A Seasonal Holiday Buffet in Santa's Workshop
Dinner with Santa is a seasonal offering at SeaWorld that usually takes place one day a week during their Christmas Celebration event period. If there's an identifiable "holiday week" when the park is likely to have more attendance than usual, the Dinner with Santa event is generally scheduled for a few more nights in that period as well.The event is moderately priced (when compared to other park's character meals) and pairs a couple of small show elements, with a warm holiday food themed buffet, and includes a chance to meet with Santa (and get your photo taken with the big guy, naturally).
We've always been a little curious about this one. SeaWorld PR doesn't give away free "Dinner with Santa" meals to the bloggers and influencers, so there's not too much online information about the event. Bloggers and travel agents generally only show up when there's free access, and rarely experience what the park has to offer as normal, paying guests.
So what's the quick verdict? If you've ever been to a Disney character buffet meal and said to yourself — "Gosh, I really like this experience, I just wish is wasn't so expensive. I wonder what something that didn't cost so much would look like?" Well… this is it.
That's not a nick in Santa's bell — it's just a fact. Theme parks are a for profit business and something has to give if you want to lower the cost of the experience to the end-user.
If a meal at Disney's Crystal Palace with Winnie the Pooh and Friends was to be described as an "abundant experience" — SeaWorld's Dinner with Santa is more like a really nice company picnic. We honestly had a great time at the event, it was fun. Most of the food was good, and it's hands-down the best, low-effort way to gain access to a really great Santa and his giant chair — for photos and spending a little quality time with the big guy. Let's dig in a little deeper.
Circle Walking, Checking-In, and Dining Pirates
Dinner with Santa (usually) takes place in the Sea Harbor Pavilion. It's a very large, covered, but otherwise open air event space (i.e. there are fans, but there's no air conditioning or heating) which is normally used for group event sized gatherings. It's not a dining or meeting area that's generally accessible to SeaWorld's day guests.The current entrance to the Sea Harbor Pavilion is located behind Bayside Stadium. The entrance is adorned with blue, festive, eight foot tall board-on-board fencing, sandbags, and a wrinkly banner — but there are red and green lights to lead you down the path — which will eventually open up into a really nice space.
The main entrance for the Dinner with Santa event is (more or less) behind Bayside Stadium. (Where the "Winter Wonderland on Ice" skating show is held.)
Once under the banner and through the tunnel you'll find yourself on an overpass were you can get a behind the scenes glimpse of a SeaWorld backstage area.
The walkway leading to the Dinner with Santa event ... kind of looks like a Home Depot Lot Sale — but there is a festive oak tree adorned with lights in the background.
Keep walking and you'll eventually see an open air building ahead and toward the left. This is actually a "souvenir clearance shop" of sorts. The no-name building features a couple of check-out registers with merchandise spread out amongst mismatched display racks, shelves and tables.
Once you make it past the main entrance and the overpass walkway, the path forward looks quite nice and clean.
Down by the final red barricade is where the line to get into Dinner with Santa starts.
There was a sign that suggested that the "Dine with Santa" guests were supposed to go into the gift shop — but that actually turned out not to be the case. A cast member said "the gate was locked" — so guests were told to line up behind this sign instead.
What happens next, gets a little fuzzy. The cast member down there said the food wasn't ready yet and he wasn't sure why — it's normally time to check guests in… so??? We should just all form a line! After some time passed he said "Okay, follow me" … and the line of people that had grown to around 65 people long — processed to make it's way into the gift shop — following the cast member.
Once he got to the back of the shop with our organized line in tow — he stopped, turned around and said "Oh, the fence is still locked. We should go the other way." At that point — he turned around, scurried off, and went back to the area where we were previously standing.
This caused the middle of the line to become the front of the line and the old front of the line to merge with the very back of the line which hadn't even got off the main walkway yet — to form a double wide back of line. The cast member picked up and moved the metal barricade (mostly) out of the walkway — which allowed the double wide gaggle of people to clumsily find our own way, en-mass, to the Sea Harbor Pavilion — which is located in a building next to and slightly behind the souvenir clearance shop" building.
And here's a photo of everyone lining up on the walkway, waiting for "Dinner with Santa" to begin. Most of us (eventually) ended up going through those red, gift-wrapped barriers near the back of the photo — after the cast member slid them out of the way.
