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^I feel that SeaWorld gave the public too much credit. They really believed that people would see the film for what it was and understand that SeaWorld does a whole crapload of good and are good people. Eventually they just had to stand up for themselves as more lies were going around and things were getting out of control. It's sad that it came to that, but I'm glad they put something out.

^^LOL! No I'm sure they won't, but that's okay, they have an article about how a 10 year old convinced her school not to take their annual class trip to Sea World. On the other hand, I've been sending info out to one of our more ignorant teachers at KT's school who is also trying to cancel the Annual 1st Grade Trip to Sea World.

^LOL! I still can't decide if I think people will want to take a 400' ride on a Ferris Wheel in Orlando!?!? It's certainly not as interesting as some of the other big cities with a wheel.

^We've been to the UAE and Oman, certainly would like to visit more of the Middle East. I'm sure we'll make it back at some point!

^Gotcha, thanks! I love learning about customs like this, seriously really like the Middle East.

^We will most likely open up two days on one tour next summer and are working on a specific bash outside of the tour as well! We will always update to the site what's going on!

Sea World decided to finally answer all the idiots out there with a very nice open letter: Official link: http://seaworld.com/en/ourcare/Letter We would like to encourage as many people as possible to share that link on your Facebook, Twitter, etc...

^LOL!

Actual question for you... Were there women/girls in the park? Is there a separate women's day? Or were all the girls just too smart to go to this park?

^It was a funny sarcastic title. Way to bring down the fun thread!

Finally saw Pacific Rim on our cruise last weekend. I really liked it, as I figured I would. I mean seriously, giant robots vs. giant aliens in Asia, what's not to like!?!?

The Japanese ADORE Stitch so I can only imagine how well this will go over.

I can now see the Orlando Eye from KT's school and it's only halfway up I think!

^Hey if we get enough interest we may look into opening a second bus on that tour!

Robb and I were sitting next to each other in the car and mine was working fine and Robb couldn't get in to his town at all due to maintenance!

Let me at least help you with a few suggestions... I think three days is TOO much at Universal/IOA with Express Passes. Three days would certainly let you take it easy and even possibly hit it on a weekend. Likewise I think Busch Gardens is not a two day park. Unless you want to do some of the upcharge animal tours or are super crazy, one day should be fine. There aren't really 'hiking' type activities in Florida since we're flat and have very little interesting scenery. Maybe an Airboat Ride? Or a zip line tour? Something like that may appease your brother. If you like Space at *ALL* it's certainly worth a day trip over to the KSC. You could even combine it with Fun Spot in the evening. Robb can help you with the show stuff. For Tampa nightlife it depends what you're into. There's Ybor City, clubs, beach stuff, etc. I think it's much better to base out of Orlando and hit up Busch as a day trip.

I wish I had a life outside of Kristen's school (damn volunteering, PTA, and Christmas parties!!!) so I could go watch this!!!

Yeah the sharing thing is extremely strange with Noro and everything!!! Royal Caribbean actually used to have an awesome Salad one of the nights for dinner that was served Family Style...it only lasted about six months as people complained about sharing and the risks involved. WTF is wrong with Carnival!?!?

Kristen knows nothing of Flying Turns and yet asked me again today (she asks about once a week) when we are going back to Knoebels! The park is awesome, I don't care about any future additions or problems or issues with them as long as they keep Phoenix and the Phood!

Some more information coming out today... From CNN.com

I feel like this park looks a lot like some of the Chinese parks. With impressive looking theming, but something is off.

^I really hope that's some sort of photoshop! Anyways, we've cruised during the holidays before and even had Santa give KT a present once. So we finally experienced the 'stretched' Enchantment of the Seas. The ship was nice, it was very much a 'three day' crowd, but far better than the four + day Carnival crowd! The ship made two stops but we didn't even bother getting off!

^Great question. I am TOTALLY AGAINST Homeschooling for a multitude of reasons and would never consider it. Up until Kindergarten she went everywhere with us and I would be fine pulling her out. Now it gets trickier because with Florida public schools they cannot miss a lot of days and it's really a hassle. I don't agree with it, and even states like California do a better job and would allow for her to be absent more. Because of this we have cut back some of our travel and tried to keep it more to school breaks. If we need to do a trip during school time we would either pull her or see if my parents could watch her.

^I go to the parks a lot, have an annual pass and a magic band. I was there on a super busy holiday Saturday (thanks Derek) and there were still fast passes for tons of major attractions at 6pm when we headed out.

^I'll respond to your email. We're trying to get everyone in, but there is a bit of a wait list right now.