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Family alleging racist encounter at SeaWorld-owned Sesame Place hires Ben Crump

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Black family who alleges their young children faced racial discrimination from a costumed performer at Sesame Place Philadelphia earlier this month has retained civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is calling on its parent company, Orlando-based SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, to make amends.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida theme park water rides: Rounding up the wet set

ORLANDO, Fla. — News surrounding an impending arrival of Pirate River Quest at Legoland Florida and the eventual transition of Magic Kingdom’s Splash Mountain into Tiana’s Bayou Adventure has given us water on the brain, but in a good way.

Orlando Sentinel

SeaWorld Entertainment Appoints Michelle Adams As Finance Chief

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc (NYSE:SEAS) has appointed Michelle F. Adams as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective June 17. Adams previously served as the CFO of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. She replaces Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy, who previously announced her intention to retire from SeaWorld as CFO effective December 31, 2022, or upon…

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Matthew McConaughey’s emotional White House briefing speech in full

Actor Matthew McConaughey delivered an emotional address at the White House where he shared details about the schoolaged victims of the Uvalde shooting massacre

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Orlando theme parks are short-staffed. What does that mean for summer season?

From the outside, summer at Orlando, Florida’s theme parks will probably look like business as usual: sunburnt tourists, intimidating lines and families making lifelong memories.

Orlando Sentinel

SeaWorld swims to the surface with new coaster Ice Breaker this summer

TAMPA, Fla. — Like its sister park Busch Gardens, SeaWorld Orlando also had a coaster ready to open in 2020 and kept it on ice for two years.

Tribune News Service

Wayward sea lion is back — this time found in a San Diego storm drain

SAN DIEGO — Meet Freeway. He's a teenage mischief maker, a land-loving sea lion fishing for freedom.

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SeaWorld Entertainment Adopts New Buyback Program; CFO Plans To Retire

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc (NYSE:SEAS) said its Board of Directors approved a $250.0 million share repurchase program. Under the program, the company is authorized to repurchase shares through open market purchases, privately-negotiated transactions, or otherwise. During 1Q22, the company repurchased 1.5 million shares, and subsequent to March 31, 2022, it repurchased an additional 2.0 million…

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Disney tells investors Florida can’t dissolve special district without paying debt

MIAMI — As Florida legislators were rushing through passage of a bill to repeal the special district that governs Walt Disney World last week, they failed to notice an obscure provision in state law that says the state could not do what legislators were doing — unless the district’s bond…

Miami Herald

Seaworld killer whale dies during horror live show as blood spouts from blowhole

Kandu V became the second killer whale to die at the San Diego theme park within a year, after male whale Orky died just three days after Kandu gave birth to her calf.

Daily Record

Horror death of SeaWorld killer whale Kandu V left spouting blood from blowhole

Kandu was fatally injured during a show at SeaWorld, and refused to leave her 11-month-old baby's side as she died of a haemorrhage

Daily Mirror

A (figurative) dive into SeaWorld’s pools for National Dolphin Day

ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld Orlando visitors frequently see the theme park’s dolphins in midair, showing off their athletic skills. But that presentation is only a sliver of the dolphins’ everyday routine. In honor of National Dolphin Day, which was April 14, we spent time with the animals and Michael Hunt,…

Orlando Sentinel

SeaWorld vs. Six Flags: Which Theme Park Stock is a Better Buy?

Easing of COVID-19 restrictions has allowed amusement parks to resume operation over the past year. Since most of them are expected to operate at full capacity in the near term, and the foot traffic is expected to increase, prominent players in this space, SeaWorld (SEAS) and Six Flags (SIX), should…

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Stock Wars: Cedar Fair Vs. SeaWorld Entertainment

Benzinga’s weekly Stock Wars matches up two leaders in a major industry sector with the goal of determining which company is the better investment.

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Officials: Florida manatees eat 'every scrap' in food trial

One thing wildlife officials have learned during the winter experimental feeding program to help manatees avoid starvation is that if you feed them, they will come

Orlando Sentinel

Family sues SeaWorld, claiming assault at Orlando park

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Nassau County, Florida, family is suing SeaWorld for more than $100,000 after claiming they were assaulted by another group of guests last May and that security staff at the Orlando park did not help prevent it or assist them properly afterward.

Orlando Sentinel

As Dollywood workers get free tuition, Orlando theme parks largely lag in offering same benefit

Ahead of opening for the 2022 season, Tennessee theme park Dollywood announced earlier this month it would provide free tuition to all workers.

Orlando Sentinel

SeaWorld set revenue record in 2021 as visitation recovered

SeaWorld Entertainment on Thursday reported record-setting revenue in fiscal year 2021 and the quarter ending the year, continuing an upward trend in the company’s earnings and attendance as its parks rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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This Theme Park Stock Has A Better 1-Year Return Than Tesla, Ford, Microsoft, Apple, Disney, Netflix And Amazon

Since 1959, SeaWorld Entertainment Inc (NYSE: SEAS) has entertained millions of families, and over the last year, has been the home of marked returns for investors.

The Independent UK

Sesame Street theme park to open in San Diego next month

A Sesame Street theme park is set to open next month in San Diego

The Independent UK

SeaWorld ramps up care for threatened Florida manatees

The SeaWorld theme park in Orlando is opening new pools to care for Florida manatees that are dying because of starvation due to poor water quality in their normal habitat

Tribune News Service

SeaWorld is looking to acquire owner of Knott’s Berry Farm and more than a dozen other parks

SeaWorld Entertainment has made an unsolicited offer to purchase longtime theme park company Cedar Fair, which owns a dozen amusement parks, including Knott's Berry Farm in Orange County.

Orlando Sentinel

SeaWorld's Ice Breaker roller coaster debuts Feb. 18 in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld Orlando says its Ice Breaker roller coaster will open to the public on Feb. 18.

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