Once at the next check-point, a different member had everyone's party name on a clipboard, and they began checking-in groups. Each group was assigned their own table number. Yet another cast member would then lead the group to their table for the event.
A few minutes before the event was to begin, the line of guests (mostly) was led around to a check-in podium, where they had everyone's party name and size on a list. Once you get checked in — a cast member should walk you to a numbered table that has been assigned to your party... (mostly). You'll have to read my whole review to find out what all of these "(mostly)'s" are about.
The Sea Harbor Pavilion event space itself is quite large and there were an ample number of tables and chairs set up and ready to go.
The actual amount of usable space they have in the Sea Harbor Pavilion building is quite a lot — which might explain why the event rarely sells out. I suspect... they could have doubled capacity here very easily, by adding more tables and chairs.
This is where things get a little fuzzy again. The cast member brought us to the table that the check-in person told him was our table — only to find two people already sitting there. He seemed a little perplexed by this — but plopped us down and went back to the check-in podium just the same.
After watching most of the other guests be seated, our party of two people were the only other group at the event that had been seated with another couple. When the waitress came over to introduce herself — she exclaimed, "there's only supposed to be two people here" — but quickly adjusted and served all four people at the table.
When one of the stage elves came over to ask our table if we wanted to grab a photo with Santa before the show started — she only accepted an answer from the other couple, without even looking at us, and moved on to another table.
The couple we were sitting with, made many, many plates of food quickly — one after another before sitting down to eat anything… then finally sat down and ate everything on their multiple plates — and left before the show was over.
I fully believe to this day — we were sitting with dining pirates. A couple of folks that found a path to sneak in around the gift shop, by-pass the check-in booth, and invited themselves to sit wherever they wanted — ate as much as they could, as quickly as they could, and took off.
There were at least 10 tables in the event space, that had no guests sitting at them — all night long. Zero. How else could one explain why we were the ONLY people that were seated with total strangers — which seemed to surprise every cast member that was working the event — other than by assuming that they were not supposed to be there, and did not have any pre-paid reservation to be there.
I know that I paid $40+ for each of the people in my party to be there — and yet we were the only people out of the 75 (or so) people in attendance that had to watch the show — with their backs to the stage, because dining pirates were sitting in the seats I paid for.
No cast member, at any time, inquired more about any of it. At no time did I see a manager, an event runner, or any person in charge at the event — to inquire more about this myself.
You might go and have a totally issue-free experience and everything seems great — but if there is some kind of issue that arrises — no matter how small or large… you're going to be hard pressed to find anyone that wants to get involved enough to make it right.
What is the Seating Area Like?
Our little dining pirate issue aside, most of the tables are quite large, and with the exception of ours, only had one party per table seated at them. As I mentioned previously there were several numbered tables at the Sea Harbor Pavilion that were never filled with anyone for the duration of the event.
Most of the tables were large — with an 8 to 10 chair capacity per table. There were a couple of smaller 2 and 4 chair sized tables near the front (but never had anyone sitting at them). The larger tables, were the norm for most of the dining area.
The tables themselves are covered with a red vinyl table covering and the chair are of the hard-plastic folding variety. This isn't a restaurant… it's an outdoor (covered) event space.
Each of the tables has a toy block on top of it, with the same number printed on all four sides, as a way of identifying the table.
All the tables have number blocks on them. Your party is assigned a specific table number when you check in. Some tables have coloring pages with crayons on them, some do not.
On top of each block there's a centerpiece toy or ornament (this is Santa's Workshop after all). Nesting dolls, toy walking dogs, and small stuffed toys are just a couple of the items we saw. (The items are hot-glued to the surface of the toy block).
Here's a little birdy wearing a scarf. He's the the centerpiece for table number one — which was one of the tables that remained empty on the night we attended the event.
Some of the tables had coloring pages with four or five crayons on them.
Many of the tables have coloring pages and a couple of crayons on them. I'm not sure if this was specific to tables that had "children" assigned to them or if it was just a random thing.
Since they do know which tales have children in their party — it could be that this is an acitivy that's added to the tables that have purchased one or more "child" tickets. (That would be my guess anyway.) All of the tables also included an "Upgrade Your Dessert" menu — an attempt to up-sell guests a couple of sweet options that would be (presumably) a little better than what is on the buffet line.
Oh, there's always an upsell. If the dessert items that were on the buffet line weren't quite enough for you, there's some additional desserts that were available for purchase. Each table has a little "menu tent" like this one on them.
