The first baby lesser anteater born at Discovery Cove receives her daily check-up by animal trainer Higinio Covarrubias at the park. Born Tuesday, Sept. 16, via c-section, the baby needed critical care from the training staff as the mom showed little interest in her newborn. Trainers provided supplemental bottle feedings (every four hours) while successfully…
While we tend to focus on Orlando happenings (after all, we are Orlando Attractions Magazine), there are some events that we just can’t pass up covering. One such event is Howl-O-Scream (pronounced like Halloween) at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, roughly one to one-and-a-half hours from Orlando. While I have been to Halloween Horror Nights at…
Wheel of Fortune’s Wheelmobile, the show’s promotional vehicle, will be at SeaWorld tomorrow and Sunday searching for contestants for the show’s Dec. 11 to 15 taping at SeaWorld’s Bayside Stadium. Anyone interested in being a contestant is invited to attend. Fans will have the opportunity to fill out an application, play a simulated version of…
From pumpkin fishes to friendly sea witches, Halloween meets the sea this October during SeaWorld’s Halloween Spooktacular. Children will be able to dance with an ice DJ, learn from a school of fish, and play with a sea fairy. Offering more than two-million pieces of trick-or-treat sweets, the Spooktacular will bring children’s “fantaseas” to life…
I headed to SeaWorld last night to experience SeaWorld AfterDark before it goes away this year. (It ends next Monday, Sept. 1.) Here are some of the interesting things I saw. As you enter the park you’ll see this sign advertising their new Quick Queue service. For $29.95, you can have a one-time front of…
There are a couple of new options at Busch Gardens in Tampa. Both may be a time savings. Quick Queue Quick Queue allows access through the express entrances the major rides for $24.95 per person. There are limited quantities available daily. SeaWorld Orlando also has this new option. BGTmobile.com Now you can check the latest…
Volume 1, Issue 5 of Orlando Attractions Magazine has arrived and is now for sale! Be sure to visit our Volume 1, Issue 5 page for a free page-by-page preview of the entire issue. Articles inside Volume 1, Issue 5 page include: • Nighttime Activities at the Orlando Parks The party’s just getting started as…
SeaWorld animal care specialist Devi Wise bottle feeds a days-old orphan manatee at the parks’ Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. The female calf – just two-feet long and barely tipping the scale at 21 pounds – was rescued from Ormond Beach on Wednesday. She is the third orphan manatee in two months to come under…
I didn’t make it to SeaWorld until late afternoon yesterday. I was just in time for the rain unfortunately. Of course it’s Florida in the summer, so we expected the rain, but we hoped it would stop. It didn’t. But I was able to get a few pictures and see the new Bayside Ski Jam…
On July 4 and 5, SeaWorld will celebrate the red, white and blue with the “Let Freedom Ring” fireworks show, featuring a giant projection screen illuminating some of America’s greatest historical moments set to patriotic music and narration. Guests will have the opportunity to experience the 12-minute show twice nightly at 9:15 and 10:45 p.m. SeaWorld…
