It's all about the playground

SeaWorld had the most extensive playground imaginable. You could travel for miles 15 feet above the ground all perfectly safely. I had to tear Olivia away so we could go see Shamu. Then they played until the parked closed when they immediately fell asleep in the car.

The only thing that came close to competing with the playground that was related to sea animals at all was the star fish exhibit where you could touch the star fish. You had to pull the star fish out of freezing cold water, sometimes putting your arm in up to your shoulder nearly. Of course, Olivia couldn't do it by herself and guess who got to help? It was cool though.