1st November 2023
I made it to
Marineland and went straight to the orcas. I saw three in the showpool… I then
saw Caio talking to a trainer and asked if someone was missing – they said
Moana passed away a few weeks ago, nooo so sad L
L. Anyway I spent the
whole day at the orcas and met Caio’s friends – Helio, Justine, Oceane and
Amyricke. They were really nice. For the show, Helio answered an orca quiz in
my name for me to win the chance to meet the orcas at the glass, and it worked,
omg!!! My name up on the screen lool. So in the show I got go down and meet
Keijo at the glass yeyy. Got to do some hand signals and have a photo with him!
Was kinda nerve-wracking in front of hundreds of people, and I wasn’t sure what
the hand signs were lool. So cool though! After the show we watched the orcas
from the backpool/lagoon viewing points. It’s improved a lot as a viewing point
over the years! We then went back to the main show pool and watched Inouk,
Wikie and Keijo until we were kicked out at closing time, n’aww. I said bye to
everyone and got the train back to Nice.
2nd November 2023
Spent the morning exploring Villefranche-sur-mer in the rain. Then got the trains to Nice and then Biot. Arrived at Marineland in time for the 2pm orca show – and found Caio and everyone. After the show, Mum and I got lunch and then walked around the rest of the park – saw the penguins, seals, sharks and dolphins. Loved the huge Stellar sea lions and this years South American fur seal pups were such cuties zooming around their pool! But my heartbroke when checking out the pools around the back of the orcas, and I saw Caio and the others having a private photo session with all the orcas. Noooo, I wish I had been part of that! So gutted. The last moments in the park, we watched the orcas in the backpools then said bye to everyone and left.