What Is The Buffet Like at Dinner with Santa?
All of the buffet tables were set up around the outer edge of the Sea Harbor Pavilion. This works out really well because there is quite a bit of covered area in the massive event space. There was a beverage station set up near a Christmas tree at the back of the pavilion.
The buffet stations were set up around the outer edge of the Sea Harbor building. Here's a look at the beverage station. While a bottle of soda or water is included with the meal, it looks like a couple of beers might have been available for additional purchase. This is also probably where the upgraded desserts were being stored.
I never really saw anyone walk up to the station, so I'm not sure if they were serving adult beverages for an additional fee (a soda or bottle of water is included with the meal) — or if this was more of a cast member station. I'm pretty sure those upgraded desserts (the cake pops and creme brûlée) would need to be kept in a refrigerator — so maybe that's what the station was for.
The Charcuterie table offered up a well organized display of meats and cheeses along with some plastic plates and the wrapped plastic flatware that you would be using for your meal.
The Charcuterie buffet station was also the place where you could pick up plates and napkin-wrapped flatware for the meal.
I won't go over all the buffet tables here (check out our photo gallery to see all the photos), but they're really easy to locate and have plenty of space around them. I'd say there were 75-85 guests in attendance at our Dinner with Santa event, but there were never more than three people lined up behind a buffet table at any given time.
None of the buffet stations were duplicated on the night that we attended Dinner with Santa. Meaning, each station featured different food items. This is the station that offered the Glazed Ham along with three of the side items.
There are little red name tags identifying most of the food items on the table… including a couple of spelling mistakes.
Here's a look at the "Marconi" and Cheese. Spelling errors aside — this was actually a pretty good Mac and Cheese. Now it is listed on the SeaWorld official menu page as being "Cheesy Macaroni with Wisconsin Sharp Cheddar and Scallions" — which this is not. So I suspect — a last minute-downgrade for some reason.
The "Marconi" and Cheese pot along with several of the sides were set up on cement blocks with Sterno cans under them to keep everything nice and hot. A Sterno can, is actually a pretty premium way of keeping things warm on a buffet line. Many people have switched to fully electric, but to me — they just don't always provide enough heat.
Each of the warm food items were set up on two cement blocks or a food-service grade sterno "keep-warm" device. There's a small can of sterno under each dish keeping the whole plate warm.
No two buffet stations are the same, so make sure you visit the tables all around the room. The Ham and Turkey were on opposite sides of the pavilion along with the sides that paired with those two main proteins. There was also a kids table (with some pretty tasty food on it, even if you're not a kid), and a dessert table.
Here's a look at the Dessert Buffet table at Dinner with Santa at SeaWorld.
The dessert table is the only table that didn't have any "keep warm" devices on it.
So How Was The Food?
All of the holiday food here at Dinner with Santa falls into the "traditional Thanksgiving meal" category, so there's nothing too complex from a culinary standpoint. Soft, carb-filled and bland are usually descriptive words that are associated with traditional holiday meals — and most of the food here did nothing to buck that trend. So, from a certain viewpoint — it was all 100% on point. Everything here was the most basic version of what was printed on the menu and name cards on the buffet tables.There was a Charcuterie buffet table that offered a couple of cubed cheese varieties and some sliced meats. Everything here was very similar to what you might find on a grocery store party platter. I quite liked the cubed Pepper Jack Cheese squares because they did provide a pop of pepper heat — I actually kept some of these on a plate to eat in-between the other items on the buffet. I found they paired quite nicely with the turkey.
The meats and cheese were nice to have on the table over the course of my meal. The Pepper Jack Cheese squares were properly hot (capsaicin) and offered a nice, different, pop on your palate in between some of the other traditional holiday meal flavors.
The "Santa's Fall Salad" was a nice surprise and was that one item that really didn't fall into the "traditional holiday meal" category. It combined baby spinach and curly endive leaves with onion and baby tomatoes — but also some orange slices and marinated olives tossed into the mix.
The "Santa's Fall Salad" is a great mix of Baby Spinach and Frisee along with some orange pieces, olives, onion and tomatoes. A Raspberry Vinaigrette was also available to drizzle on top.
You had to hunt for those orange slices and olives in the giant buffet bowl with some tongs because they sank to the bottom — but it's worth the effort because they provided a nice flavor punch that was different than all the other items on the buffet. There was also a raspberry vinaigrette available to drizzle over your salad mix.
