I woke up at 6:00 and showered and got things ready for the day. We woke the kids at 7:00 and got ready.At 8:00 we went to the gingerbread house for breakfast.That was so neat.The people that volunteer there are so eager to help and wont even let you carry your own trays.They had all kinds of breakfast foods.They had scrambled eggs, pancakes,bacon, grits, homefries, cold cereal, waffles, and all kinds of pastries.I was worried that breakfast was served too late for us to get to the parks on time.Breakfast is from 8-10 every morning but you can also get a continental breakfast earlier than that.We found if we went at 8:00 we had plenty of time to get to the parks since they are only about 15 minutes away. We got to Sea world shorty after opening.All we had to do was show the parking attendant our GKTW button and we got free parking.We did find a lot of crowds at the entrance and we had to wait a few minutes to get through the crowds.I wanted to have lunch at Sharks underwater grill and they didn't take advance reservations.I ahd heard that if you go to the restraunt at opening you can reserve a spot for later that day though.So we headed to Sharks and were met by a roped off area.Apparently they open that part of the park an hour after the front gates open.So we headed over to the seal and sea lion area.We chatted with a really nice CM who actually called Sharks to see if they could make the reservation but they were not open yet.So we hung out a bit and enjoyed the exhibit.We had heard that GKTW kids can feed the sea lions for free but they were still preparing all the fish.When the pther part of the park opened we hot footed it to Sharks where we had no trouble getting a time later in the day.We then went and toured the shark exhibit which we loved.They have a great tank that you go through in a tunnel.You stand on a moving sidewalk and slowly go through the tube.That was way cool and Logan likes seeing all the shark teeth on the bottom that have been shed.





This was outside of sharks.It was pretty cool .


When we came out of that exibit we found our first pressed penny machine! We whipped out or handy dandy pressed penny tubes and squished our first pennies.I have to say that the kids got quite good at finding the machines and spotted them quicker than we did.There was one funny moment though when Hannah was in the restroom and mistook the feminine products machine for a pressed penny machine.Hey they had pictures of change on them!

After sharks we wandered around a little bit.By then it was getting really hot.We are from upstate NY and are pretty used to cold weather so it was quite an adjustment to be in such heat and humidity.Logan started to get pretty cranky.I think it was a combination of the heat and the fact that he hardly ate anything for breakfast and he was pretty hungry.Our reservation for sharks wasn't until 1:30 so he was probably starving by then.We walked back to sharks and sat outside in the shade while waiting for them to call our name.Logan became more and more miserable.Finally they called our name and we went inside the blessedly cool restraunt.We were seated and Logan continued to be miserable laying in his seat and just being whiney.We were annoyed by it but understood the reason for his meltdown.The food finally came and then Logan started to eat.I think he started to feel better and he perked up and it was like someone flipped a switch.The Old Logan was back.Hannah asked him what was wrong and he replied "I just needed to throw a fit for a while" That cracked us all up then.At least he was honest!









Overall I was a bit disappointed with Sharks underwater grill.Unless you had a seat right by the shark tank it wasn't very exciting.The food was ok but far from outstanding.It was VERY expensive for what you got.I am glad we experienced it but I would try somewhere else next time.