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[vvita1]

Has anyone done any of the Sea World dining options:
SeaWorld Orlando's Backstage at Believe
SeaWorld Orlando's Dine with Shamu
Shamu Rocks Dinner Buffet
Makahiki Luau, SeaWorld's Polynesian Feast and Celebration
Breakfast with Elmo and Friends

Which ones did you like or dislike and why?

[lisamarie]

I LOVE the dine with Shamu. You have a very nice buffet right along side a Shamu pool. (And for those so inclined, it is all you can drink Bud products.) The whales come very close by for amazing pictures. The trainers do a talk about whales and training and come by your table for quick questions and autographs. It is a must do for me and DD. They pick thetime that works best for them; once I thought it was dinner, and due to construction, it was lunch. So, always check in at Guest Services at the front of the park to make sure. I recommend Dine with Shamu.
I think Backstage at Believe is the same buffet, no whales but reserved seating for a show.

[vvita1]

Thanks LisaMarie. Is the dine with Shamu during a show or is that only the backstage at believe?

[minushka72]

We did the Makahiki Luau 3 years ago. It was a lot of fun. The food was really good. I especially liked the mahi mahi w/ coconut sauce. It was served family style and all you care to eat. The food really was wonderful. I will definately eat here again. When you enter the restaurant they give everyone a shell necklace rather than a traditional lei. We still have our necklaces. I have a picture with the "Chief Kahuna" and my husband is with 2 of the dancers--"hula girls". The show is good, but once again the food was wonderful compared to other polynesian shows.

[lisamarie]

Dine with Shamu is NOT during a show. However, it is a bit of a show itself. They spotlight the biggest and a smaller whale, they come right up to the edge and "smile" for your picture (really, in the tables closest to the water, you are probably 4 feet from them!) I do not remember them jumping or doing big tricks. The cool part is being so close. And, IMO, the food choices stink at Sea World; this buffet is really good; kid and adult choices and nice dessert choices. This year they made bananas foster (?) that was good. We have always gone from the meal to the show.

[mtstranscribe]

We did the Luau. The show is wonderful and so is the atmosphere. The food was not good at all. It wasnt nasty but IMO it wasnt worth the price. The service was great and we did have fun, so Im on the fence about whether id do it again. We went in 2007 and they gave us leis. My husband went on stage and played the drums. It was hilarious. The food is all you can eat family style.

[alishalouwho]

Loved the Dine with Shamu !!!!! Free beer too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pattykloe]

Last night our family of 7 did the Dine with Shamu. We took the day off from the parks to rest and we had the dinner reservations with Shamu. It was a great evening for a family. You get in you eat and there is a show I would have been disappointed if I had paid to be in Sea World all day and paid the additional for the dining experience. However, since we were taking a break from the parks and did just the dining experience we were surprised to find out that we would also get to see the whale show BELIEVE. So if your planning something away from Disney and do not want to do a whole day in Sea World this is a fantastic fun experience for the entire family.

[mjsmith1223]

We did the Shamu Rocks dinner buffet last Saturday Oct. 25. It's all you can eat buffet and then reserved seating for the Shamu Rocks show. The whales are in the pool next to the dining area, but don't do anything specific for the dinner. The food was good, service friendly and the Shamu Rocks show was lots of fun. It was a nice way to cap off a day at Sea World.