San Diego Trip, December 22-27, 2007

We had lots of fun at SeaWorld and Legoland over Christmas. The last time we made a trip to the theme parks was in 2003, so it had been a while and we were ready for the challenge. As it turned out, we thoroughly enjoyed it. The weather was nice - sunny and cool - and the Doubletree Del Mar was comfortable. We enjoyed the food in San Diego, including a Christmas eve dinner at Mikko (Japanese) with the Hesed gang, and Christmas dinner at Emerald Chinese Restaurant with Yong Lee's family and 2 other Singapore/ Malaysia families.

Now, on to the photos! We have hundreds of photos, which we distilled to about 150 for scrapbooking, so here are just a few as a sampler...



This whole area is called "Miniland" and features well-recognized buildings from around the world, all built on a 1:20 scale.



Here's a detail of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., all made out of Legos:



San Francisco Chinatown:


The kids were very tickled by the Legoland ad that was aired before one of the 4-D movies we watched: "30 cities...3500 people...20 million Lego bricks...one toilet! ~ominous music~"

Other than gawking at the Lego structures, there were lots of fun rides and movies too. The kids' favorites:

Aquazone - Clarence and mommy getting some splash action...


Skipper School's race boats...


The 4-D movies "Lego Racers" and "Spellbreaker"...


We also had some fun on the roller coasters. Mommy was conned, I mean, persuaded to try out a ride, hee hee.


The SkyCruiser...


The amazing Shamu show at SeaWorld...


And polar bears (special request from auntie Amy)...


There was much fun and silliness all around - here are our Viking Warrior and Apprentice Wizard caught in the middle of a show-down... (Beware the Magic Finger)


And finally, reconciliation and hugs all around after four fun days in Legoland and Seaworld :-)


Merry Christmas 2007...


And Happy New Year 2008!