Sea World, San Antonio. Well, it’s not Disney, but it did the trick. We have decided to wait until the kiddos are school-aged to make that monumental trek. In the meantime, we have opted for day-drive destinations.
Those with little ones may be able to relate. Although, car travel has gotten much easier in the last year. DVDs with the kid’s favorite shows sure can help to keep things, how shall I say, stable.
We made the 5-hour trip to San Antonio on the weekend prior to Thanksgiving. We even got to try out the 130 super highway (speed limit 85!) on our way through around Austin. The kids were sans a nap, but they made sure to stay up so they could get a swim in at the hotel pool. The next morning we were off to Sea World!
We arrived for their Christmas in the Park premier day. The park was festively adorned with baubles and lights. The shows were all Christmas-themed. We tried to do the rounds and make it to most of the shows. At the top of our list were the Dolphin show (think Christmas-themed Cirque De Soleil with Dolphins), the Shamu show (nothing more Ahh! evoking than a mammoth killer whale and a 6-month-old killer whale baby diving and swimming in synchronicity to Trans Siberian orchestra or a live saxophonist-pretty neat!) and the Otter and Sea Lion Santa Show. This show was a cute little interactive Christmas-themed show with Santa making a debut as the finale.
The Kids Corner, a Sesame Street themed play area, was super neat! Both boys took on a huge rope climbing wall and slide and went on their first pee-wee roller coaster! We even bought the overpriced picture to prove it! We ended the day with hot cocoa and a tree light show. The two tuckered-out little ones barely made it back to the hotel before “lights outâ€. When asked at the end of the trip what they liked best they both stated all of it. That is what a parent likes and wants to hear!
Whooo.. a vacation success!