SeaWorld Orlando

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And Russ, we'll wrap it up with a pair of tickets to SeaWorld's Howl-O-Scream.

Right.

Uh, when darkness falls, havoc rises at SeaWorld's Howl-O-Scream.

Experience 13 new fears, four haunted houses, four scare zones, twisted bars, sinister shows, and more.

Select nights.

Universal.

Ooh, Busch Gardens is pretty good too.

It's a cliff.

Coming in at number eight is SeaWorld Orlando with a total score of fifty-eight point zero and a Halloween rating of three point eight two.

Right.

Number nine is Cedar Point, the massive roller coaster park in Sandusky, Ohio, with a total score of fifty-two point eight and a Halloween rating of four point zero seven.

It's exactly like that.

It's exactly like the SeaWorld Orlando shark tunnel, except it is pitch black.

The water is not lit in the slightest.

And if you listen closely, you can hear distant laughter in the dark and the groan of glass.

Okay, this is a story of a different kind of killer.

It's February 24th, 2010, and we're in Orlando, Florida, at SeaWorld.

Oh.

And a trainer named Dawn Brancheau is performing with one of the park's many orcas, or Shamu whales.

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Including one from someone who wants to stay anonymous and go by K from 2020.

K said, quote, "I have a degree from a respected university in marine mammal science and marine conservation, worked for two-plus years at SeaWorld Orlando, and I have personal experience working alongside Tilikum, Tilly, and animals like him." And this is how she explained the, uh, what happened to Keltie when she was grabbed.

Quote, "The three orcas submerged Keltie, dragging her around the pool in a game of sorts, preventing her from surfacing.

We gotta hold onto that money.

But you are taking the family out to SeaWorld Spooktacular.

Have fun.

Whoo.

Puppet arts

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I was like, "Who's gonna take that?" But then I thought about SeaWorld.

Mm-hmm.

You wanna get in the car, get on a bus, get in a taxi, and get straight to your hotel or your villa or something like that.

Uh, SeaWorld Orlando is probably about 15 minutes from Orlando International Airport, so, um, and it's got a great following from, um, from Irish customers.

You know, y- you guys are sending up to 92,000 visitors from Ireland every year.

Wow.

It's easy peasy.

That's right.

[laughs] Brilliant, and, um, SeaWorld Orlando is actually part of a wider resort experience.

Can you talk us through SeaWorld, Aquatica, and Discovery Cove, and what makes each of these ones different?

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in SeaWorld Orlando.

This was...

Wait, SeaWorld? Jesus Christ.

Yeah.

And-

... okay.

[laughs] So yeah, it, it's been rough.

So uh, yeah, so w- when I, we did the, uh, SeaWorld event, uh, there w- my, my vehicle was in a accident and it's not drivable.

The, the back tire wobbles.

Um, well, the back tire was totally blown out.

So, uh, I will be doing that.

Uh, ironically, John, I, I, uh, [laughs] Ian reached out to me the other day, and he was like, "Hey, if you wanna do a HHN, uh, you know, episode, uh, you know, let me know." I'm like, "Did you go?" He's like, "Oh, yeah.

I came down, went to HHN two nights, and Hallow scream SeaWorld." So [laughs] I'll have him on.

Uh, we'll have to set up something where, uh, he's on, and we, he talks about his experience.