7007 Sea World Dr
Orlando, FL 32821
7007 Sea World Dr
Orlando, FL 32821
Welcome to Aquatica, SeaWorld's waterpark, a whimsical, one-of-a-kind waterpark unlike any you've ever experienced, one only SeaWorld could create. Float through an undersea world of exotic fish, thunder through rolling rapids, relax on our white sand beaches, or take a tube slide through an underwater world where black-and-white Commerson's Dolphins play and race alongside you. And that's just the beginning.
SeaWorld Orlando is a theme park and marine zoological park, located In Orlando, Florida. It is owned and operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. When combined with its neighbor Discovery Cove and Aquatica, it forms SeaWorld Parks and Resorts Orlando, an entertainment complex consisting of the three parks and many neighboring hotels. In 2015, SeaWorld Orlando hosted an estimated 4.7 million guests, ranking it the tenth most visited amusement park in the United States and twenty-second worldwide.
No crowds. No turnstiles. Imagine a place where you and your family can touch and swim with dolphins, wade with mysterious rays, snorkel among thousands of exotic fish, hand-feed tropical birds in a free-flight aviary and relax on pristine beaches. Discover an all-inclusive day resort experience that’s one of a kind. Thanks for connecting with Discovery on Facebook. We’re glad that you are here! The Discovery Cove Facebook page is designed to be a fun community where members can engage in respectful and encouraging conversation. We expect our visitors to respect fellow members and Facebook’s posting guidelines. While we may not be able to monitor every post, please understand that Discovery Cove reserves the right to remove posts and all material deemed inappropriate, at our discretion. This includes, but not limited to, abusive, threatening, offensive, hateful, derogatory, spam, fraudulent, deceptive, disruptive, and marketing/advertising messages and content. Any violation of these rules may result in being banned, at our discretion.
Aquatica is a chain of water parks owned and operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. Aquatica parks are operating in Orlando, Florida, San Antonio, Texas, and Chula Vista, California.HistorySeaWorld Orlando originally announced plans to build a water park on July 15, 2005. The announcement stated that it would be a "natural" park and revealed the park's iconic Dolphin Plunge water slides. On March 5, 2007, SeaWorld held a press conference officially announcing Aquatica. It was expected the 59acre park would cost US$50 million to build. Construction continued in earnest throughout 2007 and into early 2008. Previews for employees and holders of park annual passes were held in February. On March 1, 2008, the park opened to guests for the first time, with the official grand opening held on April 4, 2008. In its debut year, the park hosted approximately 950,000 guests, making it the fourth-most visited water park in the United States and eighth-most visited in the world. The park was an immediate success, reaching its opening-year attendance goal in just six months.In early 2011, rumors speculated about Aquatica coming to SeaWorld San Antonio in the future. According to the park president, SeaWorld San Antonio would become a multi-day experience. SeaWorld officially announced plans to build a water park on May 24, 2011. The announcement called it, "a whimsical waterpark with up-close animal experiences, high-speed thrills and relaxing, sandy beaches". The water park replaced Lost Lagoon that opened in the early 1990s. Lost Lagoon closed on Labor Day weekend 2011. During October 2011 the construction of the new water park started with excavation for the new entrance, the new sandy beaches, and the structure for the new Wahalla Wave water slide. In early November 2011 the new water slides arrived in pieces at Sea World San Antonio's parking lot, waiting to get assembled. Aquatica San Antonio officially opened on May 19, 2012.
Turtle Trek is a 3D dome theater located at SeaWorld Orlando in the United States. It was designed by Falcon's Treehouse and PGAV Destinations.SummaryGuests will first visit two naturalistic habitats, one filled with manatees and several species of freshwater fish, the other home to more than 1,500 saltwater fish and over a dozen sea turtles. Many of the manatees and sea turtles were rescued by the park’s animal team or were born at SeaWorld.Moving on from the habitat, guests enter a domed theater. Turtle Trek’s theater is the world’s first 360 degree dome theater to show a 3D film. The theater uses 34 projectors to seamlessly cover the entire surface of the dome, allowing the movie to be shown all around guests and even above them. Turtle Trek tells the story of a sea turtle’s journey through life, from birth to adulthood. Guests are given a turtle’s perspective of the ocean’s wonders.Turtle Trek is meant to inspire guests to help conserve natural environments. "Do a little, do a lot, but join us and do something to help the world and its animals,” said Brian Morrow, the attraction’s chief designer, regarding the attraction’s message. “Turtle Trek is about the everyday heroes who can make a difference in nature."
Kraken is a steel floorless roller coaster located at SeaWorld Orlando in the United States. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, the ride features a total of seven inversions including two vertical loops, a dive loop, a spiraling camelback, a cobra roll and a flat spin Kraken opened on June 1, 2000. It is also the world's second longest floorless coaster at 4,177 feet .HistoryIn 1999, Six Flags Great Adventure spent $42 million on new attractions including a prototype Floorless Coaster by Bolliger & Mabillard, Medusa (later Bizarro). The immediate popularity of the ride, led to SeaWorld Orlando and three other amusement parks to announce plans to install Floorless Coasters in 2000; aside from the announcement of Kraken on May 6, 1999, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom announced Medusa, Geauga Lake announced Dominator, and Six Flags Fiesta Texas announced Superman: Krypton Coaster. Kraken was announced as costing approximately $18–20 million. Krakens announcement more than one year out from its opening was an attempt by the park to drive international attendance.
Mako is a steel hypercoaster at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida. Touted as the tallest, longest and fastest roller coaster in the Orlando theme-park market, Mako opened on June 10, 2016 to rave reviews from many guests.HistoryIn April 2015, SeaWorld officials began teasing the upcoming announcement of a new thrill ride for their flagship park in Orlando, Florida. At the time, the only detail revealed was that the roller coaster would be 200 feet in height and would become the longest, tallest and fastest roller coaster in the city. On May 27, 2015, SeaWorld officially announced the construction of Mako, which is named after the mako shark, considered the fastest species of shark in the oceans.Mako became the anchor attraction to a new park area themed to sharks in general, and is located adjacent to SeaWorld's previously existing shark attractions, such as the Shark Encounter aquarium and its attached "Sharks Underwater Grill" restaurant. It is the first new attraction added to SeaWorld Orlando since "Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin" opened in 2013, and the first new roller coaster since Manta opened in 2009. Mako has 9 designed airtime moments. On February 16, 2016, the first car of the train was shipped and revealed with a front train with a face of a mako shark. In April, SeaWorld began showing a presentation called "Mako Rising" previewing the upcoming hypercoaster in their Nautilis Theater.Ride experienceAfter leaving the station, the train makes a small right turn to a 200-foot lift hill to begin its ascension. After reaching the top, it enters a 200-foot drop, in which the train reaches at a top speed of 73 miles per hour . Then, the train makes a tall, overbanked turn before it goes to large airtime hill. After the moment of weightlessness, Mako enters its unique element, the Hammerhead turn, which is a tight U-turn to the right. Traveling over another camelback hill, Mako makes another airtime turn and goes into a small airtime hill. After it makes its mid-course brake run, Mako makes a small left turn under the lift hill and goes into another airtime hill. After it makes a banked turn to the right, Mako goes into another banked turn to the left over a part of the park's lagoon and makes its final brake run.