Manila Ocean Park Itinerary 2018

October 30, 2018



#ZekydGreat's 2nd Birthday Celebration at H2O Hotel and Manila Ocean Park. We did buy the MARINE VOYAGE (15) package for our tour, this is inclusive of 15 attractions already. Each ticket cost 995 pesos, this price is for their Yuletide Deals promo from October 1 to November 30, 2018.
Since we have a birthday celebrant we were able to buy the Special Birthday Blowout - Marine Voyage (3+1). For 1 birthday celebrant, he must be able to bring 3 full paying guest to avail the free birthday ticket. What a deal right?

Day 1: October 30, 2018 - We finish first all the attractions that are located in the Ground /1st floor so we won't forget anything that is included in our package since we did get the package that has all the attractions included and please note that if you are not checked in at the H2O hotel you won't be able to use it again some other day (not like before when if you're not able to visit all the attractions in your package as long as you have the stub or the ticket with you, you can still use it for 6months if I remember it right). But since we are checked in for 2 days and 3 nights we can just have it re-validated the next day or until we checked out from the hotel.
Sadly, it was the coming of Typhoon Rosita and it was raining hard on our 1st-day tour, that is why the Symphony Evening Show has already been canceled and it was replaced with the Jellies Exhibit.

Below are the attractions we were able to finish visiting for our 1st day (in ascending order)

Birds of Prey Kingdom Sea Lion Show World of Creepy Crawlies Super Toy Collection *Coffee and Cake lunch at the cafe inside the Super Toy Collection Jellies Exhibit *Ate some pica-pica near the Jellies Exhibit and Super Toy Collection Penguin Talk Show Oceanarium Trails to Antartica Penguin Exhibit & Christmas Village Back of the House Fish Spa *Dinner at Gerry's Grill MOP.

Day 2: October 31, 2018 - We checked out first from the hotel before we proceed with our 2nd-day tour at Manila Ocean Park because we really want to finish all attractions that are included in our package. Another sad thing is, as much as we've tried, we weren't able to finish all attractions that are included in our package because it was raining hard on our 1st day, so we weren't able to try the Neon Rides. While on our 2nd day the start of Neon Rides is 4pm and we're already done with our tour before 2pm. Sadly our neon rides were forfeited already.

Below are the attractions for our 2nd day (in ascending order)
The Barnyard
The Birdhouse
All Star Bird Show

I have included the ticket packages for your reference below and the operating schedule of all attractions at the lower part.

We hope you find this post helpful for your Manila Ocean Park Tour. We'll be sharing more of our MOP tour soon.

Happy Reading. Travel More and Enjoy!
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TICKET PACKAGES in MANILA OCEAN PARK (Based from their Website)
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Marine Voyage 15 - 995
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Attractions 
OCEANARIUM
SYMPHONY EVENING SHOW
THE BARNYARD
THE BIRDHOUSE
SUPER TOY COLLECTION
SEA LION SHOW
ALL-STAR BIRD SHOW
PENGUIN TALK SHOW
BACK OF THE HOUSE
FISH SPA
WORLD OF CREEPY CRAWLIES
BIRDS OF PREY KINGDOM
TRAILS TO ANTARCTICA (PENGUIN EXHIBIT & CHRISTMAS VILLAGE)
NEON RIDES
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Sea Breeze Express 12 - 785
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Special Birthday Blowout- Sea Breeze Express (3+1)
Attractions 
OCEANARIUM
SYMPHONY EVENING SHOW
THE BARNYARD
THE BIRDHOUSE
SUPER TOY COLLECTION
SEA LION SHOW
ALL-STAR BIRD SHOW
PENGUIN TALK SHOW
BACK OF THE HOUSE
FISH SPA
WORLD OF CREEPY CRAWLIES
NEON RIDES
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Deep Sea Rush 6 - 590
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Attractions :
OCEANARIUM
THE BARNYARD
THE BIRDHOUSE
WORLD OF CREEPY CRAWLIES
SEA LION SHOW
SYMPHONY EVENING SHOW
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Ocean's Madness 5 - 650
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Attractions 
OCEANARIUM
SYMPHONY EVENING SHOW
TRAILS TO ANTARCTICA (PENGUIN EXHIBIT
CHRISTMAS VILLAGE)
AUGMENTED REALITY (WITH 1 6R PHOTO)
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Special Birthday Blowout - Marine Voyage (3+1) - The package that we availed.
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Attractions 
OCEANARIUM
SYMPHONY EVENING SHOW
THE BARNYARD
THE BIRDHOUSE
SUPER TOY COLLECTION
SEA LION SHOW
ALL-STAR BIRD SHOW
PENGUIN TALK SHOW
BACK OF THE HOUSE
FISH SPA
WORLD OF CREEPY CRAWLIES
BIRDS OF PREY KINGDOM
TRAILS TO ANTARCTICA (PENGUIN EXHIBIT & CHRISTMAS VILLAGE)
NEON RIDES
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Special Birthday Blowout- Sea Breeze Express (3+1)
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Attractions 
OCEANARIUM
SYMPHONY EVENING SHOW
THE BARNYARD
THE BIRDHOUSE
SUPER TOY COLLECTION
SEA LION SHOW
ALL-STAR BIRD SHOW
PENGUIN TALK SHOW
BACK OF THE HOUSE
FISH SPA
WORLD OF CREEPY CRAWLIES
NEON RIDES

