Very good trip. Wish we could have had more time in the main reef exhibit. Every time I turned and looked at the main tank I would see something new! The behind the tank view was cool although I guess I didn't get in far enough to see the surge device they were using. Would have been nice to talk to someone from their water maintainence department to find out how their filtration and water handling systems work. Especially how they keep all that water in Shamu's tank at 55 degrees in the Texas heat.

Hey, did anyone hear what they do with all those dolphin and sting ray babies? I didn't think about it till afterwards, but I would think they would run out of room to keep them. Just curious if they release them to the wild or not. Also, did any of the guys hanging around at the end after the tour talk them into taking you to the "upstairs" area with the coral growth tanks and clownfish spawing? Seemed kind of strange a big outfit like Sea World was working on something small like clownfish reproduction.

Hehe, was worth the admission just to see Misty get soaked by the killer whale. Of course I had to stop laughing after that crazy whale came around the next time and splashed me too! That water was nice and cold! :-D