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Park News - (11/12/09) SeaWorld Orlando will bring back Polar Express to Wild Arctic once again, as well as Shamu Miracles. New this year will be Clyde & Seamore’s Countdown To Christmas, A Sesame Street Christmas and Winter Wonderland On Ice.
    (11/2/09) SeaWorld Orlando has raised their ticket prices to be just a nickel cheaper than Disney and Universal, jumping from $74.95 to $78.95 for adults and $68.95 for children. However a 2010 “Fun Card” will only cost you $69.95 for Florida Residents if you buy them online.
    (10/6/09) Another update full of content from SeaWorld’s Spooktacular event can be found at BrianOrndorf.
    (10/5/09) Find out more about SeaWorld’s Halloween Spooktacular event over at Behind The Thrills.
    (8/31/09) SeaWorld Florida will be holding their Halloween Spooktacular event for five weekends in October full of fun for the kiddie trick or treaters in your life. You can find all the details at the official SeaWorld Spooktacular website.

2010 - Aquatica Expansion - Confirmed - (11/19/09) I’ve been sent a rumor containing the rumored new name for Aquatica’s newest slides… Omaka Rocka. I’ve also been told that there will be two slides, so I wonder if each will have it’s own funnel, or if we should be looking for another special feature for the second slide.
    (11/18/09) A reader sent in a nice close-up picture of the new funnel slide piece sitting at Aquatica.
    (11/17/09) The latest update to the A Walk In The Park Blog shows off a picture taken from the Skytower showing off the new slide pieces at Aquatica. The Green and Blue pieces are now forming the start of a funnel slide of some kind. Given that Wet ‘n Wild has the full sized Brain Wash version of the Proslide Tornado experience, I’m going to assume that this may be one of the smaller Tantrum slides or perhaps even a Tantrum Alley. Give that there are also purple and dark blue pieces on site too, I’m guessing we’re going to see two different kinds of slides added.
    (11/16/09) I’ve been told that new waterslide pieces are now on site at the park in an empty lot next to the employee parking lot. The pieces on site are said to be a deep purple and dark blue color, along with a few lime green pieces. Workers were see putting them together, and from the report sent to me, the slide pieces look to be much slimmer than those used on Whanau Way, indicating that these may be body slides instead of tube slides. Work on a new pool is also said to be well under way.
    (10/27/09) I was sent a link to this picture which shows off that another floor was pre-installed onto Whanau Way’s tower structure just below the top floor in anticipation of a future expansion.
    (10/26/09) Aquatica’s Whanau Way slide tower is currently closed until October 30th. According to the notice posted on the official website, this is “Due to construction to make way for way for an exciting new expansion project scheduled to open in Spring 2010.”  I’ve been told from another source that even after it reopens, it will only be open Fridays through Sundays for awhile to allow for more construction on the new slide attraction.
    (2/4/09) The latest word on the Aquatica expansion is that there was a new attraction once planned for 2009, but it has been put on hold until 2010 now. We’ve also been told that permits have been submitted to the city and approved already, so look for construction to start sometime later this year.
    (2/3/09) We’ve heard a bit more about the Aquatica expansion and a couple of possible new attractions being designed. One plan is to add 3 or 4 new slides to the Whanau Way tower, loading them from the platform just before the main loading platform, along with a new splashdown pool. Another plan placed in the same general area would see a powered waterslide with uphill sections, similar to what you get on Disney’s Crush N’ Gusher slides, but this slide may take guests through some animal themed areas like a Flamingo exhibit (eeeww…stinky!) or a Tortise Pond. The later concept seems earmarked for 2010 at the earliest while the former could be added to the park before the end of the year if approved. I guess it depends on if they want to build one or both of these and how much they want to spend on expansion right now.

???? - Discovery Cove Expansion - Rumor - (2/27/07) I’ve heard a new rumor today claiming that the next big project for SeaWorld after Aquatica would be a major expansion of Discovery Cove to add more animal interaction opportunities. This rumor does have a little history behind it as Discovery Cove did announce an expansion that was to have been completed by 2002 that would have not only expanded the bird aviary area (which did happen) but also expanded the far end of the park out to add a new lagoon where guests could swim with sting rays. Other than finishing the basic infrastructure and expanding the roadways around the perimeter to allow for this expansion, the project was put on indefinite hold after 9/11. If the new rumors are true, once Aquatica is finally complete Busch will turn their attention to finally expanding the experiences available to Discovery Cove. The experience to swim with Dolphins is not unique to Discovery Cove and was just one of three animal interaction programs SeaWorld had been testing out of their parks over the years leading up to the creation of Discovery Cove. In the early days it was marketed in SeaWorld California as DIP, the Dolphin Interaction Program.  Soon after new Interaction Programs were also set in motion for Sea Lions (aka: SLIP) as well as Beluga Whales (aka: BIP), both of which are currently in operation at SeaWorld Texas. If all the rumors and history line up, guests coming to Discovery Cove could soon have their choice of interaction with any of the three species, or all three as part of a mega-package option. This kind of plan would not only justify return trips to the already amazing Discovery Cove park for past guests, but also expand the daily capacity of the park by adding even more animal interaction opportunities and as well as expanding the size of the park. I wouldn’t expect to hear much more about this however until Aquatica is closer to completion.