At Sea World you can make contact with marine life wonders and experience a whole world of amazing rides, shows and attractions at a Gold Coast theme park favourite! More than just a theme park, Sea World is committed to educating guests about the marine environment, and playing an active role in Australian marine research and rescue.
SEAWORLD RIDES
Corkscrew Rollercoaster
The Corkscrew Rollercoaster is Australia's first Triple Loop Rollercoaster - an adrenalin-pumping ride incorporating the best in rollercoaster design and engineering! With thundering loops and turns, the Corkscrew Rollercoaster is sure to please rollercoaster fans.
Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle is a million-dollar amazing adventure ride which combines a mind-boggling array of special effects and state of the art technology, animatronics, lighting and fibre optic technology. Guests willing to take a trip into the unknown, are briefed before boarding a "research probe", which whisks you away into the unknown. With plenty of action and thrills for the whole family this is one ride not to be missed!
Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach
Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach is an exciting, colourful and interactive
adventure playground and is the vacation spot for the globe's top toon stars. Kids of all ages can hang out with Dexter and Dee Dee, Johnny Bravo, Tom and Jerry, The Professor, Mojo and everyone's favourite super-powered sisters The Powerpuff Girls. Situated beside Sea World's ski lake, Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach incorporates five exciting children's rides, an interactive fountain plus food, beverage and retail facilities in a uniquely themed area. Come and cruise on 'Woody's Beachtrucks', take to the skies on the 'Air-See Rescue' choppers, catch a bird's eye view from 'Toon Point Lighthouse', and then cool off in 'Dexter's Time Machine', a dancing fountain full of watery surprises!
Vikings Revenge Flume Ride
The Viking's Revenge Flume Ride is a favourite for all ages. Passengers embark on a 460-metre floating ride before a conveyor takes the Viking's boats to the battlements of the Castle for a fun-filled splash down.
The Pirate Ship
The Pirate Ship is a rollicking ride on the high seas to sort out the landlubbers from the true sea dogs! This adrenaline-igniting journey swings high in the sky above the famous Ski Lake. Take your sea legs with you land lubbers, you're in for a real high seas adventure!
Seaworld Monorail
The Sea World Monorail was the first monorail system in Australia and takes visitors on a scenic trip through the park. As an internal link with Sea World Nara Resort, the monorail is an excellent means of navigating your way around the park, with convenient stops at the top of Sea World and at the Waterpark, as well as the Resort.
The Sky High Skyway
For a unique bird's eye view of the park take the Sky-High Skyway, which travels between the top of the park and Planet SOS, right in the heart of Sea World's fun-filled attractions. The Skyway is an excellent way to view the parks many features including: Polar Bear Shores, Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach, the Dolphin Nursery Pools and much more.
SEAWORLD ATTRACTIONS AND SHOWS
Shark Bay
Get Up Close and Personal at Shark Bay at Sea World! Shark Bay is the world's largest man-made lagoon system for sharks and houses some of the most awe-inspiring of the species in an innovative exhibit now open at Sea World. History reflects a turbulent relationship between man and sharks - one of the world's greatest predators. Shark Bay reveals a new dimension of understanding and will unravel the mystery and misconception surrounding this majestic marine species. The two-level exhibit provides spectacular viewing for guests both above-water as well as underwater through three 10 x 3 metre windows, allowing guests to come face to face with the large sharks, stingrays and a range of exotic tropical fish. Shark Bay comprises of three main zones all allowing for unsurpassed viewing and interaction, including a touch pool, a snorkel and dive lagoon and a shark lagoon housing the world's most feared sharks.
Polar Bear Shores
Come and see Australia's only Polar bears in their home at Sea World's Polar Bear Shores - one of the most technologically advanced exhibits for Polar bears in the world. Sea World has adopted two orphaned Polar bear cubs, Hudson and Nelson, who were found in the wilds of Canada and have been taken into care at the naturalistic and enriching Polar Bear Shores. Guests can visit the cute and playful bear cubs along with their new friends four year old twins Lia and Lutik. All bears are housed at Polar Bear Shores, featuring the tundra environment of the Arctic summer in a state-of-the-art display. Visitors to Polar Bear Shores can observe the bear's graceful underwater swimming and playful behaviours through large underwater viewing windows and are able to learn about these massive marine mammals through detailed information boards and fascinating interpretive information. With a cascading waterfall and a winding creek, a large main pool that is up to four metres deep to encourage deep and shallow diving, an array of climbing outcrops, fallen trees, shrubs and other structures and a strategically placed rock platform enabling long distance viewing across the exhibit and beyond, Polar Bear Shores is a naturalistic environment which aims to constantly stimulate the bears. The inclusion of many different natural substrates such as loam, gravel, river stone, rocks and natural bedding are utilised throughout the exhibit to encourage the bears to dig, burrow and explore. While strategically placed wind generation fans direct a number of interesting smells and scents, to stimulate the bears' olfactory senses, and the exhibit also features rain simulation, and misting and fogging. Polar Bear Shores is the only exhibit in Australia where you can see the world's largest land carnivore up close, and one that provides a unique educational experience that assists, through a wider public awareness, the conservation effort of this perfectly adapted marine mammal.
