Sea World

This morning, the water pump was still on the fritz, so we looked up an RV dealer between Kerrville and San Antonio and stopped to see if we could get it fixed. Luckily, the good people at Ron Hoover RV in Boerne where able to help us right away. The technician determined that the pump had never worked at full capacity, and put a new one in, all in less than an hour, with no cost to us. We continued east into San Antonio, dropping in elevation, and the juniper bushes began to be interspersed with trees. It was only 11 am when we left Boerne, and the weather was sunny and warm, so we decided to hit Sea World.

When we visited Busch Gardens Williamsburg in the fall of 2005, we bought Platinum Passes, giving us admission and parking at all Busch Gardens/Sea World parks for two years, so just entering for a few hours didn’t cost us anything. Sea World is on the west side of San Antonio, so we pulled into the parking lot about 11:30. We ate a quick lunch and hit the park. Sea World San Antonio features four rides – a rapids ride called Rio Loco, a log ride called Texas Splashdown, and two roller coasters, Steel Eel and Great White. There were hardly any lines, so we rode the water rides twice, then the coasters once. None of the rides had much in the way of theming, especially the rapids ride. We also watched the Pirates 4D movie, which was okay.

All of the rides are located in one section of the park, and we didn’t want to crisscross the park to watch the killer whale and dolphin shows, especially since they weren’t being offered that frequently due to the low crowds. So we walked through the exhibits and the Hospitality House, tried to pet the dolphins at their cove, and headed for the exit.