Sea World Orlando - Animal Attractions

Wild Artic

You'll enter a frozen wonderland with ice walls nearly a half-inch thick upon your arrival at Base Station Wild Arctic -- a high-tech research station built by modern scientists around the creaky hull of a 19th century exploration ship. In and around the ship's remains you'll experience interactive stations that provide working vignettes of life in the Arctic with real-time computer communiqués and interaction with research base "scientists."

Manatee Rescue

Visit Manatee Rescue and immerse yourself in the underwater world of the Florida manatee. Manatees who live in this habitat were rescued by SeaWorld. Often, Manatee Rescue becomes a manatee halfway house, where these endangered animals receive care before being released back into Florida waters.

Pacific Point Preserve

Cavort with California sea lions and harbor seals as they climb, dive, swim, snooze and surf at Pacific Point Preserve! This 2-acre naturalistic setting is a re-creation of the spectacularly rugged northern Pacific coast beaches and grottos. During your visit, you can even attend a feeding session!

Penguin Encounter

Experience SeaWorld's slice of the Antarctic, the Penguin Encounter, while a 120-foot-long moving walkway transports you through this frozen wonderland. You can see more than 200 penguins -- including Rock-hopper, Gentoo and King -- and three species of flighted birds as they jump, slide and dive both above and below the water.

Shark Encounter

Travel through the world's largest, underwater acrylic tunnel and find yourself just inches away from dangerous predators in Shark Encounter. Slithery eels, frightening barracuda, venomous fish and toothy sharks make their home in this coral reef habitat.

Dolphin Nursery

Dolphin Nursery is home to new dolphin mothers and their calves. The nursery is one of the most popular attractions at the park and gives guests the rare opportunity to catch a glimpse of new dolphin mothers and their calves.

Stingray Lagoon

Stingray Lagoon, located at Key West at SeaWorld, is a 40,000-gallon habitat and one of the world's few such exhibits dedicated exclusively to stingrays. The habitat showcases up to 200 stingrays -- some spanning five feet in diameter -- and their guitarfish cousins. Here, guests may feed and even touch these graceful cartilaginous fish.

Turtle Point

At Turtle Point in Key West at SeaWorld, guests can see endangered and threatened species of sea turtles. These prehistoric-looking reptiles reside in a natural lagoon complete with a beach, sand dunes and indigenous plant life. SeaWorld Orlando has rescued and rehabilitated more than 300 sea turtles, ranging from tiny hatchlings to 4-foot-long leatherbacks.

Clydesdale Hamlet

"Clydesdale Hamlet" is home to SeaWorld's world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales. Guests can watch as the majestic eight-horse hitch is meticulously prepared for parades through the park. During daily posing and petting sessions, guests can also have their photo taken with a Clydesdale.