A day away from Disney?

[sheepishlambert]

Last January we had a really good day
at Islands of Adventure. A little something
for everyone. Jurassic Park, Dr Seuss,
and everyone loved Spiderman!

[bkfree]

I voted for Sea World, we always have a great time there and my kids love it. We usually go to Disney during Value season, so the crowd at Sea World was quite managable,pretty low. In fact, we never waited in line for anything and had great seats at all the show. The shows are great and not to miss.
We also love to do the "Dinner with Shamu" it is a very unique one of a kind experience and the food is great(buffet) style with an adult one and one loaded with kiddie favs.Best Ceaser salad I've ever had. My two were bug eyed and practically speechless at getting to dine with not 1 but 2 Shamu's literally inches away. The private and up close show was very much worth it.We do the early dinner seating.
Mine also love the exhibit where they get to feed fish to the dolphins,also a one of a kind experience.
Our last trip we did not venture off site and my two really missed Sea World Day, so I think we will be adding it back next trip.

[sportsguy2315]

Stay! My sister did a certain theme park rhyming with" shurmiversal" in April, and didn't really like it. And as for Sea World, you can get it back it your town. It's called an aquarium. Granted, Shamu rocks my socks, but beyond that and the sea lions, not too much.

[Kairi_7378]

Florida offers many wonderful things to visitors. I would definitely take an opportunity to visit another park when you're down there if you think you have time. If you need a Disney fix, you can always stop at DTD on the way back to your hotel. I haven't been to Universal but it looks like a lot of fun. I have been to Sea World and enjoyed it very much.

[chrisandmattsmom]

We were at Disney in October, 2006 and took one day to do Sea World. My kids (ages 4 & 7) LOVED it!! When we watched the Sea Lion show, my 7 year-old's cheeks hurt so much from laughing!!! We thought it was a nice break from Disney. We would definately do Sea World again. There's a lot to see and do there and it wasn't crowded at all in October. We really had a great time!

[MNNHFLTX]

As much as I love Disney World, there's nothing wrong with a little break in the middle of your vacation. Out of the choices you mentioned, I would definitely choose Sea World, especially if you don't have one of their parks near you. We love the shows (especially Clyde and Seamore, the sea lions) and even if you have to get there a bit early to see them, it's a good way to cool off on a hot day. Plus they do havea couple of thrill rides, Kraken and Journey to Atlantis.

A day at the beach (preferrably in the calmer waters of the Gulf) would also be a good option, as mentioned previously. Very relaxing.

[DizneyFreak2002]

I don't spend every day of my vacations at WDW.... Believe it or not, I do travel off property.... If I am going to leave property, it is usually to go to Universal Studios...

[DisneyDreams09]

I chose Universal,
This is probably due to the fact that I have never yet left the World while I was there, I think universal does have some things to offer, and when we go in 09, they should have Harry Potter done and I LOVE Harry Potter...so I might just have to do that, although I'd rather add an extra day to accomidate that than cut my DW experiance short.

[RAIDER]

Its good to get a change we always visit as many parks in Florida .... Seaworld as its a family you have would probably be the best choice inmy view followed closely by Island of Adventure

[bkfree]

SPORTSGUY2315: There are many of us that do not live near an Acquarium so Sea World is a fun park for us. I f we lived near one that we visited often, then of course Sea World would not be on our list.

If my kids had to choose between Animal Kingdom and Sea World, they would choose Sea World every time and I agree with them. With the exception of the Dinasaur ride, we always have much more enjoyable day and get to do way more stuff at Sea World than we ever have at AK.

[bethanne6245]

I voted for Sea World, we always have a great time there and my kids love it. We usually go to Disney during Value season, so the crowd at Sea World was quite managable,pretty low. In fact, we never waited in line for anything and had great seats at all the show. The shows are great and not to miss.
We also love to do the "Dinner with Shamu" it is a very unique one of a kind experience and the food is great(buffet) style with an adult one and one loaded with kiddie favs.Best Ceaser salad I've ever had. My two were bug eyed and practically speechless at getting to dine with not 1 but 2 Shamu's literally inches away. The private and up close show was very much worth it.We do the early dinner seating.
Mine also love the exhibit where they get to feed fish to the dolphins,also a one of a kind experience.
Our last trip we did not venture off site and my two really missed Sea World Day, so I think we will be adding it back next trip.

Can you tell me more about feeding the dophins? Is this extra?

[wire0monkey]

Somebody probably said this already but...

What going to Discovery Cove and signing up for a dolphin encounter?

And my family absolutely loves SeaWorld. It's not the shows, it's the opportunity to get up close and personal with the animals. (Dolphin feeding, ray petting area, shark feeding)

[wire0monkey]

It is extra to buy fish to feed the dolphins ($3 a tray, I think) but not extra to go into the dolphin feeding area. It has a wall that is about 4 feet high and you can reach over the wall to feed the dolphins. They come up to you and take the food out of your hand.

If you go to Discovery Cove, you can swim with a dolphin and the dolphin's trainer.