InPark Magazine: SeaWorld Orlando unveiled plans for its latest attraction planned to open in spring 2025: the Arctic Flying Theater. This new experience invites families to soar over icy landscapes, dive beneath frozen waters and come face-to-face with some of the planet’s most magnificent creatures.
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This feels a lot like Soarin' at Disney World. I'm curious to find out if it will be the exact same kind of ride or if they will put a big twist on it. In recent years, Seaworld has continued to develop more and more rides and attractions, which have certainly made it a more common spot. This is important because more guests brings more funds that can be used for animal care and facilities. Guests also love to visit all of the animals at Seaworld, and they can learn a lot while they are there. There is a specific building you can go through that has a bunch of fish as well as manatees and sea turtles who were harmed in the wild but were rescued and brought to SeaWorld for rehabilitation. It's sad to see the scars and injueries that they live with, knowing they can never live in the wild again, but it is very educational. They teach about how you can make a difference and what things you should/should not to when interacting with wildlife to help protect these animals.
I understand the hype of a new attraction, but I also sort of don’t understand the hype around this being “first of its kind” – I might not be understanding it fully (I looked around beyond the article to try to understand it a little more but still) but it just seems like a (very good/cool) movie in “a theater that uses rigging to lift seats into the projection of a film, creating the illusion of flight,” which is pretty cool but also feels like something that has been done elsewhere. Still, very cool! I might be totally wrong and it might be brand new. Also, I do really like how they emphasize education and research – it’s great that guests can be having an amusement park experience but also learning things and also knowing that their ticket money is going towards a good cause, at least partially. I always loved the Omnimax giant cinema at the Carnegie Science Center when I was a kid, so there’s a special place in my heart for educational films about nature; I remember seeing some arctic-themed films at the Omnimax which makes this article feel a little nostalgic to me.
(I forgot to tag my name this was posted by Ella S)
In a world where digital media has consumed our lives, this is something that I’m shocked hasn’t really been introduced yet. Yes, there’s Soarin’ at Disney World, but the areas in that ride are as remote as the Arctic. These types of things remind me of the saying you hear from older people: “Why do we need to actually pay to go there? You can go there, just look it up. The world is at your fingertips.” I think Penguin Trek is going to be great, finally shedding light on the parts that people don’t normally look at. There’s a lot of learning that can be done on this ride, which the makers seem to prioritize. I think the importance of linking entertainment with education is rapidly increasing, which is why I love hearing about how we’re advancing technology to fit those needs.
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