SeaWorld Celebrates 50 Years of Family Fun!

A Sea of Surprises is what's in store for guests during the 50th Celebration at SeaWorld! Explorer's Reef opened on March 21, 2014 and continues for the next 18 months. SeaWorld parks in San Diego, Orlando, Fla. and San Antonio will share the excitement and highlights some of the most memorable SeaWorld experiences. 

Image Credit: SeaWorld®

My family and I were excited to attend a media preview. We learned the 50th Celebrations happenings included a new evening Shamu® Show and a Surprise Squad delivering prizes and surprises throughout the park. There is brand new entertainment and animal encounters, as well as our family favorite, festive new fireworks that light up the summer skies. 

 Explorer's Reef is a hands-on interactive experience that allows guests to touch several different species of fish, including sharks!

Insider's Tip: Bring a beach towel and don't forget lots of sunscreen!

Explorer's Reef is a really fun adventure that has a tide pool look and feel to it. Don't say we didn't warn you, once you and your little ones get your hands wet, you'll want to stay a while. 

 Explorer's Reef with bloggers (my sister) Jessica from Fresh Angeles and Wendy from Choosing Love 

Our family adventures at SeaWorld over the years:

Fresh Angeles - Dreaming of SeaWorld

Fresh Angeles - SeaWorld's Blue Horizons

Places to take the kids for Spring Break (series) Sea World

What's New with Shamu?

SeaWorld Summer in San Diego

Summer at SeaWorld

SeaWorld Summer Nights

Disclosure: SeaWorld invited my family to enjoy the park at no charge for a media preview. No other compensation was received. All opinions are my own.

Summer at SeaWorld

Summer at SeaWorld

And because......... once is never enough!


Summer is for making memories with family, do you have a special place that you go every summer? Do you have family memories of summer vacations when you were growing up?
Share your favorite summer memory with me! 

My SeaWorld Sisters:
Tracey Clark
Jessica Fuselier

SeaWorld Summer in San Diego

This summer at SeaWorld, along with Shamu's debut of
One Ocean comes another very special story.

 “Turtle: The Incredible Journey.”



Turtle: The Incredible Journey - Trailer from Save Our Seas Foundation on Vimeo.
The film is directed by National Geographic Explorer’s Nick Stringer and narrated by Academy Award nominee Miranda Richardson. Stringer’s documentary team follows the loggerhead turtle on an adventure of more than 9,000 miles guided only by instinct. The crew spent two years following loggerhead turtles on their trips across the ocean, and have captured on film the remarkable life cycle of a beautiful creature that struggles to survive in an increasingly unforgiving environment.

The film does what our parks have been doing for more than five decades: inspire, enrich and entertain. Helping bring this film and its powerful message of the fragility and beauty of our oceans to the public is what SeaWorld is and what we have always been about.

The film will be released to theaters in both standard theatrical formats as well as 3D in selected locations starting June 24. This is the the same week as the opening of SeaWorld San Diego’s Turtle Reef, a new attraction that showcases this extraordinary species in a 300,000-gallon aquarium with a massive underwater viewing gallery.


Last time my family and I were at SeaWorld, we were so thankful to be treated to a SeaWorld private tour which included feeding turtles (from a distance) it was really neat to learn about them. 

 Feeding Time

 

Thank You Susie!

I was invited to SeaWorld with these fine bloggers:

my sisters

Tracey Clark - Shutter Sisters   and   Jessica Fuselier - Fresh Angeles

along with friends

Ciaran Blumenfeld - Momfluential

 Donna Schwartz Mills - SoCal Mom

 Marsha Takeda-Morrison - Sweatpantsmom

 Rebecca Woolf - Girl Gone Child

What's New With Shamu?

Every year my family and I

kick off the beginning of summer

with a trip to SeaWorld in San Diego, CA. Enjoying the weekend or even a full day spent with Shamu seems like the right way to start our family summer fun.

Check out some photos of our family trips to Sea World here and here 

What's new with Shamu?

One Ocean

SeaWorld has a brand new show called One Ocean. It sounds to me like it's got an educational/documentary feel to it. One Ocean has already opened at SeaWorld in Florida, it is opening in California this month and coming in June to Texas. 

I can't wait to sea it!

Visit more posts on SeaWorld

Fresh Angeles - Dreaming of SeaWorld

Mommy Musings - New Shamu Show to Debut at Sea World

Fresh Angeles - SeaWorld's Blue Horizons

Places to take the kids for Spring Break (series) Sea World



Can wait to see Shamu?
 Now you can watch him on your very own computer.

Shamu cam
(Click the link above)

The Shamu Cam is located in SeaWorld San Diego and runs between 9am - 5:30pm Pacific Standard Time daily. Starting at Midnight, we will replay the footage so you can see all of the fun from the previous day. Thank you for visiting!

 

Cavalia Comes To Southern California



From the creator and original founder of Cirque De Soleil comes this magical, mystical live show filled with music, dance, and the special relationship between horses and humans.

Photo Credit: Lynn Glazer



Photo Credit: Lynn Glazer

Cavalia is made up of 31 artists, acrobats, dancers and riders from Canada, France, The United States, Morocco, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. The troop includes a singer and six musicians. 

Photo Credit: Lynn Glazer



 Cavalia features a total of 49 horses. 

