Gold Coast Sea World - Day 5

Today, we heads towards Sea World, another popular theme park in Gold Coast.

Wake up kiddos, sunny days ahead. Who wants to have another day of fun and spills?

With all the fun we had, no wonder our kids sleep soundly every evening.

After breakfast, we took a short tour around our hotel vicinity.

Goldcoast downtown seems to have a hive of constructions going on.

Daddy found an internet cafe at only $2/hour internet, cheap and fast.

We took the same coach (from yesterday) to Sea World.
Video : we pass by scenic surfers Paradise coastline


Long queue has formed even before the gates are opened. If you are staying over at Sea World Resorts itself, you should take the monorail and enter north of the Imagine-Dolphin venue (to avoid the queue)

Sea World is even bigger than Movie World.

Dolphins in the nursery pool were happily swimming around. Visitors can pay for close encounter with the friendly dolphins.

Video : Dolphins are intelligent !


First stop, Sesame Beach. (We were too late for the 1030 sea-lion show).

Posing with our familiar Sesame characters, Big Bird.

Ernie and Bert never fail to tease us, even Wen Xin clap to their catchy beat.

Video : HipHop to Sesame dancing, even xin and Yi will clap their little hands


Lunch is Pizza and Fries (what else?). There are so many sea gulls in Sea World !!

We like the Polar bear enclosure. The pool looks really chic, but the bears were not interested to take a dip, preferring instead to laze around their caves.

Video : Nice pool, but the bears were too lazy to swim..


Pirates showtime @1230. We rushed back towards the entrance, where we can see a hugh pirate ship moored in the center. Is Jack Sparrow and his crew onboard?

Jet Skis, acrobats, cannons, dare-devil jumps from TOP masts !

Video : Pirates Ahoy Captain !


We took a break on this green slope.
Video : let us chanse the seagulls..


From this vantage point, we can see the lagoon housing the Pirate ship. It is an ideal picnic spot.

Video : Xin defying gravity


Candid moments between Mummy and daughter. Our little girl, Xin, is very curious and was happily running up and down the slope.!! This girl is gutsy .

Video : Up and down the slope, no stopping the kids !


The kiddos were entertaining themselves. Joking and laughing at every little tidbits.

The overhead monorail and constant helicopters, never fail to entice the kids.

Buddies and neighbour, running and playing hide&seek. While Mummies go shopping, the daddies look after the brood.

Time to play again. We head back to Sesame corner to explore all the rides.

Kids big and small could ride the Helicopters and noisy-toot-Trucks.

Video : Loud Trucks and Spinning Helicopters


Ray reef was closed, or else we could have try hand-feeding them.

At Shark bay, we did not have enough time to view the inhabitants underground. The sharks and giant rays were swimming leisurely in the world's largest lagoon (click for source)

Video : Shark Bay hugh Lagoon

Shark bay houses a touch-pool, where kiddos can feel and touch the starfish, and anemone.

No oysters were in sight :(

Video : Impressive lagoon

Last show of the day is Imagine @1500.

We arrive 30 min earlier, but there was already a Long queue.

The dolphins never fail to Impress us. Flipping in and out of the sea to gathers claps from the audience. They work together with their trainers to bring Fun to a new high.

Video : Dolphins @ Imagine. Great performance


The dolphins are memorable and our kids love them.

More adventures await us. Time for some spills and thrills.

Vikings and Bermuda ensure we will eventually get wet keke.

We are wet, but we are so Happy and cannot wait to go for second round.

When the sun starts to set around 4 plus, we know it is time to leave. As we head out, we noticed Sea World is building a new palace for penguins, ready by end 2010. It does look 5* from the poster !

Souvenir from Sea World.

Bye bye Sea gull, we know we have not seen the last of you.

Summary :

The Imagine Dolpine show is the highlight of the day.

Shark Bay and Ray Reef will be a hit with kids, especially the touch-pool.

However, Daddy got the best pictures when we were resting at the lawn. Kids were running, rolling all over the place, where they were most relaxed.

Plan your park tour around the showtimes, as the shows can be pretty packed back to back.

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Feel free to visit Sengkangbabies Gold Coast explorations!

No Swimming at Surfers Paradise??
Day 1 - GoldCoast Arrival and Glow Worm
Day 2 - Shopping - Carrara Markets and Harbour Town
Day 3am - Paradise Country Farm, pet a animal or two
Day 3pm - Qdeck 77th
Day 4 - Movie World
Day 5 - Sea World
Day 6 - Dream World

Day 7 - Brisbane (wip)

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Gold Coast Movie World - Day 4

Movie World, this must be one of the more popular theme park in Gold Coast. And we had tons of fun here. Share our joy.

Hello Wonder Woman , Flash, and Green Lantern greeted us at the entrance.
No Superman? but kids are still excited !


