SeaWorld San Diego: Interstate 5, exit SeaWorld Drive. SeaWorld hosts Viva La Música, a festival of food, fireworks and Latin music, weekends May 1–23. For details and complete schedule, click here: Viva La Música. Summer Nights at SeaWorld, weekends May 29–June 13, daily June 18–Aug. 29, Sept. 4–6, features extended park hours, fireworks, and special nighttime animal shows, including “Shamu Rocks” and “Sea Lions Tonite,” plus “Cirque de la Mer,” an acrobatic odyssey on and above Mission Bay.
“Blue Horizons” — a spectacular new show featuring energetic bottlenose dolphins, magnificent pilot whales, a colorful array of exotic birds and amazing human performers — is scheduled to open May 29, 2010 at SeaWorld San Diego’s completely renovated Dolphin Stadium. “Believe,” SeaWorld’s visually-stunning, daytime killer whale show, features a 2-story stage, three underwater cameras that capture Shamu below the surface, a giant 3-story whale tail that soars high above the set, and four LED screens that move and rotate as they highlight the power and beauty of the park’s killer whales.
The 189-acre adventure park features thousands of fascinating mammals, fishes, reptiles and birds including manatees at Manatee Rescue; killer whales including Shamu; and polar bears, beluga whales, arctic foxes and walruses at Wild Arctic.
Other attractions include “Sea Lions LIVE,” a hilarious new sketch-based comedy show starring Clyde and Seamore; Sesame Street Bay of Play, a whimsical play area for kids with family-friendly rides, Sesame Street character meet-and-greets and photo opportunities; Journey To Atlantis, a wet and wild water coaster and 130,000-gallon Commerson’s dolphin habitat; “Pets Rule!”—a zany show where clever canines, curious cats and unpredictable pigs take charge and show humans who’s the boss; Shipwreck Rapids water raft ride; spectacular animal shows, interactive attractions, aquariums, rides and dining facilities.
Ages 10 and older, $69; ages 3–9, $59; children under 3, free; parking $12. Park hours vary by season. For more information visit www.seaworldsandiego.com or call (800) 25-SHAMU.
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