Shamu and Sleeping Babies

We just got back from our 2nd Orlando family adventure in less than a month. We are truly fortunate (and thanks to my husband's frugalness & convenient business trip & my coupon/bargain hunting) we save and plan to do these little getaways. So off we went, this time to take in the land of Shamu - SeaWorld!

Aside from the sheer pleasure taken in from the joy of my boys experiencing dolphins, sea lions, whales, sharks, etc., oh my!!! There were two mentionables from this last trip.

1. AAA member perks - Who knew. I checked the AAA website (my membership usually only used for flats & dead car batteries!) before our trip and found a perk that let us get FOR FREE a 'quick Queue' bracelet ($30ish buck value) which let us go to rapid access several of the SeaWorld rides - including the new full body coaster MANTA / just by stopping at the passholder services building in the park and showing the AAA membership. [NOTE: SeaWorld does not currently have any Disney-type FastPass-like distribution which would allow rapid line movement, other than these Quick Queue = extra charge passes... however, we did see some signs for babyswap-type stuff] This allowed my man & I to dart around like crazies while the babes napped and we got to have super thrills, too!

2. Stroller Section in EVERY SHOW for Sleeping Babies!!! This rocked - see the photo!

Really, I mean really - can't every amusement park do this! Of course we only found this out half-way through day 2 of our 2 day park trip...but it was so appreciated. It is an area set aside (at every SeaWorld show! - It's even listed on the back of the 'park map' had I bothered to read the darn thing!) for sleeping babies in strollers. SeaWorld Rocks for this. Means you don't have to wake the baby to park the stroller or, the alternative = miss the show. We used this for both the Shamu show & the Pets Ahoy show... there were occasional abusers - i.e. those who had AWAKE babies in strollers... but they were few & far between. The seats are not prime, usually on the back or far sides near the handicap/wheelchair guest sections. But it beats missing the show or waking the babies.

Hello, Disney, are you listening - you should think about this option!