Seaworld early start or late night at Christmas?

[longwaybycarriage]

Hi everyone,

Just looking for a little advice on our December trip. We currently have plans to visit Seaworld on Mon 13th, but I just found out about the Christmas shows that will be scheduled at weekends...Dbf's family are going to LOVE those!

So, I'm thinking of switching to a weekend (have to plan it now because of our WDW adrs) - probably 11th or 12th. Two questions: Is the Saturday likely to be that much busier than the Sunday? Saturday would be better for our schedule, but we could switch things around if it's going to make a significant difference crowd wise.

Secondly, our usual plan for any park is to get there early and get as much done as possible while it's less crowded. Seems like it would be a looong day though from opening to closing if we want to see the Christmas shows/fireworks etc. though. What's the latest we could reasonably arrive in order to do most things before closing? We're an all adult group so are interested in the coasters (Kraken is one of my faves in Orlando!) and shows, will check out the exhibits as we make our way around...

Thanks for any help

 

[RabFlmom]

Hi everyone,

Just looking for a little advice on our December trip. We currently have plans to visit Seaworld on Mon 13th, but I just found out about the Christmas shows that will be scheduled at weekends...Dbf's family are going to LOVE those!

So, I'm thinking of switching to a weekend (have to plan it now because of our WDW adrs) - probably 11th or 12th. Two questions: Is the Saturday likely to be that much busier than the Sunday? Saturday would be better for our schedule, but we could switch things around if it's going to make a significant difference crowd wise.

Secondly, our usual plan for any park is to get there early and get as much done as possible while it's less crowded. Seems like it would be a looong day though from opening to closing if we want to see the Christmas shows/fireworks etc. though. What's the latest we could reasonably arrive in order to do most things before closing? We're an all adult group so are interested in the coasters (Kraken is one of my faves in Orlando!) and shows, will check out the exhibits as we make our way around...

Thanks for any help

9AM. LOL We sometimes don't go till about noon, but that really limits your day and sometimes have not even gotten to all sections of the park before time for night shows. We have even not made it to all 3 night shows because of the crowds.

 

[longwaybycarriage]

Oh dear! 9am-11pm would make for a looong day, I'd be up for it but I suspect everyone else might want to feed me to the sharks by the end of it.

I'm thinking aim for 11am and be prepared to miss some stuff. Manta/Kraken/Journey are musts, plus Clyde & Seamore, Believe & whatever evening shows we can get into...anything else will have to be gravy, I guess

 

[nellyru]

We will be down there the same time as you and I was wondering the same thing about Seaworld.
Trying to see if it will work to go only half a day into the eve to watch the holiday shows (if there is any?).
Hope someone out there can help!!