Dugong Discovery
Sea World has opened a new and innovative marine animal exhibit presenting the plight of the placid and endearing dugong. Dugong Discovery is filled with fun interactive elements and features a naturalistic oceanarium replicating Moreton Bay housing 'PIG', Sea World's resident dugong, turtles, stingrays, fish and other marine life found in South East Queensland waters. Dugong Discovery takes you and your family on an emotive and educational journey into the world of the dugong, a beautiful marine creature whose numbers are declining at a rapid rate. The spectacular new exhibit tells 'PIG's' compelling story, aiming to raise public interest and promote conservation of this critically endangered species. For the first time ever, Sea World guests are able to see 'PIG' up close and personal through the large 11 metre x 2.4 metre underwater viewing window of the Oceanarium.
Dolphin Cove
At Sea World, there's a great place to make contact with the amazing world of dolphins. Dolphin Cove, presented by National Geographic Channel, features the largest filtered natural sandy bottom lagoons ever built for dolphins. The five pools contain more than 17 million litres of water and the attraction includes a 2500 seat undercover viewing area. Each lagoon has been meticulously designed as a natural ecosystem, teeming with fish and other sea life, with extensive reefs and rocky outcrops all set amongst lush, tropical surroundings. Months of comprehensive work went into the design of the world's most advanced life support systems, incorporating filtration and ozone treatment to maintain pristine quality in the saltwater environment without harming the fish life or eco-system. The addition of the 2500-seat undercover viewing area also provides comfortable, shady conditions for guests to enjoy displays and presentations. Design features will allow the area to be further expanded to cater for increased visitor numbers to Sea World in the future. The new habitat provides a captivating stage for dolphin displays and presentations as well as the enhancing of the educational elements which have come to be an integral part of Sea World's special brand of entertainment.
Planet SOS
From the chill of the Artic...To the depths of the ocean...And the thrill of the jungle...
Experience the plight of our fragile planet and its changing environments in a spectacular 4D presentation, Planet SOS, a magical and entertaining animated film with enchanting animal stars. With the immersive effect of giant screen 4-D, this state-of-the-art digital animation will take you on a captivating journey covering three of the most pressing environmental issues of our time: global warming, ocean habitat destruction, and deforestation. Planet SOS will engross audiences in an animated adventure starring a selection of endearing and stunningly realistic animal heroes, as they cope with the changing conditions of their habitats: changes resulting from mankind's overuse of our planet's finite resources. Children will love the enchanting animal stars and the awesome interactive '4D' effects specially designed to educate through entertainment.
Waterski Wipeout
Step back in time into the 1960s at Sea World's new Waterski WipeOut, an energetic show set in the 'Golden Era' of Surfers Paradise. Waterski WipeOut is full of catchy tunes, colourful costumes and sets, slapstick humour and a very cool cast of characters, all themed in true 1960s style. The fun packed presentation showcases the world-class talent of the Sea World Ski Team and includes impressive barefoot, doubles and slalom skiing, wakeboarding, the awesome swivel ski, spectacular freestyle jumps as well as the iconic multi-level pyramid and aqua ballet.
Seaworld Animal Adventures
Want to get up close and personal with Sea World's animals? While visiting Sea World you can get to know Sea World's dolphins or have fun with one of the lovable seals.
Sea World Animal Adventures provide an exclusive opportunity to join Sea World's trainers in a unique interaction with the Park's animals.
OPENING HOURS
Sea World is open every day of the year except Christmas Day, 25 December.
| Rides & Attractions Open |
10:00am |
| Rides & Attractions Close |
5:00pm |
| Gates Close |
5:30pm |
The park opens at 1:30pm on ANZAC Day, Australia's National Day of Remembrance on 25 April, and closes at 6:30pm.
Sea World's show times are designed to give you maximum opportunity to see as many shows and attractions as you would like.
On your arrival to the ticket booths at Sea World you will be issued with a park map with show times for the particular day of your visit.
Show schedules are subject to change, delay or cancellation due to inclement weather, preventative maintenance, refurbishment, or other operational requirements.
SEAWORLD NARA ACCOMMODATION
Sea World Nara Resort is Australia's Number One Theme Park Resort, renowned for its excellent accommodation, superb facilities and friendly staff. Situated on Queensland's glorious Gold Coast, the secluded and luxurious resort is bordered by a world famous surf beach and the idyllic Broadwater
A low rise Resort set amongst beautiful tropical gardens featuring attractive rainforest atriums, the property consists of 405 rooms in three different accommodation wings.
Sea World Nara Resort's unique features include a monorail link to Sea World, absolute waterfront conference and meeting facilities, a popular Kid's Club, heated lagoon-shaped swimming pool and award winning restaurants, just to name a few.
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