Over The Water, Circus, And Sea Lions
Sea World has many rides so we sent the boys to the high speed rides and the old folks rode the buckets and saw the circus!
To The Buckets
Yes, it is a restaurant
Clever designs everywhere
Bayside Skyride
Did you know? - Bayside Skyride is a 1967 Vonroll type 101 that travels over Mission bay, which is the only Vonroll skyride that goes over a body of salt water. It starts in the top-left corner of the map, and travels over a corner of Mission Bay on two poles and lands on the other side. Then an attendant has to push your gondola around to catch the wire to take you back to the other side. This ride provides a great view of the backstage of Cirque de la Mer.
Bob does NOT look scared
Maybe a little worry here
Beautiful flowers
Did you know? - The Skyway at Disneyland opened on June 23, 1956. It was built by Von Roll, Ltd. based in Bern, Switzerland. It was the first Von Roll Type 101 aerial ropeway in the USA. Walt Disney Imagineering bought the ride from Switzerland. It was a 1947 Vonroll sidechair model.
Did you know? - Perhaps Von Roll's best known products were the Von Roll type 101 sky rides that operate in some amusement parks. The total of installed rides exceeded 33, as of 2008, only ten remain in service.
See you on the other side
Did you know? - The lift travels at a speed of 8mph, the fastest Von Roll type 101 in operation. It also has the longest span between towers 925 feet with a maximum capacity of 25 cars.
Watch out for that first step!
925 foot span!
Who me scared, nope!
Excellent views of the back bay
View of Circus Del Mar
The sky tower towers over the park
The day was quite nice after all
Boats all over
What has she spotted
Did you know? - A gondola lift is a type of aerial lift, often called a cable car, which consists of a loop of steel cable that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting towers. The cable is driven by a bullwheel in the terminal, which is connected to an engine or electric motor.
Because of the proliferation of such systems in the Alpine regions of Europe, the French language name of Télécabine is also used in an English language context. Gondola lifts should not be confused with aerial tramways (where a cabin is suspended from a fixed cable and is pulled by another cable), which are also sometimes known as "cable cars".
Circus in the background
We Head For The Cirque de la Mer
Quite elaborate
The clowns really warmed up the audience
Captivating
Just hanging around
She bungee jumped! Scary
Sea Lion Show
They are pink becuase they eat shrimp!
Did you know? - Flamingos often stand on one leg, the other tucked beneath the body. The reason for this behavior is not fully understood. Some suggest that the flamingo, like some other animals, has the ability to have half of its body go into a state of sleep, and when one side is rested, the flamingo will swap legs and then let the other half sleep,[citation needed] but this has not been proven. Recent research has indicated that standing on one leg may allow the birds to conserve more body heat, given that they spend a significant amount of time wading in cold water. As well as standing in the water, flamingos may stamp their webbed feet in the mud to stir up food from the bottom.
Young flamingos hatch with grey plumage, but adults range from light pink to bright red due to aqueous bacteria and beta carotene obtained from their food supply. A well-fed, healthy flamingo is more vibrantly colored and thus a more desirable mate. A white or pale flamingo, however, is usually unhealthy or malnourished. Captive flamingos are a notable exception; many turn a pale pink as they are not fed carotene at levels comparable to the wild. This is changing as more zoos begin to add prawns and other supplements to the diets of their flamingos
Did you know? - Flamingos filter-feed on brine shrimp and blue-green algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they eat, and are uniquely used upside-down. The filtering of food items is assisted by hairy structures called lamellae which line the mandibles, and the large rough-surfaced tongue. The pink or reddish color of flamingos comes from carotenoid proteins in their diet of animal and plant plankton.
Time For The Silly Sea Lions
Did you know? - Sea lions are any of seven species in seven genera of modern pinnipeds including one extinct species (the Japanese sea lion). Sea lions are characterized by the presence of external ear pinnae (ear-flaps), long front flippers, the ability to walk on all four flippers on land, and the lack of dense underfur. Their range extends from the subarctic to tropical waters of the global ocean in both the northern and southern hemispheres with the notable exception of the Atlantic Ocean.
Great stage!
The warm-up was pretty funny
Did you know? - Pinnipeds are typically sleek-bodied and barrel-shaped. Their bodies are well adapted to the aquatic habitat where they spend most of their lives. Their limbs consist of short, wide, flat flippers. The smallest pinniped, the Baikal Seal, weighs about 70 kg (155 lb) on average when full-grown and is 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) long; the largest, the male Southern Elephant Seal, is over 4 meters (13 ft) long and weighs up to 4,000 kilograms (8,800 lb).
While carrying a ball?
Sneak just pushed the ball over... He went under
Swing dancing
They guys could dance!
"May I have a moment?"
"Blah blah blah... Just like a politician!"