There are 11 different breeds of horses from France, Spain, Portugal, Canada, The United States, and the Netherlands. 

Cavalia is the largest touring show in the world.

Photo Credit: Frederic Chehu

Tickets are on sale now...

Photo Credit: Guy Deschenes



 

The show opens in Burbank

January 19, 2011 through February 13, 2011

Get Tickets Here

Or By Phone 1-866-999-8111 (Toll Free Number)

Everyday from 9 am to 10 pm

Seating Chart

Fathers Day Fun at RideMakerz - New at Downtown Disney

Celebrate Father's Day this year at Downtown Disney, visit the newly opened RideMakerz®. You can give and get a unique gift experience with this special offer available Father's Day weekend only!



Supercharge your Father's Day weekend at the bigger, better and badder RIDEMAKERZ® in the Downtown Disney® District! On Saturday and Sunday, when you purchase one RIDE, you can build your second RIDE free*! Unleash your inner car customizer with this special offer, June 19 and 20, 2010.



And be sure to bring dad in to meet famed car customizers Chip Foose and Fireball Tim Lawrence, who will be in RIDEMAKERZ® for photos and autographs on June 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

This is How We Roll

Rocker panels and a full size car decorate the totally garage themed store

RIDEMAKERZ® has one FUN website!!! Click Here...

Check it out....You can even host a RIDEMAKERZ® Bash. Coolest. Party. Ever.

Build Your Ride

Chip Foose, the legendary car designer and host of TLC's Overhaulin' is a really nice guy and a great example of what a role model should be. Thanks for all your help, Chip!

This is a awesome way to spend an afternoon!

Ride The Talk

Thank you Larry Andreini, RIDEMAKERZ® ZEO. It was a pleasure meeting you!

My son hasn't stopped playing with his car... you have a huge hit on your hands!!!

* Offer good on body of equal or lesser value. Free RIDE offer includes freewheel street Chassiz, stock Wheelz and stock Treadz. Additional accessories not included. This offer is provided and fulfilled solely by RIDEMAKERZ® and is subject to change without notice. Restrictions apply. Disney is not responsible for the fulfillment of this offer.

Disclosure- I was not paid for this post. I was invited to the store opening and my son was generously given a car to build and take home.

SeaWorld Blue Horizons

Looking for something to do this Memorial Day Weekend?

Spend time with your family at SeaWorld

Now through Dec. 31st, 2010 SeaWorld is offering $5.00 childrens tickets (up to 12 years old) with each adult ticket purchased online
(for more info click here)

The newest show Blue Horizons opens Saturday May 29th 2010

Also, you won't want to miss Into The Blue Fireworks
8:50pm or 9:50pm most nights check schedule .

My families' hands-down favorite show is Shamu Rocks an after dark show with Lazers and Rock n Roll Music, it's sure to be your favorite too!

See my other post on SeaWorld's Summer Nights here

More about our trips to Sea World here

Before you go, check out some Top Tips from SeaWorld Insiders

SeaWorld Cares: $5 Kids Tickets Are Here!

Summer is the perfect time for reconnecting with family and friends and making memories that will last a lifetime. This summer, SeaWorld is rolling out an offer that comes at the perfect time for summer vacations and allows families to make a difference for wildlife conservation.

Through the SeaWorld Cares offer, now through Dec. 31, with each full-paid, SeaWorld single-day, adult admission purchased online, any child age 12 and under gets a $5 admission, all of which goes to fund non-profit organizations that are working right now on wildlife conservation projects. The offer is good for SeaWorld San Diego, as well as SeaWorld parks in Orlando, Fla. and San Antonio. Families even can choose which wildlife conservation effort receives their donation. Complete details are available at http://www.seaworldcares.com/.

For a few pictures of our trips to SeaWorld go to my Flickr page:

Click Here and Click Here

Photo credit: SeaWorld San Diego

SeaWorld San Diego senior veterinarian, Dr. Todd Schmitt, conducts a medical examination of a harbor seal rescued after it was abandoned by its mother. Once the pup is older and able to forage for fish, he will be returned back to the ocean.

With ‘SeaWorld Cares’ offer, 100 percent of each child’s ticket sold goes to
conservation organization of choice.

For more information about SeaWorld San Diego, visit http://www.seaworldsandiego.com/ or call (800) 25-SHAMU.

Entertaining Your Kids - Summer Series - The Greatest Show On Earth Part II

When asked if my family would like to go to the Circus, we adjusted our clown noses and "stepped right up". As I shared before (read more) I haven't been to a Ringling Brothers Circus since I was nine, now that Nick is nine the timimng couldn't be more perfect. Our day started early as we watched the elephants eat breakfast and have a bath a "Pachyderm Scrub Down", if you will. We met and chated with Libby Morris, senior animal specialist. Libby, mother of 2, spends so much time with her "other kids, the elephants" they have become a part of her family. Thanks Libby for spending time with us!!! And thanks Jennifer for giving my son memories he can share with his children. This was a very special day!

That is Nick feeding the elephants!!!

They were so gentle and playful.

After feeding the elephants, they were best friends with Nick!

The show was fantastic....

Yes, even HappyHourMom had to get into the act

with this cutiepie~wink. (no comments please... hubby took the picture)

So.... any other circus people out there?

Share your memories of the circus with us. I want to hear about it, and if you've never been....what are you waiting for???