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SeaWorld Orlando Invites Guests Behind The Scenes Of Manatee Rescue & Rehabilitation
Yesterday, in celebration of Manatee Appreciation Day, SeaWorld Orlando opened Manatee Rehabilitation, an area for park guests to see the behind-the-scenes rescue and rehabilitation work SeaWorld does to help save wild manatees. Manatee Rehabilitation allows park guests to step into a working wild manatee acute care facility, come face-to-face with animals that have been ill […]
Once-In-A-Lifetime Experiences That Help To Save The Planet
Guests who swim amongst the tropical fish at Discovery Cove in Orlando now have a new connection to the world’s oceans. When they swim in the park’s Grand Reef, or participate in the SeaVenture® underwater dive experience, they are surrounded by and supporting a conservation research program that aims to protect the world’s most fragile […]
Brand New Rides Complete Tracks At SeaWorld Parks
Progress has been speeding along over in Florida with two new rollercoasters both installing in their final track pieces. Set to start thrilling riders this summer, Mako at SeaWorld Orlando and Cobra’s Curse over at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay are both now nearing completion. SeaWorld Orlando has installed the final piece of Mako’s nearly mile-long […]
SeaWorld Announces Last Generation Of Orcas In Its Care
SeaWorld Entertainment, a leading theme park and entertainment company, today announced that the killer whales – or orcas – currently in the company’s care will be the last generation of orcas at SeaWorld. The company will end all orca breeding as of today. SeaWorld also will introduce new, inspiring, natural orca encounters, rather than theatrical […]
Rescued South Carolina Manatee Returns To Warm Water After Three Month Rehabilitation At SeaWorld Orlando
The SeaWorld Animal Rescue Team returned a rehabilitated manatee to the warm Florida water ways after being rescued from a power facility in Charleston, S.C. this past December. The manatee – who was given the name Goose during his 3 month rehabilitation at SeaWorld Orlando – was returned near the Kennedy Point Marina in Titusville. […]
Baby Dolphin Born At Discovery Cove Just In Timer For Dolphin Awareness Month
Dolphin Awareness Month takes place every year in March and Discovery Cove in Orlando has a whole new reason to celebrate with the birth of Skye – a newborn dolphin weighing 23kg, that’s the same as a bale of hay. On February 23rd 2016, 32-year old dolphin Astra gave birth to this flippered bundle of […]
Busch Gardens Debuts Plans For Live Snake Exhibit Inside Cobra’s Curse Queue Line
This summer, guests will come face to fang from the moment they enter Busch Gardens Tampa Bay’s newest attraction, Cobra’s Curse. Today, the park debuted plans for its thrill ride queue line, featuring several of the world’s most notorious snake species that naturally fuel guests’ adrenaline. “The snake exhibit at Cobra’s Curse will allow us […]
SeaWorld Orlando Unveils New Coaster Car For Mako: Inspired By Sharks, Engineered For Speed
On the 16th of February, SeaWorld Orlando unveiled the custom-built Mako lead car of the tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster in Orlando, opening this summer. Mako’s design and engineering was inspired by a real Mako shark – one of the ocean’s fastest shark species. When it opens, Mako will top 200 feet high and […]
SeaWorld Rescues Stranded Sea Lion In California Restuarant
SeaWorld California’s Animal Rescue Team received an unusual call this week to come to the aid of a malnourished young sea lion which was found asleep in a booth in a San Diego restaurant. Staff at San Diego’s La Jolla restaurant found the eight month old California sea lion pup in the Marine Room dining […]