I've never had a bad experience with this park since I started coming here in 2010. Amazingly I like this park more than the ones at Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando more.

I went to Seaworld Orlando on a spring break Sunday in April and I was still to get on each major coaster besides Manta and JTA multiple times with minimal waits within a few hours. Manta's wait did get up to 70 minutes but that mainly due to the coaster's very slow operations. I have a Seaworld San Diego platinum pass which I believe is the cheapest pass besides Seaworld San Antonio. I loved that I still got free preferred parking at the park as well as discounts on meals. Overall I did love the park. Beautiful park with vibrant colors everywhere under the Florida sunshine. Hope to get back soon.

I haven’t been to Universal yet, but as of now, this is ever so slightly my favorite park in Florida. I slightly prefer it to BGT because Iron Gwazi was closed for me last year, and Mako was amazing, but I wouldn’t be surprised to BGT overtake it after I hopefully get on Iron Gwazi this summer

This review nails it. I haven't been since February 2022. Couple things: 1) paddle boats by Mako finale are worthwhile with a great view if you can avoid the hottest part of the day. 2) I start the day with Kraken marathon until I get kicked off by arriving crowds, then Mako marathon, then everything else, then Manta in afternoon after the crowds have moved on from the front of the park. This park is my #1 in Florida because the quality rides per hour ratio is unmatched. A dark ride would be great here, but 60-90 minutes in that underwater restaurant by Mako totally rejuvenates you on a hot day. I can't believe they let us buy San Antonio platinum pass to access Orlando. One of the last great free lunches out there.

Project Penguin has been confirmed to be a Surf Coaster with Friday's teaser, confirming it to be a modernised stand-up.

The last time I visited this park was when they first announced Kraken. Now it’s pretty much a B&M show room. I love B&M but keep sleeping on this park whenever I visit Orlando. Excellent review, btw. I’m definitely going to keep your recommendations in mind the next time I (hopefully) visit

Hot take: SeaWorld Orlando is my second favorite park in Florida, below Islands of Adventure and above Busch Gardens (I know a lot of people don’t agree but I stand by it)

I used to love this park as a kid (10+ years ago) but my visit last month was disappointing. I loved Mako and as there was very little queue I got around 10 rides. But Kraken was pretty rough, and I was unlucky that Manta re-opened from maintenance days later. But the main thing was the staff and the SBNO attractions on weekdays. I went with my young nieces and the majority of rides for them were closed, only 2 of the Sesame Street rides ran. The ride crews were great (especially Mako) but the staff in shops and restaurants were super slow and disinterested. Also we didn't realise that balloons aren't allowed into the park, and before we could say anything the security guard pulled a pocket knife & cut free the Disney balloons we had bought the day before, which we would've happily ran back to the car instead. Totally different experience at Busch Gardens where every kids ride was open on a weekday and staff interactions were all good. SeaWorld just felt a bit neglected in comparison.

When I visited about 2 months ago, I also visited Busch Gardens Tampa on a single 2-park ticket. Maybe it was the off-season, it was $89/for a 2-day visit, one day at each park! What a fantastic deal. I also visited Universal, but that was more than double the price and crowds. This value proposition of SeaWorld + Busch Gardens was great, especially factoring in the lines. Surprisingly this combo was the best deal of all the parks I visited in the Southeast USA.

I really like Sea World. They need to build a dark ride or two, but it's a great park for groups with people who aren't into thrill rides. They aren't waiting too long on the thrill junkies with the short waits, and there are a lot of shows, exhibits, and other entertainment to enjoy. I'm not exactly happy about the stand up announcement, but maybe it'll turn out alright. A dark ride or two (Sesame Street seems like a no brainer) and a proper mid thrill level family coaster would really round out the lineup.

I'm so excited that I get to visit this park at the end of November! I have visited once, but coasters scared me then so I didn't ride any of them. I have now learned to love coasters, and am now a total roller coaster enthusiast!

I’ve been to all the major parks in Florida, and I put this second. Mako is so good, the food is great, the lines are short, and the shows are awesome. This is over BGT, mainly because the food lines at BGT were terrible.

2:05 Made this video more than a few days ago eh? Confirmed B&M Stand-up Surf Coaster. CRAZY!

