Aquatica Water Park (Orlando, Florida)

Aquatica is a water park owned by Busch Entertainment Corporation and located near Orlando, Florida. The park opened in March 2008 and is 1 of 3 parks in the area that are from the Busch Entertainment Corporation. The others are SeaWorld Orlando and Discovery Cove. The parks theme is the Southern Pacific and is what Sea World calls a "natural" park. The water park is Sea Worlds rival to Disney's 2 water parks and Universals Wet N Wild. The main ride here is the Dolphin Plunge water slides. This ride has two enclosed tube slides pass through a pool containing a pod of Commerson's dolphins. The time you spend in the pool is very short so you have to be ...  Read the complete review

I have been lucky enough to visit Aquatica three times now since it's open in March of 2008. Not bad going since I live in the UK! The first time I visited the park was actually before it even opened as part of a work trip where they took a group of us to show us what to expect once it opened. It was quite a strange experience being in a water park and there not actually being any water in any of the slides. In fact we stood overlooking the park from the top of the slides so that our guide could point out where everything would be and I remember thinking how good it already looked (this was during December 2007 so not long until it opened!). I was quite excited as I ...  Read the complete review

Aquatica is Seaworld's water park, it's directly across the road from Seaworld and when you're on the higher rides there you can see the slides from the park. == Attractions in Aquatica == ===Dolphin Plunge === Here you slide down a tube without the help of any mats or tubes. The start of the ride is dark as the tunnel is fully covered, part way down you suddenly emerge into the light as the tunnel becomes transparent. At this point you actually go under the water and through a dolphin tank, which contains black and white Commerson's Dolphins. You are supposed to be able to view the dolphins as you're whizzing ...  Read the complete review

Aquatica is the newly opened water park situated in Florida, it is situuated right next to Sea World and has great accessibility. I had the privelage of going here just last month when I went to Florida as a holiday. I had heard from a friend about how good Aquatica was and he wasn't wrong. It is predominantly a waterpark at heart and there is a whole range of water rides available to choose from as a result. There is the iconic slide that allows you to go through a dolphin exhibition so that when you are going underwater on the slide you can see dolphins! The park itself I found was very well cleaned and I loved how there was always something to do with some ...  Read the complete review

Sea World is much more than just a place to go visit - it's a place that makes you aware of another realm to this world that we live in. It's a learning experience; you can see various ocean and river mammals, plus all manner of fishes, and learn about their natural habitat, diet, etc. Of course, the highlight of any trip to Sea World is Shamu - it is amazing to see how graceful this huge mammal can be, and to realise it has only been a few decades since we mistakenly thought these gentle creatures as dangerous to man, and hunted him almost to extinction in the cruelest of ways. Sea World is one of the foremost agencies involved in rescuing ocean wildlife, and has a ...  Read the complete review