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Park News - (11/11/09) SeaWorld California will hold the SeaWorld Holiday Celebration on Nov. 27-29, Dec. 5-6, Dec. 12-13 and Dec. 19-31st. This year’s event will feature the premier of The Polar Express 4-D Experience in the park’s 4D Theater, an ice skate rink where guests can strap on a pair of skates for a bit, Shamu’s Holiday Night, Clyde & Seamore’s Night Before Christmas and the always popular Skytower Tree of Lights which can be seen for miles around the park.
    (10/2/09) It’s worth noting that on the morning of Oct. 21st, SeaWorld San Diego will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the park’s Skytower ride.
    (9/9/09) SeaWorld California is holding a name the dolphin contest with a local TV station.

Ride Rehabs - The following list and dates are subject to change.
Shipwreck Rapids will close – November 7-22, 2009

2010 - Blue Horizons - Confirmed - (11/12/09) A local reader has sent in a few construction pictures from Blue Horizons this week.
    (9/11/09) Some new concert artwork has been released for the new Blue Horizons show coming in 2010 to SeaWorld California.
    (8/21/09) According to the Passholder newsletter the last Dolphin show will take place on Labor Day Weekend, after which the stadium will close to begin work on the installation of Blue Horizons, which wont open until May 2010.  The letter did mention something interesting however… that a “special dolphin show’ would take place inside Shamu Stadium in late November 2009.
    (7/27/09) Sources have told us that SeaWorld California has been given the final green light to update their current Dolphin show into a new version of Blue Horizons, a mixture of a dolphin and Cirque style show experience that opened at SeaWorld Orlando about four years ago. SeaWorld Texas also created a similar show the year before Orlando did and called it Viva. I don’t know if the new San Diego show will keep the Blue Horizons name or come up with a new one, but we’ve heard that it will likely be a fairly major overhaul to the facility.
    (5/11/09) Screamscape sources tell us that in late 2009 the park’s Dolphin Stadium will be closed to undergo a massive transformation that may see the stadium expanded to add in about 700 more seats along with numerous scenic and technical improvements that will allow them to add their own version of Blue Horizons to the park.
    Blue Horizons is the name of the current show in the Dolphin stadium at SeaWorld Orlando, which is a mix of dolphin show elements and Cirque de Soleil style acrobatic performances and music. While the Orlando show has been quite popular with the guests, perhaps the biggest complaint was always that the new show featured too many Cirque acts and not enough Dolphins. At this point there is no telling if the San Diego version of Blue Horizon’s will be a carbon copy or if they will just use the basic concept and come up with their own creation.

2011/2012 - New Attraction - In Development - (7/18/08) Bad news from SeaWorld San Diego for the coaster enthusiasts. That wonderful looking 2010 themed coaster project has been put on hold while all the InBev issues are settled and we find out about if they will attempt to sell off the Busch parks to a new owner. Instead in 2010 the park will apparently bump up their plans to renovate the long running Dolphin show instead. Given the changes that the SeaWorld parks have already made to their Dolphin shows in Texas and Florida in the last few years (Viva in Texas and Blue Horizons in Florida) where try to mix a little Cirque with their Dolphin fun, I’d say to look for this new show to move along this same basic concept.
    (6/3/08) Today we get to sneak a peek at the new thrill ride that SeaWorld has planned for 2010 with the aid of a proposed layout for the new attraction. From the look of things it appears to be an indoor and outdoor coaster attraction as previously rumored. Given that our last rumor indicated that Premier Rides may be behind this attraction, the design seems very similar to what we’ve seen Premier do for Universal’s Mummy coasters, including what I’m guessing are slow dark ride sections, a backwards drop and at least one LIM launch. I’ve also included a current aerial image showing off the area of the park where this attraction will go.
    (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.