Sea World Orlando is by far the best Sea World Sea World Park. The lines for everything was a walk on when I went and I went over spring brake which is insane. The collection may not be super big but everything you can enjoy. Mako is overated in my opinion but I much prefer Ice Breaker. Kraken ha ok intensity but is still a smoot hB&M for everyone to enjoy. And Matna is such a good flyer. Journey always has those longest lines but I don't ride it much anyways. Still a great place if you want to hop on something.

Great video as always. Love the attention to detail. Not been to this park since 1999 but I’ll be taking my kids here one day. As I’m based in Europe, it feels like blackfish has shifted this parks focus from here. Personally I don’t know where I stand on animal captivity.

I haven't been here in a while, but I feel that this park just doesn't stack up against Busch Gardens Tampa in terms of rides or animals. Also, the layout is quite frustrating. That said, it's visually great and I enjoy it.

One of my favorite parks due to the quality over quantity focus. Great lineup and I haven’t been since 2018. Also the food is one of the best I’ve had at a park. I’m a big fan of voyagers smokehouse when I’m there. Plus the lack of lines is great

I did get to visit this park at its best in 2011, and it would've easily been my # 1 park then. Downgrades in the shows would follow, but the heart of the park is still there, and 2 great coasters have been added. It's still among my favorite parks. I never visit around summer, since the year round operations make it the perfect place to visit when schools are in session, with most of my days on weekdays for the shortest lines. The downside is that Kraken has sometimes been closed for me on a weekday here and there, just because of low demand for that ride on a slow day, and Atlantis is usually closed from New Years into March. I have seen Manta with short or no waits quite often, but that's probably because of when I go. It's not super quick operations, but much faster than I've seen with any other flyer. With Mako, I have multiple videos of the train dispatching while the other one is dropping under the lift, looking like they're colliding, so you are so right about how great those operations are.

I would love to visit this park. Ride Mako and Ice Breaker. It would be a great addition to Canada's Wonderland. Also think the winged one would be good too . I certainly hope they serve Funnel cakes here. Great review.

Love that you mentioned the great hack to use San Antonio for cheaper season passes. That's my default option anyway, but it's what I've had friends do in the past who live in the midwest without a seaworld park

Nice review! I’m going to this park for the first time in early April and incredibly excited for it! Do you think Pipeline will be open by then?

I'm going there in a few weeks. Bought a deal w/ bush gardens both parks for 135 + 2 free meals! Can't wait! Great vid!

We get free admission here working at universal and it awesome to just pop in from time to time. The layout is annoying, but you get used to it. The food is amazing, especially during festivals. This stems back from the Busch days when the chain used to win best food awards. I didn’t even know Antarctica was closed lol. The ride portion was always terrible, but the exhibit is great. Wild Artic I used to only ride for one reason, and that’s to laugh at unknowing first time riders reactions for how insanely rough it was. One part in particular. During howl o scream though, “beneath the ice” was the headlining maze and held in the wild artic que. i remember going before blackfish and it used to be packed quite a bit, so if people still want to stay away, fine with me. Lol I love this park. They also have the best Xmas event in Orlando.

This Orlando park holds its in quality and attendance. It actually pulls in more people annually than Knott's Berry Farm. I mention this because it too, is a year round park. I agree that a dark ride or two would round it out. I suspect the reason not more flat rides is because it's a cheap cliche' of what you find @ the other 2-3-4 parks. Zamperla is very well represented. There are enough other unique things like penguins, sharks & hammy dolphins LOL! Nice selfie with penguin. Are the tours during park hrs. or before park opens? I did Magic of our steam trains tour WDW. It's before the park opens, but extends past by 30 mins. It's really cool going back to roundhouse. I think I got to blow the whistle.

I would definitely go to seaworld next time I'm in Orlando. Last time I went to Orlando, I did universal and the wizarding world areas are great, but the lines are insane. 30 minutes waiting to get a butter beer, 2.5 hours for the hagrid rollercoaster ride. To me, no ride in the world is worth waiting more than an hour for AT MOST. Also what is missing here is a cost comparison between SeaWorld and universal or disney. Even as a Florida resident getting a steep discount, Universal was expensive. A flash pass is a must, and i think that at a 50 percent discount it was something like $300 per person for a single day with the ticket + flash pass. For out of state that's $600 for a single person for one day? That's way too expensive

Kraken is kinda rough in back rows. You were warned. Ice breaker was running one train last Friday btw but I mean it’s quite a thigh crusher.