*************************************** OPERATING SCHEDULE ***************************************
ATTRACTIONS	LOCATION	SCHEDULE ON WEEKDAYS	SCHEDULE ON WEEKENDS & PUBLIC HOLIDAYS	LAST ENTRY
Oceanarium	OC - Ground Floor	10:00AM - 8:00PM	9:00AM - 8:00PM	7:15PM
Augmented Reality	AR - Inside Oceanarium	10:00AM - 8:00PM	9:00AM - 8:00PM	7:15PM
Fish Spa	FS - 2nd Floor; Aquatica Beside Liquid Buffet	10:00AM - 7:00PM	9:00AM - 7:00PM	6:30PM
Back of the House	BOTH - 2nd Floor	11:00AM - 6:00PM	10:00AM - 7:00PM	weekday:5:30PM weekend:6:30PM
Trails to Antartica Penguin Exhibit & Christmas Village	TTA - 2nd Floor	10:00AM - 8:00PM	9:00AM - 8:00PM	7:15PM
World of Creepy Crawlies	CC - Ground Floor	10:00AM - 7:00PM	9:00AM - 7:00PM	6:30PM
Birds of Prey Kingdom	BOPK - Ground Floor	10:30AM - 6:00PM	10:30AM - 6:00PM	5:30PM
Sharks & Rays Dry Encounter	SARDE - Antartica	10:00AM - 6:00PM	10:00AM - 6:00PM	5:45PM
The Barnyard	BY - Outdoor	10:30AM - 6:00PM	10:30AM - 6:00PM	5:30PM
The Birdhouse	BHF/BH - Outdoor	10:30AM - 6:00PM	10:30AM - 6:00PM	5:30PM
Neon Rides	NEONC - Outdoor	4:00PM - 9:00PM	4:00PM - 9:00PM	8:30PM
Super Toy Collection	STC - Ground Floor	10:00AM - 8:00PM	9:00AM - 8:00PM	7:15PM
Jellies Exhibit	JE - Ground Floor	10:00AM - 8:00PM	9:00AM - 8:00PM	7:15PM
*************************************** SHOWS ***************************************
Penguin Talk Show	PTS - Ground Floor	10:00AM - 7:00PM	9:00AM - 7:00PM	6:15PM
		1st Show	2nd Show	3rd Show
Sea Lion Show	SLS - Acquatica	11:00AM	3:00PM	5:00PM
All Star Bird Show	ASBS - Acquatica	1:15PM	4:15PM
Symphony Evening Show	SES - Aquatica	6:30PM
*************************************** ENCOUNTERS ***************************************
Aquanaut Voyage SARAV - 2nd Floor	10:00am - 10:45am	Sharks and Rays Swim Encounter SARSE - Acquatica	Be A Sea Lion Trainer
10:00am - 10:45am	11:00am - 11:45am	10:15am - 11:00am	10:30am - 11:15am
12:00pm - 12:45pm	2:00pm - 2:45pm	2:45pm - 3:30pm	11:30am - 12:15pm
1:00pm - 1:45pm	3:00pm - 3:45pm		2:00pm - 2:45pm
2:00pm - 2:45pm	4:00pm - 4:45pm		3:00pm - 3:45pm
3:00pm - 3:45pm
5:00pm - 5:45pm
6:00pm - 6:45pm
*************************************** PHOTO OPPORTUNITY ***************************************
Birds of Prey Kingdom	Acquatica	1:45PM	4:45PM
Sea Lions	Acquatica	11:30AM	3:30PM	5:30PM
Penguin Feeding	2nd Floor	11:00 - 4:00PM

