New Sea World Park

[Feralpeg]

They announced on the local news today that Sea World will begin building a new water park. From the pictures they showed, it looks very cool. The pools that the water slides empty into are right next to pools filled with dolphins and such.

 

[Maria395712]

where will it be located
maria

 

[kellymonaghan]

It will be right across I-Drive from SeaWorld, right behind Journey to Atlantis and Kraken.

They also say "The culinary offerings of the park will be different from any other water park. We will have covered seating and air-conditioned seating." At most water parks the food is pretty basic and lots of people bring coolers. They also are promising short lines, although how they'll manage that is hard to imagine, unless they do something like they do at Discovery Cove and limit the number of guests per day.

At any rate, it sounds like they're planning something of a quantum leap in the water park experience. It will be fun to see what they come up with.

 

[2angelsinheaven]

I'm hoping it's included with their Platinum Passports as they plan to open in 18 months according to the new last night. I hope since ours expire in 22 months.

 

[Verity Chambers]

It sounds fantastic, will look forward to hearing more information as it comes out.

 

[Hillbeans]

Wow, that sounds fantastic.

That'll be about when we'll be ready to go back again - can't wait!

Does anyone have a link to the info?

 

[ShannonRT]

Anyone know when approximate opening might be?

 

[RabFlmom]

They are still just having meetings with the homeowners who live in the houses near the site where they plan to build the park. They want Sea World to build it at a different location because of noise, etc..

 

[rangebob]

NOTHING has started with construction yet. They are still in the planning stages and don't have any permitts. They are trying to calm down the neighborhood association around that area that decided to move next to a theme park and then they will complain. It sounds like people that move next to an airport and then complain it is too noisy.

 

[Andrea]

aww that would be such a cool park

 

[momof3disneyholics]

It wouldn't be that cool if you lived right next to it. Sometimes people forget that people actually live in Orlando. I don't live near Seaworld, I am about 5 mins from Disney, but I can relate.

 

[CatLady]

I live in (the far end from SeaWorld of) that neighborhood. I think it's one thing when you can see the skytower and Kraken peeking over the trees, but it's another when you find out that those trees are vanishing and you realize that people in the park may be able to look into your bedroom window at night.

Some local letters to the editor about this subject have gotten really nasty recently, nastier than rangebob's comment upthread. And of course the local media has come in and found people who do not neceesarily represent the entire neighborhood are showing what they say, thus making it appear that those people and opinions represent the entire neighborhood. They don't.

The thing that a lot of people don't realize is that the neighborhood in question was originally developed as a retirement community 20+ years ago, when SeaWorld was a much, much smaller park than it is now and that end of International drive had almost nothing else on it. I don't blame people -- especially the original owners of those homes, who are elderly (and honestly they are an age when they are starting to die or be forced to go into assisted living homes) -- for being alarmed at how the tourist industry has grown to their doorsteps. They didn't move next door to the airport. The airport expanded into their back yard.

That said, the water park will move forward and I'm looking forward to seeing what they build. Anheuser-Busch has done a great job with Discovery Cove and with the changes/expansions at SeaWorld, and I'm sure it will be one-of-a-kind.