A Californianos USA, is a place that is worth the trip in itself. Beautiful beaches, interesting people walking the streets, charming little shops and good restaurants, but San Diego brings other reasons that make the trip there worth it: the parks SeaWorld San Diego e Aquaticsgreat options for families traveling through the North American state.
SEAWORLD SAN DIEGO
Amid so many controversies in recent years, SeaWorld seems to be reinventing itself and trying to bring more ecological awareness to its visitorsas told Marilyn Hannes, president of SeaWorld San Diego, during a chat with journalists in the park: “We want to inspire people to take care of animals and the places they live in,” he said. “Here we love animals very much. The people who work with them at SeaWorld do so because they are passionate about animals, they are part of their families.”
Opened in 1964, the SeaWorld San Diego is located in an area of 768 thousand square meters in Mission Bay Park. In 2017, the park launched the biggest attraction launch in its history without leaving aside the classics.
NEWS
The big new feature at SeaWorld San Diego is the area called Ocean Explorer. For the whole family, this part of the park has interactive aquariums with different animals, slightly more radical toysbut which can receive children, and the Submarine Questthe main novelty.
In this new attraction, visitors take a scientific exploration expedition aboard a submarine. They become researchers and collect data to learn how to help and protect animals.
Os Aquarius They are also full of news. In one of them, visitors can enter and take a photo as if they were actually inside an aquarium alongside the fish. Giant octopus, moray eels and the giant Japanese crab are among the park’s new residents.
For those who enjoy a slightly more radical attraction, you can’t miss fly over hundreds of bubbles via chairs suspended by the tentacles of a giant jellyfish.
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ATTRACTIONS
In addition to the new features, Sea World San Diego offers attractions that have become classics for park lovers. See the list:
SHOWS
PETS RULE!
This show stars animals that have been rescued. Dogs, cats, birds, pigs, emus and kangaroos show humans who is the real boss.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS
AQUARIUMS
The aquariums at SeaWorld San Diego amount to practically 13 thousand fish and invertebrates from more than 500 species. Piranhas, sharks, octopuses, belugas and turtles are some of the animals that can be found there.
BAYSIDE SKYRIDE E SKYTOWER
O Bayside Skyride It’s a cable car that has a beautiful view of the bay. Already the Skytower is a tower that gives a panoramic view of Mission Bay, the Pacific Ocean and downtown San Diego.
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JOURNEY TO ATLANTIS
It’s a great attraction for hot San Diego days. Passengers ride fishing boats and fall 18m. Along the way there are simulations of tremors, floods, lights and water cannons. Does it get wet? Yes or for sure?
MANTA
For those who like adrenaline, this is the right ride at SeaWorld San Diego. A Manta It’s a double-throw roller coaster with a 16-meter drop that gives you the sensation of flying like a stingray. Furthermore, there is a space where you can feed and touch the stingrays.
SESAME STREET BAY OF PLAY
This specially created area for children includes twirling teacups, a flying fish that takes passengers up and down during a journey across an imaginary ocean, and another ride that spins and slides from side to side.
SHIPWRECK RAPIDS®
Visitors embark through raging currents and thundering waterfalls.
WILD ARCTIC
Simulate a trip through the Arctic aboard a helicopter and find belugas, seals and walruses.
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RESCUE PROGRAM
O SeaWorld has an important program to rescue animals that have suffered some type of attack in the environment or that are sick, injured or stranded (SeaWorld Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Program). The park’s experts save, treat, rehabilitate and release these thousands of animals back into the wild.
On average, 65% to 70% of animals rescued annually are rehabilitated and returned to the wild.
We had the opportunity to visit this animal rescue and recovery center at SeaWorld San Diego. Sea lions and sea wolves were some of the animals that were being treated by professionals and then released into the environment.
In 2016, the SeaWorld team rescued 403 California sea lions, 24 seals, 16 elephant seals, three dolphins, two Guadalupe fur seals and one humpback whale. They also took care of seven sea turtles and 534 birds from 61 speciesbetween them, pelicans, seagulls and herons.
Visitors can schedule a visit to SeaWorld’s Animal Rescue Center.
TICKETS AND TIMETABLE
Ticket prices and opening hours vary depending on the time of year. See the official website for updated data.
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SEAWORLD SAN DIEGO
Exit I-5 at SeaWorld Drive in Mission Bay,
It is 10 minutes north of downtown San Diego, San Diego International Airport and the Amtrak station.
*The journalist traveled at the invitation of SeaWorld San Diego, but all opinions given here are impartial.
Adolfo Nomelini
Journalist graduated from PUC-SP and postgraduate in Communication in Digital Media, he is passionate about music, coxinha, television, his glasses and the internet. He has worked with online content for more than 15 years and spends much of his time “throwing his body out into the world, walking everywhere and, according to the natural law of encounters, leaving and receiving something.”
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