ILOCOS TOUR Itinerary 2017

ASEAN Summit Holiday well spent..very well spent by #TeamRYCE

Day1:
SUBIC
-Nike Factory Store
BAGUIO
-check in at Prince Plaza Hotel

Day 2:
BAGUIO
-Burnham Park
-Session Road
-Lunch at 456 Restaurant in Session Road
-back at Prince Plaza hotel for check out
-Start our Journey going to Vigan

ILOCOS SUR
VIGAN
-Eat dinner at Tapa King Narvacan
-Check in at OveMar Resort Hotel
-Experience nightlife in Calle Crisologo


Day 3
ILOCOS SUR
VIGAN
-Explore Ovemar Resort Hotel
-Visit San Vicente Beach near The resort
-Check out at the hotel
-Lunch and tour at Hidden Garden
-Tour at Baluarte
-Check in at Casa Teofila Lodge
-Visit Saint Augustine of Hippo Parish Church
Shrine of Our Lady of Charity
-Explore Bantay Church Bell Tower
-Checked out Chapel by the ruins
-Visit Plaza Salcedo
-Try Vigan's famous empanada at Plaza Burgos
-Eat dinner at Jollibee Vigan
-Watch dancing fountain at Plaza Salcedo
-Tour Calle Crisologo by Kalesa
-Back at the hotel


Day 4
ILOCOS SUR
VIGAN
-Eat breakfast at Casa Teofila Lodge
-Checked out at the hotel
-Pray and Visit the Cathedral of Vigan
-Tour via Kalesa
-Visit the National Museum's Padre Burgos house
-Try pottery making at Pagburnayan Jar Factory
-End of Kalesa tour at Calle Crisologo
-Back to Calle Crisologo for pasalubong search
-Picture taking at Vigan arc
-Go to Marsha's Delicacies for pasalubong treats (but wasn't able to bring it home since their products can only last for hours)
-Extreme ride at Ilocos Sur Adventure Zone
-Photo Op Quezon Bridge
-Back again to Vigan Capangpangan to buy Bagnet and Vigan Longganisa at Carl Louie's Vigan Longganisa and Bagnet
-Back to Road driving going to Ilocos Norte


ILOCOS NORTE
-Eat dinner at Mang Jose's Eatery
-Check in at Northview Hotel in Ilocos Norte


Day 5
ILOCOS NORTE
-Swimming at Northview Hotel
-Eat complimentary breakfast at Northview hotel
-Checked out at Northview hotel


LAOAG ILOCOS NORTE
-Visit Church of Laoag - St. William’s Cathedral -Photo Op at Sinking Bell Tower
-Photo Op at Aurora Park
-Visit Museo Ilocos Norte


BACARRA ILOCOS NORTE
-Visit Museo de Bacarra
-Visit BACARRA CHURCH(Bacarra Church & Bell Tower Ruins
-Bacarra Domeless Belfry


BURGOS ILOCOS NORTE
-Go to Cape Bojeador Lighthouse Burgos
-Burgos Wind Farm
-Horseback riding at the beach going to Kapurpurawan rock formation
-Picture taking at Kapurpurawan White Rock formation


BANGUI ILOCOS NORTE
-Bangui Windmills
-Late lunch in an eatery along the road.


PAOAY ILOCOS NORTE

-Malacañang of the North (but it's already closed a few minutes before we came)
-Paoay church at night.
-Dinner at Herencia Restaurant (home of the pinakbet pizza)
-Drive back to Manila



Day 6
BAUANG LA UNION
-Rest and checked in at China Sea Beach Resort Bauang La Union
-Eat breakfast at China Sea Beach Resort
-Buy dried fish at La Union McArthur Hi-Way


QUEZON CITY
-Watch Justice League at SM North Edsa
-End of tour

Golden Beach of Patar in Bolinao Pangasinan 2012

This is actually our first time traveling to a province other than Baguio City. It is also our first time going to the beach🏖 as a family👪and planning our trip without a tour guide. And it is our first time in an unknown place to us with no one to accompany us but only us 3. At first, it was a bit scary, especially we have with us our 3yr old son then Erky. But we want to take the chance.

#TeamRYCE in Patar Golden Beach in Pangasinan

I have already previously blogged some of the places we've visited in our Bolinao Tour 2012.

Cape Bolinao Lighthouse

St.James the Great Parish

Golden Beach in Patar Bolinao 

Now we will share our experience and photos in the famous Golden Beach in Patar Bolinao Pangasinan. As mentioned on my previous blog we've commuted🚌from Manila going here. While touring we hire the tricycle driver who has brought us to Bing's Beach Resort the night we arrived in Bolinao. Let me just share that the people here are so accommodating and very kind. The fear we had while traveling going to the resort since it's super late at night then was changed the moment we arrived at the resort when we have already had a talk with the people there as well as our driver.