Hawkgirl looks fierce : Stop staring, or I will Club you :p

At least Daddy's Monroe is so sexy and sweet keke.
Kids love Daffy and quickly pose for photos.


Batman Batman !! someone shouted, let's go and hug him.
The Dark Knight looks so cool (when he does not smile)


Meow, some feline in cat's costume purring on the car roof.
Catwoman was angry when we try to snatch her Whip.. ouch!


Looking at our map, where should we go next?

Warner Brothers Kid's, this is a wonderland for adults too!! We get to meet our childhood friends. Plenty of rides to thrill us.


Video : WB Kids


Kids enjoy the rides ! Coyote, Martin, and Sengkangbabies went
round and round the Carousel.


Sylvester was waiting to pounce on us, as we jack higher and higher !!

Video : Kids' ride


Bunny lead us to his lair, we twitch his ears keke


Hollywood Stunt Driver at 1100 and 1350, do not miss this Awesome show !!
Entertainment from start to end, car chase, fire-bomb, tyres screeching, near-misses !


Video : Breath taking stunts !


More driftings...


Early lunch, Batman invited us to his canteen. But the food is only so-so.

Wei and Jayna : Batman, your nuggets suck ! (Batman face become black)


We travel to the Wild Wild West's cowboy town.

Video : Can Can? (Kids call it underwear dance)


Anybody game for adventure? Good luck to those in front row :p


Video : Splash


Back to Main Street, we are heading towards WB kids again.


We gave up dressing the boys as superheroes, after we saw the price tags :)
Cosplay is expensive hobby.


Come & catch the RoadRunner with Coyote's roller-coaster. Peep Peep.
... but someone is below height limit, so Sad :(


Video : Maybe not such a bad idea for Yi to miss this Roller Coaster?




Yosemite's train service looks safer :)
At least, there is no height restriction for Wen Yi.


The older kids want to try car accidents @ Taz's "Hollywood cars".
Yi does not know how to start his engine, so he was a sitting duck .. BANG !


Video : car accidents


Kids mimick WWW cowboys shooting from their carriages.


Video : Happening Train Ride


Who wants to ride a bird-cage with Tweety? Hope Sylvester is not lurking around.

Poor Wen Xin must be bored onboard her Maclaran volo.
She always grab the opportunity to sneak away from Mummy and Daddy.
Uncle Chew had a hard time chasing her too !

Taxi anybody? No overtaking please.

Daddy was worried kids want more "car accidents" !

Martin and Bunny roams the playground for snapshot opportunities.

Whole theme park is filled with life-size walking cartoons.

Even Daddy found his idol Austin mojo Powers and cute sidekick.

No mini-me though.

The All-Star-Parade starts at 1530, but we make sure we book a spot early.

Resting, snacking, ice-cream, we made ourselves comfortable.

Can you feel the party temperature raising? We are all anticipating the big parade.

Bunny and Daffy leads the parade...You can Wave, Scream, or Clap !!

Non-stop cheers and music Rock Main Street ! Festive atmosphere !

Video : Main street finale - All Start Parade (pardon the lousy voice recording)



So much activities and Fun, no wonder the kids are tired out.



Daddy brought Wei to Batman's garage. How come his Batmobile is compounded?

BatWing Spaceshot -simulate Batplane's G-force during launch?

or Superman Escape - 360 turns and loops coaster, with someone wearing red-underwear pushing from behind. No thanks keke.

Video : extreme


Did you spot Batmans latest prodigy? (who needs Robin)

Time to go, Sun is setting again. We have had 6 hours of Fun and entertainment !

Kids posing with their souvenirs. How come Red Riding Hood appears at Movie World?


Dinner, we are tired. Just a simple seafood pasta, hamburger along Cavill Avenue.

Except dinner is never simple in Gold Coast..too many choices :)

Summary :
- We arrived at 9 plus to queue for ticket, if you have Escape Pass, skip the Queue.

- Daddy like Hollywood Stunt Drivers best, but we believe the final All-Star Parade is a family favourite.

- Be prepared to spend one whole day at Movie World.

- For maximum fun, go and get Wet from the rides !

- We should be tired, but the low humidity allows us to run the parks without any sweat !

- If you are clueless like Daddy, and you need to impress your kids, click for WBkids.

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Feel free to visit Sengkangbabies Gold Coast explorations!

No Swimming at Surfers Paradise??
Day 1 - GoldCoast Arrival and Glow Worm
Day 2 - Shopping - Carrara Markets and Harbour Town
Day 3am - Paradise Country Farm, pet a animal or two
Day 3pm - Qdeck 77th
Day 4 - Movie World
Day 5 - Sea World
Day 6 - Dream World

Day 7 - Brisbane (wip)

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