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Telephone Number: 800/700-7786
Hours:
Open early Mar to late Nov. Days of operation vary. Open at 10am on operating days, closing times vary. Call ahead or check website for current information
Website:
http://www.seaworld.com
Location Information:
16 miles northwest of downtown San Antonio at Ellison Dr. and Westover Hills Blvd
Description:
Leave it to Texas to provide Shamu, the performing killer whale, with his most spacious digs: At 250 acres, this SeaWorld is the largest of the Anheuser-Busch-owned parks, which also makes it the largest marine theme park in the world. If you're a theme park fan, you're likely to find the walk-through habitats where you can watch penguins, sea lions, sharks, tropical fish, and flamingos do their thing fascinating, but the aquatic acrobatics at such stadium shows as Shamu Adventure, combining live action and video close-ups, and Viva, where divers and synchronized swimmers frolic with whales and dolphins, might be even more fun. You needn't get frustrated just looking at all that water because there are loads of places here to get wet. The Lost Lagoon has a huge wave pool and water slides aplenty, and the Texas Splashdown flume ride and the Rio Loco river-rapids ride also offer splashy fun. Younger children can cavort in Shamu's Happy Harbor and the "L'il Gators" section of the Lost Lagoon or take a ride on the Shamu Express kiddie coaster. Nonaquatic activities abound, too. You can ride the Steel Eel, a huge "hypercoaster" that starts out with a 150-foot dive at 65 mph, followed by several bouts of weightlessness, or Great White, the Southwest's first inverted coaster -- which means riders will go head-over-heels during 2,500 feet of loops (don't eat before either of them). It's well worth sticking around for the shows offered in the evening during the peak summer season or the Halloween activities held on October weekends -- if you're not too tuckered from the rides. Review by Frommers Copyright © 1999-2008 Frommers.com all rights reserved.Contact Frommers advertisement Great Hotel Deals in San Antonio, TX
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