Update: Added a photo and some comments from the SeaWorld Inside Conservation blog. The SeaWorld Orlando family got some welcome good news tonight as a healthy newborn Killer Whale was birthed by Katina. Katina is a 34 year old great-grandmother who has 7 offspring. Both… Read More »Killer Whale Born at SeaWorld Orlando
The Orlando Sentinel has a list of injuries reported by Central Florida’s theme parks for the second quarter. It’s remarkable for two things. First, all the injuries are somewhat unremarkable and second, apparently SeaWorld and Busch Gardens had no injuries. I don’t think this agreement… Read More »Florida parks report injuries for last Quarter
For everyone who wants to know what the weather is like before they head out to Walt Disney World, WeatherBug has been running a web cam pointed at the Magic Kingdom from the top of the Contemporary hotel for at least the last month. Check… Read More »New Magic Kingdom Webcam at Walt Disney World
Now that SeaWorld is no longer a part of the Anheuser Busch family of theme parks, they really need to focus on exactly what it is they’re selling. Under Anheuser Busch no matter what the parks did, they were still a giant advertisement for beer.… Read More »What SeaWorld Sells These Days
The report on the death of Killer Whale trainer Dawn Brancheau has been released and with it a $75,000 fine levied against SeaWorld Orlando. This article in the Orlando Sentinel makes it seem like nothing short of an attack on the methods of animal care… Read More »SeaWorld fined by OSHA over Trainer’s Death
This last weekend was my first time back at SeaWorld Orlando since the tragic death of the Killer Whale trainer in February. The new Shamu show still holds up very well, even if the new procedures don’t allow trainers and animals in the water simultaneously.… Read More »Investigation into Trainers Death at SeaWorld continues
Grammy Award-winning singer Gloria Estefan poses June 26, 2010 with her new pals from the silver screen — “Toy Story 3” characters Jessie (left) and Woody (right) — at the Magic Kingdom park. “Toy Story 3,” the hit Disney-Pixar animated feature film, debuted in U.S.… Read More »Gloria Estefan visits Disney World
Today the animal care specialists at Seaworld Orlando took in nine endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles from a Gulfport Miss facility. Moving the animals to Central Florida will make room at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies for Sea Turtles injured in the current Gulf… Read More »SeaWorld provides critical care for endangered Sea Turtles displaced by the Gulf Oil Spill