SeaWorld | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-09

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00:02:52 1 History
00:07:05 2 Locations
00:07:14 2.1 SeaWorld San Diego
00:08:10 2.2 SeaWorld Orlando
00:09:21 2.3 SeaWorld San Antonio
00:10:21 2.4 SeaWorld Abu Dhabi
00:11:09 3 SeaWorld Ohio sale, rebirth, and eventual transition
00:14:26 4 Orcas
00:17:41 4.1 iBlackfish/i film
00:20:40 5 Animal rescue and rehabilitation program
00:22:14 6 Response to drive hunt capture allegations
00:23:34 7 See also



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SeaWorld is a United States theme park chain headquartered out of Orlando, Florida. It is a proprietor of marine mammal parks, oceanariums, animal theme parks, and rehabilitation centers owned by SeaWorld Entertainment (one park will be owned and operated by Miral under a license). The parks feature orcas, sea lion, and dolphin shows and zoological displays featuring various other marine animals. There are operations located within the United States in Orlando, Florida; San Diego, California; San Antonio, Texas; later outside the United States such as Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and previously Aurora, Ohio. On March 5, 2007, SeaWorld Orlando announced addition of the Aquatica water park to its adventure park, which already includes SeaWorld and Discovery Cove.

  
SeaWorld parks also feature thrill rides, including roller coasters like Kraken and Manta at SeaWorld Orlando, and Steel Eel and The Great White at SeaWorld San Antonio. Journey to Atlantis, a combination roller coaster and splashdown ride, can be found at all three parks. The parks were owned by Busch Entertainment Corp., the family entertainment division of Anheuser-Busch, which is best known for brewing beer. In 2009, Busch Entertainment was sold to the Blackstone Group and subsequently renamed SeaWorld Entertainment. In 2013, Blackstone sold 37% of SeaWorld Entertainment in an initial public offering and sold its remaining 21% holding to Zhonghong Zhuoye in 2017.The parks' marine mammal collections have been the subject of public debate over the years. The 2013 documentary film Blackfish, produced after one SeaWorld Orlando trainer was killed by one of the park's orcas, led to initial decreases in attendance, profits and the company's share price. In 2018, SeaWorld's attendance and revenue began to recover with the addition of new rides, shows, and animal exhibits at its parks, as well as increased marketing about the parks' conservation and rescue efforts. It is a major theme park competitor to Six Flags, Cedar Fair, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts and Universal Parks & Resorts.
In 2016, SeaWorld announced that they would end their in-park Orca breeding program and eventually phase out their theatrical Orca whale shows altogether (due to state legislation in California that banned shows using orcas) starting in San Diego. It was announced later in the same year, that SeaWorld would build their first park without killer whales and outside of the United States in Abu Dhabi, UAE.