THEME PARKS & ATTRACTIONS SEAWORLD DESTINATIONS
AGENT REPORT
As the lucky winner of an exclusive Travel Weekly competition to win a family holiday to SeaWorld, Travel Counsellors’ Gillian Davis whisked husband Stephen, daughter Olivia and two-year-old granddaughter Erin to the theme park capital for an all-expenses-paid escape. They were among the first Brits to test out the parks’ thrilling new rollercoasters – Mako at SeaWorld Orlando and Cobra’s Curse at Busch Gardens – which opened this summer. Here, Gillian gives her verdict
T
he whole experience was amazing. I still can’t take it
all in. I had been to Florida and to SeaWorld before – though it was years and years ago – but never to Aquatica, Discovery Cove or Busch Gardens. I was on holiday with my
family in Turkey when I found out. I just couldn’t believe it. My granddaughter Erin is a bit young for the rollercoasters, but she was still so excited about everything we saw and did. She’s come back with little keepsakes of dolphins and penguins, which just shows it’s such a great thing to do as a family, at any age.
I’d say Mako is pure adrenaline while Cobra’s Curse is pure excitement – they’re both great
I’m a fan of big rides. I’ve been
on quite a few at Alton Towers and other parks. So we dived in and went to SeaWorld Orlando on the first day, to give Mako a go.
w RIDING HIGH Mako was definitely the biggest ride I’ve done, so I suppose I was a little apprehensive. But I loved it. It felt as if we were flying through the air. It’s all about going fast, dropping and dipping. I think there were a couple of upside-down bits, but my eyes were closed, so I can’t be sure. We said we’d definitely go on it again, but not straight away – we couldn’t quite bring ourselves to try it twice in a row. We did a lot of other
activities at SeaWorld. The conservation that goes on there is really interesting. They took us behind the scenes to see how much they do, and we went to the penguin enclosure and stroked the birds, which was awesome. When we got to Busch
Gardens, we were excited to try Cobra’s Curse. I wasn’t quite so apprehensive about this one because it didn’t have such
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