While not being anything like what was posted on the official SeaWorld website's menu for the Dinner with Santa event — this Fall Salad was quite good. I liked the mix of Baby Spinach and Frisee along with the marinated Olives and Orange slices that were in the mix. Red onions, baby tomatoes, and a couple of semi-sweet cranberry pieces were also in the salad.
The two main protein buffet stations were split on opposite sides of the room and each table included side items that seemed to pair well with the main hot item — so I just went with what they had set up. On the "ham" side of the room, there was garlic mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, green beens almondine, and glazed ham.
Pictured here are the mac and cheese, green beans almondine, a couple cubes of cheese, glazed ham and garlic mashed potatoes.
So this was all great holiday food. Once my OCD made it past the "Marconi and Cheese" spelling mistake on the buffet table sign — the Mac & Cheese wasn't the worst I've had at a theme park (yeah, I'm talking about you again Steakhouse71 and your pretentious mac and cheese), the Garlic Mashed Potatoes did have a well balanced garlic and butter flavor about them, and they weren't super smooth — more like rustic "smashed" potatoes — which I also like.
The Green Beans Almondine actually did have almond slivers on top and also had a light garlic and tomato essence as part of their flavor profile. Were they "fresh" green beans… probably not, but they weren't straight out of a food service can either.
Here's a sample plate from the buffet line on one side of the pavilion. All of these elements were close to each other — so I figured they intended for them to all be eaten together.
The ham — the little ham slices were good — even if they weren't exactly what's on the official menu. This has been written up on the official SeaWorld menu as being "Cherry Bourbon Glazed Ham" — but the ham that was on the buffet the night we went was in a sweet, sticky apple glaze — that presented itself more like a carmel sauce than a glaze. Maybe, the ham's outer most skin had been seared with some kind of bourbon cherry glaze??? But it was impossible to see or taste that through the apple caramel sauce.
Just as a side note here — the ham on the buffet table was already cut into tiny slices, (the same way you might find at a deli) — and was being kept warm in a pool of apple glaze. This is one of those ways they've managed to keep the costs down.
At a Disney style buffet, the main meats are almost always presented at a carving station, with a sauce you can drizzle over the fresh carved slices that are placed on your plate.
Does it matter? Both ways get you great, edible food. The SeaWorld way could very well have been a pre-cooked, heat-and-serve style food service product — not too dissimilar to a frozen meal you might pop in the microwave at home. I have no way to prove or disprove that's just what most of the items on the buffet tasted like.
On the opposite side of the room was the Roast Turkey table and all of the side items that paired well with the turkey. Pictured here are some Sweet Mashed Potatoes, the Roasted Turkey Breast with a little gravy, Vegetable Medley (with yellow squash and broccoli) sautéed in Garlic Butter, and what is supposed to be Corn Bread Stuffing.
A more traditional "Thanksgiving" style plate could be put together will items from the buffet table on the opposite side of the pavilion. Pictured here are some sweet potatoes, turkey and gravy, vegetable medley and corn bread stuffing.
So, the "Corn Bread Stuffing" was a mess. The only way I could tell this was "corn bread" anything was because it was written on the menu. This was a very pasty, moist (to the point of worrying if it was cooked enough), very spiced up with thyme, wet, not sweet bread pudding.
On the brighter side of things, the Vegetable Medley sautéed in Garlic Butter was very good — and a little different than what you might find on a traditional holiday buffet. The Sweet Mashed Potatoes were just that — sweet potatoes that had been mashed.
Honestly — a food service pound of tiny marshmallows and granola crumbles would cost about $1.00 to add to this dish — and that would have elevated this basic offering quite a bit, without increasing the cost-to-make very much.
Pictured here is a portion of stuffing with gravy, a little of the vegetable medley, roasted turkey with gravy and some mashed sweet potatoes.
The Roasted Turkey Breast — here again, the turkey was pre-cut into little medallions and kept warm in a pool of gravy. There was extra gravy available for adding more if you wanted. It didn't really have that rustic bird meat grainy texture that fresh cut roasted turkey has. So — like the ham, this could have very well been a pre-cooked, food service type of product. That doesn't make it bad — it just is what it is, at this price point.
