{"id":353761,"date":"2026-07-27T15:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353761\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T15:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:47:07","slug":"seaworld-orlando-shark-week-features-shows-education-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353761\/","title":{"rendered":"SeaWorld Orlando: Shark Week features shows, education, food"},"content":{"rendered":"

SeaWorld Orlando<\/a> is marking Shark Appreciation Week<\/a> with extra activities, including educational and conservation-centered experiences, at the theme park through Aug. 1.<\/p>\n

There will be daily aquarist talks at the park\u2019s Shark Shallows, with animal experts sharing shark facts and details on how the park cares for its animals. The sessions are scheduled for 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. through Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cPinkfong and Baby Shark\u2019s FIN-Tastic Adventure,\u201d a stage show featuring Baby Shark<\/a> and Pinkfong characters (plus meet-and-greets), continues through Sept. 7. This week, visitors can also get a photo with Sydney Shark, an old-school walk-around character, near the Shark Encounter attraction.<\/p>\n

On the food and beverage front, the park is selling MacAttack Shark Bites, Baby Shark Cookie Dippin\u2019 Dots, Shark Fin PB&J Sandwiches and more. The over-21 set can purchase the limited-time Shark Margarita at Sharks Underwater Grill bar.<\/p>\n

Annual passholders, Fun Card owners, military pass members and others can purchase a Guy Harvey<\/a> stock card for $5. Net proceeds support the Guy Harvey Foundation\u2019s shark conservation and research missions.<\/p>\n

SeaWorld is also noting that it\u2019s the 10-year anniversary of the opening of its shark-themed roller coaster, Mako<\/a>. The thrill ride has been the fastest (73 mph) and tallest coaster (peaking at 200 feet) in Orlando for a decade now.<\/p>\n

Close encounters: Kangaroos, wallabies meet the people of Animal Kingdom<\/a><\/p>\n

Times vary for these activities and can be verified on SeaWorld\u2019s app and website. The park also hosts non-shark keeper talks throughout the day. The park is in the midst of its Electric Ocean<\/a> promotion, which includes the \u201cHydro Surge\u201d stage show, Club SeaGlow dance party at Bayside Stadium, \u201cSea Lions Tonite\u201d comedy presentation, \u201cShamu\u2019s Light Up the Night\u201d show and the end-of-night \u201cIgnite\u201d fireworks and a new drone show.<\/p>\n

As always, the theme park offers Shark Encounter, a walk-through shark habitat that\u2019s included with regular admission, and Sharks Underwater Grill, a full-service restaurant with sealife views.<\/p>\n

SeaWorld deal is 1 day for $59.99, but 4 tickets must be purchased<\/a><\/p>\n

SeaWorld Orlando\u2019s one-day ticket sale<\/a>, offering admission for $59.99, ends Sunday. The purchases are date-specific and must be made online.<\/p>\n

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit seaworldorlando.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Email me at dbevil@orlandosentinel.com<\/a>. BlueSky: @themeparksdb. Threads account: @dbevil. X account: @themeparks. Subscribe to the Theme Park Rangers newsletter at orlandosentinel.com\/newsletters<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SeaWorld Orlando is marking Shark Appreciation Week with extra activities, including educational and conservation-centered experiences, at the theme…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[558,113,104,1563,28,29,114,266,115,1335,139,141,140,11384,554,2043,109,76686,76687,76688,76689,2411,106,1316,107],"class_list":["post-353761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-business","tag-education","tag-entertainment","tag-environment","tag-florida","tag-florida-news","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-pets-and-animals","tag-science","tag-seaworld","tag-social","tag-social-business","tag-social-entertainment","tag-social-theme-parks","tag-social-travel","tag-theme-parks","tag-things-to-do","tag-tourism","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}