Waterpark Aquatica Orlando back to regular hours in July
Sea World’s water park Aquatica Orlando will begin offering reservations seven days week in July after reopening earlier this month following a 3-month closure due to the coronavirus. SeaWorld, Aquatica, and Discovery Cove Parks in Orlando reopened on June 11 in a limited capacity and with limited days of operation. Beginning July 2, Aquatica Orlando will go back to its normal schedule of seven days a week. Aquatica is offering 40% of admission currently but for a limited time. Tickets can be purchased at Aquatica.com/orlando/tickets/ but guests also need to make reservation, even if they are annual pass holders.
Aquatica's new towering attraction close to completion
ORLANDO, Fla. – SeaWorld has installed the last of 200 sections of Aquatica's newest attraction. The last-minute preps are for the ride Ihu's Breakaway Falls, which opens May 9. Ihu's Breakaway Falls will be nearly 104 feet tall, and riders will drop from 80 feet up in the air with about four options to go down. Three of the slides drop randomly so that thrill-seekers can watch fellow sliders fall while waiting their turn. Aquatica calls Ihu's Breakaway Falls Orlando's tallest, steepest and the only multidrop tower slide of its kind.
Aquatica announces new attraction
ORLANDO, Fla. – SeaWorld on Tuesday announced that a new attraction will be built at Aquatica in 2014. The park said the ride, dubbed Ihu's Breakaway Falls, will be the tallest, steepest and only multi-slide ride of its kind in Orlando. The ride is named after Ihu, Aquatica Orlando's colorful gecko. No other details were immediately released. Watch Local 6 News and stay with ClickOrlando.com for more on this story.