Just back from Seaworld & I previously posted my thoughts on Howl-o-scream, which I thought was absolutely incredible. Wasn’t sure where to put this so here goes.
Food - utterly utterly atrocious. Someone in our party got chicken tenders at roughly 11am and they’d clearly been reheated from the day before. She couldn’t eat them they were that rubbery and dried out - how does that happen at 11am when it’s just opened?! We also hate the cafeteria style pick your food then queue at a snails pace whilst your crap food gets cold. Do it the other way around if required please - pay then collect. Then you don’t have to watch your food deteriorate in front of your eyes as 2 people get through a queue of 45.
I know there are other options of restaurants, but food has never impressed at this park, and these style restaurants provide the “cheapest” option available - they are used too often at Seaworld though. Feels like a prison (I’m guessing!)
Price - noticeably more expensive for food & merch than Disney and Universal, but the tickets are great value. Our deal was ludicrous really (3 parks and all day dining for maybe $130 at the time)
Landscaping - love it
Cleanliness - Looked clean to me. American places have the worst, weirdest public restrooms in the developed world that I’ve ever seen. There’s a strange obsession with putting massive gaps in the doors, under the doors, making the top wall too short. It’s all very strange, but this is an American problem and not a Seaworld one, it seems
Turtle Trek - waste, it was a cute show.
Antarctica - Feel they’re conning the public into buying the Quick Queues by making this still a thing and posting wait times. Should just be a walk through exhibit like sharks.
Mako, Manta, Kraken - Perfect.
Infinity Falls - Looked well themed but didn’t go on
Ice Breaker - Literally just needed some ice rockwork similar to Antarctica. Wouldn’t have cost much to shut down many of the (valid) theming complaints
New Coaster - Going to look really good at the entrance
Line up - Some well themed flats would work a treat. Agree that a dark ride, or a slow moving boat ride, would be ideal. I’ve been on the shooter at Port Aventura, and it’s fantastic. It shows that it’s possible for smaller parks to develop these hits, at a reasonable cost.
Overall - I really like this park & it represents good value as an overall, but the food is a joke. It’s that bad that we were complaining about it and it was free. Wanted to slap it it out of peoples hands who were paying full price to save them the disappointment.
Food - utterly utterly atrocious. Someone in our party got chicken tenders at roughly 11am and they’d clearly been reheated from the day before. She couldn’t eat them they were that rubbery and dried out - how does that happen at 11am when it’s just opened?! We also hate the cafeteria style pick your food then queue at a snails pace whilst your crap food gets cold. Do it the other way around if required please - pay then collect. Then you don’t have to watch your food deteriorate in front of your eyes as 2 people get through a queue of 45.
I know there are other options of restaurants, but food has never impressed at this park, and these style restaurants provide the “cheapest” option available - they are used too often at Seaworld though. Feels like a prison (I’m guessing!)
Price - noticeably more expensive for food & merch than Disney and Universal, but the tickets are great value. Our deal was ludicrous really (3 parks and all day dining for maybe $130 at the time)
Landscaping - love it
Cleanliness - Looked clean to me. American places have the worst, weirdest public restrooms in the developed world that I’ve ever seen. There’s a strange obsession with putting massive gaps in the doors, under the doors, making the top wall too short. It’s all very strange, but this is an American problem and not a Seaworld one, it seems
Turtle Trek - waste, it was a cute show.
Antarctica - Feel they’re conning the public into buying the Quick Queues by making this still a thing and posting wait times. Should just be a walk through exhibit like sharks.
Mako, Manta, Kraken - Perfect.
Infinity Falls - Looked well themed but didn’t go on
Ice Breaker - Literally just needed some ice rockwork similar to Antarctica. Wouldn’t have cost much to shut down many of the (valid) theming complaints
New Coaster - Going to look really good at the entrance
Line up - Some well themed flats would work a treat. Agree that a dark ride, or a slow moving boat ride, would be ideal. I’ve been on the shooter at Port Aventura, and it’s fantastic. It shows that it’s possible for smaller parks to develop these hits, at a reasonable cost.
Overall - I really like this park & it represents good value as an overall, but the food is a joke. It’s that bad that we were complaining about it and it was free. Wanted to slap it it out of peoples hands who were paying full price to save them the disappointment.
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