I had 5 minute waits on mako and kraken at most!

I was there around the time you were. My complaints are the app wait times never matched the actual posted wait times at the entrance which was often wrong anyway. I also went at opening 9 am one day and nothing was open but Manta. Their website also had incorrect hours for the weekends, said it closed at 10pm when in fact it closed at 9pm. They really need better communication with their customers in my opinion as they are currently doing it all wrong.

Castles 'n' Coasters in Phoenix, AZ never has its rides get lines because people go for the golf course and even on the hot days, people cool off in the arcade. I would guess that on hot days, the worst line would be on the log ride, but not a long wait.

I just went to this park a few wills ago for the first time and I love this park. It’s Now my second favorite behind IOA. Mako is soooo good.

This is an awesome review! Could I maybe use apart of it in a video im working on?

One time during the halloween event, the ops on mako were getting 30 second disbatches. They were sending trains as soon as the first train cleared the drop

I went in October of 2021 and I enjoyed it. Wish I would have ridden Manta but I marathoned Mako since we have nothing like it here in So Cal. Kraken was pretty awesome too. Ice breaker wasn't open when I went but man I wish West Coast Racers had that layout

When I was there in April Kraken was routinely sitting in the station for 3 minutes

Any idea if a SW San Diego Platinum Passe still offers the discounted quick queues for the orlando parks? If so is it just discounted for the passholder? Or everyone in they're party? Any idea :)

On my most recent visit I had to wait 1 hr for Kraken because it was running 1 train

I have had incredible days here, but also had days where 3+ major rides were closed and employees had no interest in anything.

I went there in 2008 and 2010.

Can't bring myself to go while they still keep killer whales and dolphins in captivity. I guess I have a low tolerance for that kind of thing, but seeing that would just bring down any joy I'd experience from their awesome coaster lineup.

Speaking of Sesame Street, what is the best Elmo ride/attraction you’ve come across?

I was a ride op on mako and infinity and I can barely see myself a few times in this video, it's wacky lol

I love this park. It's a park where the line between "theming", landscaping, and exhibits is blurred so it's really hard to comment on the theming specifically but it's unquestionable that the park just looks fantastic. While it doesn't have as many exhibits at BGT, I like the exhibits better. And I'm not offended by the shows so I enjoy them very well. The rides aren't extensive in number but the quality is high and as you mention the lines are short. I personally slightly prefer this over BGT but it's more because of the exhibits. If you just look at rides BGT has the edge. My main complaint is the food. It can be good but it's a bit of a mixed bag if you ask me. And I tend to get better value at Disney and Universal than at SWO and that shouldn't ever be said.

There are always discounts if you sign up for their email list!

Do JTA and Kraken currently open with the park alongside Manta & Mako?

Funspots lines are like this o. Streoids

It’s a shame that the Seaworld parks are on some peoples shit lists because I find this park absolutely beautiful and very fun

Hi! If I was to buy an annual pass, which pass includes other parks in the chain?

But do you think it's the 4th best park OVERALL in Florida(15:28)?

"after the success of their San Diego and *Ohio* parks" * cries in Ohioan *

How is this park and Busch Gardens Tampa with tripods

I can't get an answer from SeaWorld, lol. Does anyone know if I would be able to buy a San Antonio Platinum pass but activate it at BG Williamsburg? I would actually be using it mostly in Orlando but I am planning to go to Williamsburg before my first Orlando SeaWorld visit. I live in PA but the Sesame Park is nearly as long a ride as going to VA for me. And I have no desire to go there. I might just buy through BGW to be safe 🤷‍♀

Spectacular !

@ 3:00 How do they know where you reside if you don’t tell them, and how is where you live their business? Are they the C.I.A.? At six flags, one’s home park is merely the park where one buys and activates the pass from, regardless of how far away one lives. But even that’s whack; they means this year Six Flags Great Adventure is my home park, and I live in Vancouver Canada!

i’m going to sea world on tuesday

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Shhhhh, don’t tell people about the short lines!

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Blackfish ruined Seaworld.

This park sucks!!!!! Other than the shows its just a handful of rides and gift shops. Bout 26-30 years ago was PEAK seaworld.