There is a "Kids Station" that has some good food on it too, and you don't need to be a kid to go over and sample some of the items! SeaWorld always seems to have a great chicken tender product and so it was nice seeing those chicken tenders on the buffet!
There were also some french fries, some more mac and cheese (although I have to say, the mac and cheese on the "ham" table seemed a little better for some reason), and some corn dog nuggets.
There was also a "kids buffet table" that actually had some pretty great food on it too. Pictured here is a breaded chicken tender, some fries, mac and cheese, along with a single corn dog nugget.
Little ketchup packets were also available… but I can't remember if there were BBQ Sauce packets… maybe there were. The chicken tenders didn't really need any extra sauce though — it was really nice having some fried items to enjoy between the traditional holiday items.
The desserts — I'd pass on the Holiday Sprinkles Cookie or whatever they called them. The cookie was just a flavorless semi-sweet flour bomb. I was kind of hoping they would have had some of those counter service chocolate chip cookies they offer at the restaurants throughout SeaWorld — those are actually quite good. But no luck, there were just these Holiday Sprinkles Cookies.
The Holiday Sprinkles Cookie — was... (I'm trying to add any editorial comments to the photo captions)... it was — the shape of a cookie and looked quite festive.
The Donut Beignets are more Donut than Beignet. They kind of seemed like — warmed up parker house rolls with a light dusting of powdered sugar.
The "Donut Beignets" also looked festive — but could have really used some kind of sauce to dip in. They were offering hot chocolate after your meal — maybe that would have made a good "dunking" fluid.
While not holding to the idea that these were supposed to be beignets in any way — something like a berry or chocolate dipping sauce would have gone a long way to making these more enjoyable.
The Pumpkin Loaf was the real star of the dessert table. It was a good solid slice of loaf cake — that had a nice "pumpkin spice" flavor profile. There were a couple of sweet cranberry bits placed on top of each slice, with a little spiced drizzle added to the top of that.
This is the Pumpkin Loaf from the dessert buffet table at Dinner with Santa. The official SeaWorld menu read "with vanilla ice cream"... which may (or may not) have been true in previous years. This time, it was served with "vanilla icing" (which kind of sounds like "ice cream").
All in all, it was a good meal. There was time to try a little of everything — and I can't say as though I left feeling too hungry or too full — it was just about right for a meal.
It's worth mentioning that (probably to keep the costs down) — this wasn't one of those boundless buffets that Disney offers — so my "wait for the good, new, hot food" trick doesn't work here. This is a standard issue buffet. While it was my first time attending the Dinner with Santa event, it seemed as though some of the other guests had been here before and knew just what to do when it came to getting food.
Many of the guests got multiple plates and visited multiple stations (most all of the stations in fact) before sitting down to eat their three or four plates of food.
That is not my favorite style of dining and I wasn't really prepared for it. I like getting just the salad and maybe some cheese cubes from the charcuterie station. Then when I'm done, making up a ham and sides plate… then when I'm done with that, maybe visit the kids buffet table… etc.
In doing that though… there were multiple times where I was met without having any food. The turkey station for example — didn't have any turkey when I was ready to make a plate. Twelve minutes went by before more turkey was brought out and I could make a hot plate of everything. When the whole event is only one hour long — twelve minutes is a good bit of time.
It's also worth mentioning, that at no time, did I ever see anyone that looked like a chef, or anyone that was checking on the food — other than the buffet table cast members — which more or less just stood back and watched the table.
It still all mostly worked out — eventually, I managed to sample everything — just not in the order that I wanted.
The Show at Dinner with Santa
While not being full-on dinner theater, there are several show elements that take place while your eating. There are two elves and Santa himself (so it's a small cast), and you're basically in Santa's workshop — there's a workbench and some blocks positioned around the stage along with Santa's giant chair.
Santa's workbench is located on the stage near his chair.
Guests can get photos with Santa between show segments. This seems to all be organized by one of the few truly "hard working individual" at the whole event — Female Elf #1. I don't know who this person is but I'm glad she was there. There were multiple times where the whole thing could have fallen flat if it wasn't for Female Elf #1 controlling the pacing for the whole event.
The Dinner with Santa cast is only three people, but they fill the hour long event with plenty of family fun entertainment.
I'm guessing she's not there every night (maybe she is… who knows?) but one elf or another will come out to the audience and ask each table if they would like to grab some photos with Santa before the show starts, or wait until a little after the show, etc.
