I was able to sleep in (yayaya!) and so did my roomie Steph who was also today, so it was a really nice lazy morning.
I was also able to Skype my dearest friend LIDIA SIMOES :) It was nice to see her but I wish we could hang out in real life :( It's so hard to go from spending almost every second with someone to not seeing them at all :( I'm so excited to see her again in real life but I'm also gonna try to Skype more often (in general as well!)
My big plan for the day was SEA WORLD. I headed out with Alex, Alexis and Alex's friend from her program last summer. He works at SeaWorld now and got our tickets 50% off (no complaints there!!)
At first the day was kinda slow... There was a tropical storm going over Florida today so there was thunder and lightning and rain... meaning a lot of the rides got closed temporarily. This kinda sucked because we're all roller coaster buffs and those were the main things we wanted to do.
We made the best of it for the time being and we went on Turtle Trek- which was quite strange and not as exciting as all the billboards make it out to be- and got some supper. I actually had an excellent vegetarian chili in a massive bread bowl.
Luckily though the dark clouds passed and it seemed to be good weather again :). We watched a killer whale show at the Shamu Stadium. Now the show was really entertaining and it's really impressive that those whales can do the routines but I do feel bad for them. As big as the pool is, it's not the ocean. They get fed treats and have to perform tricks... it's just not natural. While I was being entertained, a part of me definitely felt guilty and sad for the whales. SeaWorld insists over and over again that they're treated well, and although it is sad that's highly unnatural for them to be in this environment, at least they're treated humanely!
We finally got to ride the roller coasters Kracken and Manta. Kracken is exciting. It goes upside down a few times but it's nothing too extreme or special. Manta on the other hand is probably the scariest coaster I've done to date. You're just in a really awkward position, almost laying down (tilted forward) so basically all you see is ground. You go upside down and all you see is sky. It is truly a weird sensation. It was one of those coasters where I screamed soooo much and I even kept screaming after we stopped because I was still so shaken up. We rode it twice hehe.
We also rode this bizarre Journey to Atlantis ride and this arctic helicopter simulation ride.. They were both pretty random and not really what I'm used to ;)
I bought my first Dippin' Dots. They're like ice cream dots and mine was cookies and cream flavored. It was overpriced amusement park food and cost probably an hour's worth of work but it was decent.
We also watched another show at night: Shamu Rocks. Again the whales did similar tricks as before but to rock music haha. It was fun. Still felt guilty though.
Great day though with my friends :) I really needed a day off!
Tonight when I got back to Vista Way I headed over to another building to have a Cinderella's Royal Table girls night with some other ICPs who work at CRT :) There was Nicki from New Zealand, Kelly from the USA and Jessica from Puerto Rico. We never got around to watching a movie but we pigged out on food (whoopsies...) and laughed a lot. These girls are very sweet and I'm glad I get to work with them :) It's also cool to learn about the different cultures! I guess that's what ICP is for!
Day off again tomorrow :)
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