SeaWorld California
San Diego, CA
Busch Entertainment Corp.
Park News - (11/2/07) SeaWorld San Diego will soon light the night with the 38th annual 320 foot tall SeaWorld Holiday Tree of Lights. This year the park has teamed up with local radio station KyXy 96.5 to play a 5 minute soundtrack nightly at 6pm in sync with an animated light display on the tower that will “dance, flash, swirl and glow” to the holiday music broadcast.
 2008 - Lights, Camera, Imagination 4D, Sesame Street Bay of Play - (5/1/08)
Work is nearly complete on the new Sesame Street Bay of Play at SeaWorld. Today we’ve got the concept artwork for the three new flat rides going into the area, though we hope to have photos of the finished rides in the near future. The new rides will be Elmo’s Flying Fish (Dumbo style ride), Abby’s Sea Star Spin (Zamperla Tea Cups) and Oscar’s Rocking Eel (Zamperla Rockin’ Tug).
(3/4/08) On March 15th three new Sesame Street attractions will open at SeaWorld: Lights, Camera, Imagination in 4-D will open in the park’s 4D theater, Breakfast with Elmo and Friends ( a new character dining experience), and Big Bird’s Beach Party (a live musical production staring several Sesame Street characters).
(12/26/07) The LA Times has confirmed the rumors that SeaWorld California will be adding three new rides to the park’s kiddie land: Oscar’s Rocking Eel, Elmo’s Flying Fish and Abby’s Sea Star Spin. In addition to some artwork, the article mentions a new Big Bird’s Beach Party stage show and the new Lights, Camera, Imagination 4D theater show that will replace Haunted Lighthouse.
(9/11/07) From what I’ve been told when Sesame Street 4D – Movie Magic appears at SeaWorld California and several other Busch parks in 2008 they will rename the show something along the lines of, Lights, Camera and Imagination. You can read the complete details about the film’s plot at Wikipedia, but the main plot is that the Sesame Street Film Festival is taking place and all the characters are adding the final touches to their films, both real and imaginary. We’ve also heard that the official new name for Happy Harbor will be Sesame Street Bay of Play. (Ugh…. Is it me or does that just sound awful?). We’ve also heard rumors about a possible Sesame Street character breakfast being in the works which should be a big hit with the kiddie crowd.
(9/5/07) Big changes are on the way for SeaWorld California in 2008 according to the latest Passholder newsletter. It confirms that Sesame Street 4D will be added to the park’s 4D Theater and you can say your goodbye to Shamu’s Happy Harbor in the near future, because it will be transformed, renovated and expanded to become Sesame Street Land in 2008 that will include interactive activities and best of all... new rides.
(3/21/07) According to an article in the Orlando Sentinel, SeaWorld California will open an entire Sesame Street themed kiddieland in 2008, so I’ve got to think that this is linked to our previous rumors about new rides in 2008 as well. Given the limited expansion areas available to the park, I’m guessing that they will transform and rebuild the current Happy Harbor into this new Sesame Street themed land so get your pictures of Happy Harbor now.
2010 - New Attraction - (10/25/07) Another name has also dropped into the swirling rumor pot for SeaWorld’s 2010 thrill ride... and this one comes with a reputation - Premier Rides. Yes... Premier Rides, the company known primarily for their LIM launched steel roller coasters. From more family oriented rides like the Italian Job coasters, to the indoor unique Revenge of the Mummy coasters up to your standard outdoor unthemed giant launched coasters (Mr. Freeze, Speed: The Ride). The common trait for virtually every Premier Ride coaster however is a magnetic LIM launch system... something they really wrote the book on. Given the land issues involved at SeaWorld California, a LIM coaster would be the perfect space saving solution.
(10/24/07) Screamscape sources tell us that 2010 is the planned opening date for the park’s next thrill ride. Ever better, it sounds like this could be a new “coaster” style ride from Mack, the creators of the Journey To Atlantis ride system.
(10/23/07) We’ve heard a rumor that SeaWorld may be planning some kind of new thrill ride in the near future. Look for something to possibly come up in 2009 or 2010.
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