Dine with Shamu how to book/

[ali-uk]

Hi

We want to do the dine with Shamu, and want to book before we go, i went on the Seaworld web site to book and was wondering before i did it can you book with anyone else but them?? Also it asks for special requests what should i ask for ?? near to the front etc...
Any thing else i need to know before i do book it, it works out about £85 for a family of four.
Thanks
Ali

[CERICROWLEY]

Ali

You can only book with Seaworld as far as I know, There is normally two sittings one in the afternoon and one in the evening, before shamu rocks america.

Special requests, they mean by diet etc, wheelchair access.

You can have ask much wine and beear as you like, and its a buffet type service, so you can go up as many times as you like as well.

We have been twice, with our friends that came over, in the afternoon and the evening, we prefer the evening meal better, but you have to make a quick dash across to the stadium to get a good seat, but I would avoid the wet zone at this time its too cold.

[mizzy]

we booked at the customer relations desk on entry into the park our seating was before the early evening show

the tables are in a semi circle around the water so no need to ask to be near the front because you will be, i would ask for one of the more central tables though rather than a one on the outside edge of the circle

Mizzy

[pieman790]

We rung and booked it through Sea world direct.
It does get busy and sometimes is a little like a cattle market when you are getting your food as its serve yourself buffet.
We must have gone on a bad day as we really didnt enjoy it that much.It took us almost 15 mins to queue for the food and when we got to the front of the queue they were starting on the puddings/cakes. The person looking after Shamu did nothing/said nothing other than the one time he got Shamu to jump up out of the water.Shamu was swimming around the small pool that looks onto the dining area but you could not see much.
We personally will not be going again and its not cheap.
On a plus side the waiter was excellent and one of our party had his birthday there. The waiter got everybody to sing Happy birthday but it would have been nice to have had shamus presence like they show on the promotion pictures/video

[mizzy]

you must have caught them on a bad day Neil

we found that there was virtually no queues for the food and the desserts were there on seperate tables at the same time as the main choices

there was a lovely trainer who answered all the little ones questions and we got some great pics

i agree with you it wasn't cheap but we did have an enjoyable time

one of our little ones was quite poorly (exhausted and flat out in a pushchair)so the server brought him a "i ate with shamu" t.shirt and cuddly Shamu because he wasn't eating anything, she also packed us some chocolate covered shamu cookies for the children to take back to the villa which i thought was very nice of her[msnsmile]

Mizzy

[ali-uk]

Hi All

Thanks for your replies, do any of you know ruffley what times are the afternoon and evening sittings it doesnt say on the web site? i think i would prefer the later one, if we are going for the day i would like to have lunch and tea there so a later sitting would be better. My friend went there and had lunch at one of the restaurants, said the fajitas they had there where the best she ever had.[msnwink]
Ali

[mizzy]

i think we ate early evening about 6.30/7pm

Mizzy

[Disney Dreamer]

Hi Ali,

On the couple occasions that we have been I think we ate at about 5ish, I know it was definately the first sitting. Our first time was a wonderful experience because the trainers got the whales to do some tricks for us and even brought the biggest whale out of the water onto a shallow shelf at the far end for some fantastic close up photo opportunites. But the second time was a real let down. We went with friends and had told them what a brilliant time we had had and this was a real must....despite the cost!! Then to our dismay the trainers didn't get the whales to do anything, they just threw them a couple of pieces of jelly that the whales just bobbed out of the water for. No interaction or question & answer opportunites, it was a real let down for us but our friends still thought it was good. Having said that the food was very good on both occasions, they do some great Shamu shapped cookies!!

Hope you have a great time.

Angela

[ali-uk]

Hi

Thanks for your replies, i have booked it. I was the first booking for the day that i wanted and the guy i spoke to said i could have the best table around the circle [msnwink] he said that there will be three shamu shows on that day for us to see, we will be eating between 4-6pm. really excited now
Ali

[Eden]

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Hi Ali,

You won't be disappointed

My family and I went for my daughters 9th birthday surprise, everyone has a good view and the food was very nice. We also ordered a birthday cake which the waiter brought out after the meal and everyone sang Happy Birthday ! would definitely do it again.