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Park News - (5/21/10) According to this report SeaWorld Texas is moving a couple of their kiddie rides, Pete’s Pinwheel and Jumpin’ Jungle, to a new location right in front of the SeaStar Market at Happy Harbor. The rides will both be ready to reopen this weekend.
    I’m guessing this move may have been done to allow for the rumored Sesame Street revamp to the area next season, but I can’t be sure. Nearby a  new playground structure was also set up next to Happy Harbor for the little kids.
    (2/23/10) A new photo update from SeaWorld Texas has been posted to Westcoaster this week.

2010 - New Sidewinder Bowl Slides - Confirmed - (5/22/10) SeaWorld Texas has quietly installed a pair of new “bowl” slides to the Lost Lagoon waterpark this season. While they were not listed on the website yet, the official SeaWorld Texas Twitter sent out this photo and called them Sidewinders, and mentioned that they would be opening up for the first time today along with another photo showing off lifeguards giving them a test run. Sidewinders is listed on the site, but that was the name of the last two slides added a few years ago, so perhaps these new slides wont be getting their own name at all. In Google’s Street View of the park you can see a “before” picture of how these slides were added to the same tower as the last addition to the waterpark.

2010 - Azul: Lure of the Sea - Confirmed - (5/12/10) We finally have details on the new show replacing Viva at SWT. They’re calling it “Azul: Lure of the Sea” and really just sounds kind of like the next evolution of the Viva concept with a little Blue Horizons mixed in.
    (1/8/10) A blog posting by the park confirmed that they are working on installing a new show into the Belluga stadium to replace Viva.

2011/2012 - Happy Harbor Update - Rumor - (4/21/10) A reader tells us that a large site behind Shamu’s Happy Harbor is currently under construction. I’m guessing that this is the start of the long rumored Sesame Street upgrade, similar to how the San Diego park turned their Happy Harbor into Sesame Street: Bay Of Play back in 2008.
    (1/8/10) While nothing has been decided yet, it seems that plans to transform the playland into a new Seasme Street themed area similar to the one at SeaWorld California are once again under consideration for the next couple of season.
    (2/6/09) This project may be delayed.
    (5/20/08) According to a Screamscape reader who took a behind the scenes tour at SeaWorld the other day, the guide informed them that in 2009 Shamu’s Happy Harbor would be getting updated in 2009. Apparently they haven’t made the final decision yet if they want to transform it into another Sesame Street Bay of Play like they did to San Diego this year or if they just want to add a bunch of new kiddie rides and keep the Happy Harbor theme like they did in Orlando. Given that the park is also likely to add the new Sesame Street 4D film in 2009 as well, my money is on the Bay of Play concept. Our source also spotted what looked like some water ride or water slide pieces sitting in the employee lot than can be seen from Military Drive. I’m hoping to get pictures to very this soon.

???? - Sesame Street 4D: Movie Magic - Rumor - (10/23/06) A reader tells us that when they visited the park last Sunday the show schedule listed, “Today Only, Sesame Street 4D” over at the park’s 4D Theater. The hostess at the theater announced to everyone that this was a sneak-peek at a future park attraction where they showed a short pre-show movie and the main 4D movie in the theater. Our reader found it to be enjoyable for both kids and adults and the audience reaction also seemed positive. I don’t know if they have been doing this any other days or if this was truly a one day test run of the film to judge audience reactions.
    (8/28/06) Just call this an educated hunch on my part, but I believe we’ll see this film that was created for Universal Studios Japan show up at Busch Gardens Tampa & Williamsburg and SeaWorld California and Texas in 2008.