![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Our summer trip is slowly coming together. For a hot minute it looked like we were going to get a week of thunderstorms while we were at the beach, but now it's just going to be cloudy, which is perfect. Any thing to cut that summer sun down to a minimum.
Both the kids are excited about visiting the space center, but now I've tacked on a trip to Seaworld because apparently they're celebrating their 60th anniversary and slashed their prices in half. Heck yeah, I'll take penguins, flamingos, and dolphins for the same price as the big zoo we'd been eyeing. I know it's Seaworld and there are some larger ethical questions, especially around the orcas, but they do more conservation now and, again, we'll mostly be there for the smaller animals. Besides, it'll be a good way to talk to the kids about the ethics around keeping such smart animals like dolphins etc in captivity.
The trip is definitely dialed down from my initial, lofty ambitions of a week driving down the coast and spending each night in a different place. As much fun as that could have been, with two smaller kids it really was going to be too stressful. Instead, we'll spend a few nights at the beach and be flexible about when we visit KSC based on the weather and how we're feeling, then head to the interior and likewise spend a few nights in Orlando and be flexible about what we do. Lots of water-based activity, lots of chilling, and only two different hotels, which, with kids, is pretty optimal.
Keeping it flexible is also taking some of the stress off pre-planning, therefore some of the stress off me. I still don't know what we'll do on our last day, but we have several options depending on weather and how everyone's feeling. I'd love to hit up Wekiwa Springs, but we could equally go to the Orlando Science Center. Or even just head home, if we're too worn out. None of those options require prior commitment, so again: less stress about weather, about getting there, about timing.
But yeah... I think we're set. This should be fun.
Both the kids are excited about visiting the space center, but now I've tacked on a trip to Seaworld because apparently they're celebrating their 60th anniversary and slashed their prices in half. Heck yeah, I'll take penguins, flamingos, and dolphins for the same price as the big zoo we'd been eyeing. I know it's Seaworld and there are some larger ethical questions, especially around the orcas, but they do more conservation now and, again, we'll mostly be there for the smaller animals. Besides, it'll be a good way to talk to the kids about the ethics around keeping such smart animals like dolphins etc in captivity.
The trip is definitely dialed down from my initial, lofty ambitions of a week driving down the coast and spending each night in a different place. As much fun as that could have been, with two smaller kids it really was going to be too stressful. Instead, we'll spend a few nights at the beach and be flexible about when we visit KSC based on the weather and how we're feeling, then head to the interior and likewise spend a few nights in Orlando and be flexible about what we do. Lots of water-based activity, lots of chilling, and only two different hotels, which, with kids, is pretty optimal.
Keeping it flexible is also taking some of the stress off pre-planning, therefore some of the stress off me. I still don't know what we'll do on our last day, but we have several options depending on weather and how everyone's feeling. I'd love to hit up Wekiwa Springs, but we could equally go to the Orlando Science Center. Or even just head home, if we're too worn out. None of those options require prior commitment, so again: less stress about weather, about getting there, about timing.
But yeah... I think we're set. This should be fun.