SeaWorld, Aquatica & The Renaissance Hotel

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Despite the title of this blog, we actually started our vacation at SeaWorld.  We stayed at the Renaissance Hotel at SeaWorld which was extremely nice.

The lobby was modern and nicely decorated, complete with waterfall and central aquarium display.  It was open to all floors and many (most?) of the rooms opened up onto walkways that circled it.  Our room was a king bed room with one bed and a sofa that changed into a bed for the boys.  Plenty of room for us and the television got the local PBS station which was great for us in the mornings.



There was also a fabulous pool complete with mini-waterpark which the boys loved.  Two big watersides and one tiny waterslide.






And of course we went to SeaWorld where the boys enjoyed both big shows (dolphin & orca) as well as the kiddie rides.









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