Hi Santa!!! There's several different times over the course of your meal where guests can go up on stage and meet with Santa (the Elves will come around to each table and help organize the timing of your visit).
Honest to goodness... I think many children who seem a little standoffish when it comes to meeting with Santa — are more nervous and concerned about waiting in a line for 45 minutes — than with actually meeting Santa. SeaWorld's "Dinner with Santa" event totally eliminates that line process by going table-by-table and letting the guests decide when and if they want to hop up on stage with Santa and grab some photos.
There was an official SeaWorld photographer on hand for taking group or individual photos (although he didn't get there until the second-half of the event). The photos that he's taking are available for purchase at a small photo stand at the back of the room.
Highchairs for tiny guests are also available upon request. As you can see in the distant background of this photo — there were a couple different times over the course of the evening where guests could hop up on stage and pose for a photo with Santa.
Can you hand the SeaWorld photographer your camera or cell phone? I don't know — I didn't really see any of that. I did see multiple parents send their children up on stage and take photo of their kids with Santa. The official SeaWorld photographer was more than happy to stand out of the way while parents took photos of their kids.
There's a little introduction segment, a pause for some guests to get photos with Santa, a sing-along led by the Elves, another pause, some more meet-and-greet photo time, a reading of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" by Santa, and then a little more photo time.
Santa stands up to read the classic Clement Clarke Moore poem "A Visit from St Nicholas".
I actually quite like the casual pacing. Nothing ever felt rushed, and there was no "audience participation" segments that made me feel uncomfortable.
There's a little audience participation, but nothing that anyone is going to be forced into — if you're a little shy. Mostly, it's just calling out answers or singing along with a carol. There's no "let's bring them up on stage" moments.
Female Elf #1 though — she was the best singer and seemed so confident about being an elf, staying in character, interacting with the guests, knowing every single element of what was going on and when it was supposed to happen — most of the entertainment seemed to rest squarely on her shoulders — and she made everything sound, look, and feel professional.
Now this Elf — kind of carried the show. I could see the whole thing falling a little flat if she wasn't there. Santa is a good solid Santa, which can be a tricky role... but this "Female Lead Elf #1" seemed to not only organize and control the flow of the entire entertainment portion of the show — she was by far the best singer in the bunch as well.
Closing Thoughts and Value
We had a fun time at Dinner with Santa — even with the unresolved issue of "dining pirates" having managed to wiggle their way into the event. Is the food itself worth coming back again for? Probably not… but take my comments with a grain of salt… I'm not a huge fan of the 100% traditional holiday meal in the first place. I'm the person that likes seeing Penne alla Vodka or Birria Tacos on the Thanksgiving menu — or Deep Fried Turkey with BBQ Sauce — this Dinner with Santa meal, was a 90% traditional Americana holiday meal, and that's fine. It's pretty much what was advertised.In terms of getting a photo of your children, your family (or yourself I suppose) with a great looking Santa in his daily workshop outfit — I think it's a great deal, especially if you were going to eat out somewhere that night anyway. SeaWorld has managed to keep the price-point of the dinner within a very reasonable range (when compared to other theme park offerings).
Santa is wearing a brown apron because the Dinning with Santa event set is in Santa's Workshop. In fact, when the first guests check in, Santa can be seen on stage with his back to the audience, working on toys at his work bench. This helps us avoid any kind of "grand entrance" number.
The show elements were great, because they were low key, family fun, sing-along, story time type of activities that you could choose to participate in — or not.
I do wish there was a little more managerial oversight or a couple of event runners in-sight and on the ground making sure thing everything was running smoothly and happening as it should be. 95% of the time, things are just going to go on — like they normally do — but if you're caught up in that 5% where something happens, or there's a snag — it seems like you're just out of luck.
Someone should know which gates are locked and which aren't, someone should know what time the event starts, someone should know what to do if two people mysteriously show up at a table — and no one knows how they got there. If the turkey takes 12 minutes to warm up — get going on that 12 minutes before it's needed. Just a bunch of little things start adding up until you say to yourself — okay, let's keep our expectations in-check and just go with the flow here — however the dinner unfolds.
If you happen to be planning a trip to SeaWorld over the holidays — be sure to check out our review of the Holiday Cookie Party event at SeaWorld. While you don't get to meet with the big guy — Mrs. Claus was present, and it was an even lower cost event, that I would go back to year after year.
