 or 3:00 PM (park is open until 6pm), and then hit up Sea World's rollercoasters and maybe another attraction.
Or, would we be better off just doing Sea World (husband has never been) and doing one of the backstage tours, and save Discovery Cove for another trip.
We kind of cringe at the idea of spending 4 full days away from Disney, as we intended to make that the bulk of our trip (plus it saves on the # of days we plan on renting a car). I think the most we want to do is 2 days at Universal w/ Halloween Horror Nights those evenings, and then 1 day at Sea World and/or Discovery Cove where we would return to WDW for a 7:15 pm dinner reservation (especially since we have free dining).
I have ALWAYS wanted to swim with the dolphins (no matter how controlled) and my husband is a real animal lover. He seems to want to do Sea World more, as he has never experienced any of it. We are also REALLY, REALLY interested in riding the new Manta roller coaster at Sea World.
We are theme park warriors, but I don't want us to rush so much we miss things. However, we are good at covering a lot of ground.
What do you folks think?