Going back to the Golden Beach, after Cape Bolinao we head directly to the public beach which is the Golden Beach in Patar. The moment we saw the sand from the tricycle where we are, we were already amazed! Then Manong driver brought us nearer to the shore. And that is when our hearts almost fell with the scenery. Our first time falling in love with the ocean. What we first thought when we saw it was "God was really good.". For he made an excellent place on earth like this. This may not be the most beautiful beach in the universe but this is a piece of heaven on earth.




We were owed, amazed, shocked and at the same time thankful that we get to see and experience this place. This is the best public beach for us. You can swim and roam in the place for free. But if you need a shady place to take a rest you can rent a cottage for a minimal price of 150 or rent a cottage type room with air condition for 2500/night. Way back in 2012, there's still no resorts or hotels near the public beach.

Cottages for Rent. 

Since we're having a tour with our Manong driver we just took pictures, stay for a while in a Bangca near the shore. We really want to experience the beach and have a dip but the problem is the waves when we arrived there was a bit high and since we have a 3yr old kid with us we prefer not to swim for safety. We just have our feet experience the waves and the sand. But it was a great feeling really even if we weren't able to swim. The view was amazing!








Let me also share that before Patar Beach was still not that crowded. In 2012, it is still one of those beaches not normally explored by beachgoers. Only a few have discovered it way back then.


The shore was clean.

Footprints in the sand.

Not crowded.




The waters are clear and you won't see any floating garbage's.

crystal clear waters of Patar 

No one is littering.

Can you see how clear the water and shore was? 

And the place was a real beauty.




Here are more pictures on our Patar Golden Beach tour in 2012.

Me, playing like a kid in the water. 

The happiness in my husband's face. 

Looking back now, we are so much thankful and feel really blessed that we were able to experience the beauty of this once undiscovered place.





I will soon blog more of our Patar Beach visit.

You may check it out soon:



Thank you for reading.

Enjoy exploring with #TeamRYCE.

Photo Vlog: Enchanted Cave Bolinao Pangasinan 2012

Traveling up north? Visiting Bolinao Pangasinan? Before heading up to Patar Beach or after sunbathing in their golden sands, try exploring this Amazing cave. "Nakatago pero hindi nagtatago."

One of Bolinao's hidden treasure. The Enchanted Cave.

Photo Vlog: Cape Bolinao Lighthouse 2012

Photo Vlog: St.James the Great Parish in Bolinao Pangasinan 2012

Photo Vlog: ISDAAN Floating Resto Fun Park in Gerona, Tarlac

Lion's Head (Baguio City)

March 15, 2015

It was our last day on our first Baguio road trip with our son. Since we're heading to Kennon Road and the famous Lion's head is located in Kennon Road, we've decided to drop by for a breakfast and check our motorcycle breaks before continuing our Journey back to Manila.



So how to get there?

If you have your own vehicle you must take the Kennon Road instead of following public buses route which is the Marcos highway, because you won't be able to see this tourist spot instead you'll see Marcos off course.

Through public transport; if you're already in Baguio and decided to visit the famous Lion's Head, you can always ride a cab but you should make sure that you already make arrangement with your taxi driver to wait for you and bring you back to Baguio, because you won't be able to get back easily to the City unless another tourist will visit the place and you'll get there cab.


Explanation: On our first visit here with my husband's family, we easily get a cab going TO Lion's head, but we were not able to get a new cab going back to Baguio. There will be a few PUJ's traveling from La Union to Baguio but it is always full and most of the tourist riding a cab already make arrangement to send them back to Baguio. Good thing a good Samaritan driving a truck a vegetable delivery truck was able to give us a ride up back Baguio City, we were very much thankful because we're with a couple of kids with us.


So don't forget to take a note of that, or else you'll be left with this Lion if no Good Samaritan will pick you up.


What to do here?

Honestly, since it's along the road, what people who visited here probably done,,, PICTURE TAKING. Yes! you can take a lot of pictures of the famous Lion's head. But aside from that, there are also "pasalubong" stores here, Where you can buy different handicrafts, mostly made from mats and woods.

My son bought for his car collections 

tourist taking there photo ops 

me & my son having our picture taken 

There are also a couple of food stores where you can buy water, soda drinks, and some foods. But we decided to take a sip of Baguio's strawberry taho instead.




Done with the Lion's Head adventure.


Happy planning!


Location: Camp 6, Kennon Road Baguio City