Is it really Christmas vacation without a space-enclosed 7-hr trip to Orlando, FL with my family? I did not know that I would want see my 21st birthday after having to live through the endless Christmas singing my mother performs, while my father's endless snoring at night (which in my opinion is closer to the sound of a child screaming bloody murder rather than snoring)...but at the end of the day I would not change these memories for anything in the world.
If you have not heard of this ride SeaWorld is known for, Sky Tower, is a 400-foot icon that takes visitors up super duper uber high, to see all sights of the park, as well as, downtown Orlando and even the Space Needle on a clear day. On December 21st 2015 my family and I thought it was a *fabulous* idea to ride this ride, because it was something we could all do together. After a 42-minute wait (although it was advertised as a mere 15-minutes), we all board this ride together. After a slowly climb to the acclaimed 400 feet, somehow there is a halt in our ride. We eventually make it up and around seeing the wondrous sights, and even a new roller coster that is under construction until Summer 2016. We gracefully exit our ride and then move onto the "One Ocean" Shamu show at 11:30 a.m.
NOT EVEN 25 MINUTES after we got off the SkyTower, we were exiting the Shamu show and noticed that the SkyTower was stalled somewhat although we casually ignore it, because even when it is moving a turtle probably can crawl faster than the ride moving. My cousin an I made our escape to Chickfila for a much need waffle fry & sweet tea meal. While enjoying our calories and maximum sodium intake we casually are making small-talk while checking twitter...WE STOP DEAD IN OUR NEWSFEED...there are rumors that a SeaWorld ride called "SkyTower" was broken down and riders have been trapped encased in the ride for about an hour. Shortly after we get a phone call from our parents saying they are witnessing multiple helicopters circle around the ride and they were live streaming the event on local news websites.
Needless to say I am thankful that my family and I ventured to the ride a mere 30-minutes prior to breaking down. After a mechanic was lifted up to the top of the ride to manually transport the riders, from start-to-finish riders were trapped for over 3hrs. Stay fabulous.
xx
alb
