Category: Travel and Tourism
my friend has a path to sea world Orlando, and i may wind up gettin a tickit to go all day for a day.
The only thing I know of is 4 rolercaster rides and that you can pet the dolphins. I called seaworld and asked them. They didn't give me anymore info then I already had.
what else is at that park for a blind person?
The shows are out, I wouldn't be able to hear them as i have a hearing impairment (besides that, not sure how much a blind person would get outa somethin like that anyway)
Thanks all!
Sea World is kind of a harsh place for the whales and dolphins that live there, so I'd encourage you to do some research about the well-being of their animals before you buy a ticket there.
That said, there's often feeding and petting times for various animals, plenty of coasters and land-rides, but a lot of that park is visual: the shows, the aquarium tanks and so on.
I think I"m gonna pass on this one.
Sounds like i'd be better off spenidn my money elseware.
I can't wait to go this summer. I'm going to the one in San Antonio, Texas though.
Write back and let me know how it goes, or PM me.
I've personally never been to Seaworld. We have one here in Australia, in the State of Queensland and apparently it's pretty cool. I can't afford to go but knowing now there's a Seaworld everywhere in US, that might be something I'd do one day.
I went to sea world in Florida the summer after graduating from high school. That was the first and only time I ever touched a dolphin briefly before it swam away. Five dollars for a bucket of fish to feed them? Outrageously expensive. damn tourist trap, that place is ... I don't think I'll be going there again anytime soon.
I know this isn't very relevant in terms of Sea WOrld, but I visited Disneyland, and it is very acessible. Most of the rides are thrilling and there is audio description for practically everything. Not how much you would enjoy it, and know it's not like Seaworld since there are no dolphins or whales, but just putting it out there as an accessible and blind-friendly amusement park.
I went to Sea World in San Antonio a couple of summers ago and it was a blast. Granted I was with family who narrated all the shows. We sat close enough that I could see Shamoo. She's pretty big after all. lol
We also got splashed by her antics. That was pretty cool, except for my sister in law whose phone got drenched. lol
If your totally blind and hearing impaired though, I'm not sure how much fun it would be.
$5.00 is not expensive for a chance to feed dolphins or whales. Remember that there hundreds sometimes thousands of visitors who go through every day who want to feed the wales and dolphins, if it was too cheep then everyone could do it and that would be too much fish. It would either make the wales sick if they were so used to captivity that their natural mechanisms for knowing when to stop eating had become ineffective or if they got full and people kept throwing fish in there they would go to waste and make tank sanatation harder. Also, it's sort of a once in a life time thing, and $5.00 is not that much, considering that parking is probably between 10 and 20 dollars there. As to how the animals are treated, yes, the standards aren't as good as they could be, but I'm not going to let my blind child miss out on the chance to touch a wale, something he would probably never ever get to do if marine parks didn't exist, and he certainly could never see one in the wild. We will never get such places shut down, so the best thing to do is to advocate for the highest standards at such parks. Also, some parks participate in really important scientific and conservation efforts that help wales in the wild, so it's sort of a mixed issue. As long as you have someone to describe, then the shows are great, and without someone, the shows are still good. For someone who is deaf and blind though, I don't know if it would be worth it. The rides at some marine parks are as good as the rides at primarily ride based amusement parks, and the rides at other marine parks are a joke, so it's good to research your particular venue choices and see what the rides are like, how many there are and see if anyone has reviewed the rides specifically. I've been to Marine Land which is in Canada, and that was pretty good. They have places specifically where you can pet the baluga wales and some of the orkas. The rides are ok, one rolocoaster, I think it's called the dragon is really great if they still have that. HTH