. We walk over to feed to the stingrays , failing miserably to read the instructions on how to offer them the shrimp but enjoying the experience . See , they are bottom feeders so you have to put your hand in and hold the shrimp up under the water - apparently they do NOT leap up and do tricks for them for them like dolphins !
We have now missed the Blue Horizons show which is a shame as we liked that last time we came so we walk over to the Dolphin area and just catch the end of a talk and get some good views of the dolphins at play. just a shame we didnt get any of it on film - just lots of shots of ripply effect water
more luck inthe underwater area...
We see the turtles
and the manatees
and these fellas
We join the queue for Turtle Trek which is posted at 20 minutes ( we should have done this after the rides) . There is a bit of a spat- all the time we are in queues for the rides in all the parks, the boys are always pushing, poking and shoving each other which after time really gets on your (my) nerves :angry:. They seem unable to stand still and when not pawing each other are sprawling, sitting, looking for railings to get on and I have a bit of a moment bewailing the fact that out of all the queuing children, mine appear to be the only ones incapable of standing still and queuing like normal human beings.
To which Connor decides to respond and ends up having an almighty to do with Andy – and then I feel bad, as there is now an atmosphere and we were having such a good day. So I speak with Connor and then Andy and I have a falling out so pretty much no –one is speaking to anyone else as we enter the 3D theatre. Oh dear, it was all going so well !
They need to really up the warnings on the suitability of this attraction for young people as the bits with the birds and crabs have small kids screaming their heads off in terror – it’s a brilliant set up, but it is quite overwhelming and I even felt queasy coming out with the 3D effects
Its 1130 when we come out and we walk over to catch the 1200 One Ocean show
arty flag shot
