Ancol: Ocean Dream Samudra

We have been planning to take Faith to Seaworld for a while. It was after we bought Disdus voucher for IDR 35k per person (normal price IDR 80k). So after postponing about a month, we thought yesterday was the right day to visit since we didn't have any plan, and it was the last weekend the voucher can be used before Hari Raya holiday. We asked Toma's mom to join us as well.

Our plan was a bit shifted thanks to my new blogger friend, Erlina, who wrote about her experience visiting Ocean Dream Samudra. We decided to go there first before going to Seaworld (was attracted to the 50% discount hihihi.. and we used BNI card which offered an additional 10% discount) (original ticket price for Ocean Dream Samudra was IDR 110k for weekend and IDR 90k for weekdays).  To our surprise, the two locations were next to each other.

We arrived just in time to watch Aneka Satwa (Various Animals) Show.
First show was the beavers. They can put a ball into the basket, push meatball cart (gerobak baso) hehe

Second show was the honey bear. The bear was very cute, she could ride a bicycle, played guitar :)

But what got Faith's attention was the following animal... can you guess what it is???

Yess.. it's a hippo!! The hippo was very biggggg.. She didn't do anything besides being able to sit down. But we were already amazed looking at her body :)

took picture first :)

Afterwards we went to see Scorpion Pirates. It was a stuntman show that kindda look like the Waterworld show in Universal Studios. I didn't take many pictures since it was very hot and humid and I was trying to feed Faith lunch :) But here's a picture of the set.

From Scorpion Pirates, we decided to have a lunch first. Faith didn't eat very much. She was more interested to walk around. 

After our "tank" was filled, we went to see the Dolphins Show. In my opinion it was the highlight of our day. The dolphins could do many amazing things such as play basketball, jump into hoop, play hoop, walk in water, etc.. 

I recorded the show using camera and ipod. I was thinking to capture the screen and post it as pictures here, but somehow couldn't do it for the one that was recorded using the camera. 

"walk on water"

From the dolphins show, we watched the 4D movie. There were two shows on the theater, Turtle Adventure and Dora. Turtle Adventure was the one that we saw. The movie was similar to Finding Nemo, but about Turtles (and nobody was looking for the turtles though hehe). It was a nice change from the hot weather into an air conditioned theater. The chair moved during the show and there was also splash of water here and there. It got Faith's attention. She sat nicely during the whole movie. 

The last show that we saw that day was the Underwater Adventure. It was about mermaid and dolphin performed live in a giant aquarium. There was some lighting on top (not captured in the picture below). I think the show was a bit cheesy hehehe... 

Faith was already tired, no smile at all

I think we only missed one show, the sea lion and bird show. It was already late in the afternoon, and we still have one more itinerary, Seaworld. So we decided to skip it. 

There were also some rides that we can take such as bumpy car, air balloon, etc. As usual, the balloon attracted Faith, she kept pointing at the balloon hehehe..

It was surely a memorable day. I hope Faith will remember this as one of her lovely childhood memory :)

It's getting late, I should get some sleep :) I will try to post the Seaworld story tomorrow, and maybe upload the map/show time as well. 

Update:

Show time