Beneath The Waves of SeaWorld's Evolving Orca Shows || Mini Documentary

[@EctothermicAlex]

A few things to mention, Viva did actually premiere before Blue Horizons, in 2001. San Antonio and San Diego also had an educational show during the Believe days called “The Shamu Story”. I was actually at the last One Ocean at San Antonio. It wasn’t as big of a celebration as in San Diego, but the last one was during the 36,000 rescue milestone weekend. The trainer wore extra makeup and glitter. They had all 5 whales in different parts of the show, and Kylan, one of the trainers, said “For the last time ‘One Ocean!’”. The 36,000 weekend was also the last weekend before Christmas, and traditionally, San Antonio didn’t perform One Ocean during Christmas, only Miracles. So you could kind of predict when that last show was. Will say that you are kind of right about lack of underwater viewing. The issue is that the ground is bedrock. You’d have to use tnt to blast it out, which is expensive, and potentially threatens the structure of the 30 year old exhibits. I honestly doubt I’ll ever see UV at SWSA, and thus must see a whale slide out to be weighed several times a day, every time I want to see them. Which is a shame. I’d hope to see a renewed focus on animals, and as an educator, I will take into account the repetition of facts. One thing thats curious to note is SWSA cancelled their educational sea lion show Sea Lions and Otters at Play a few years ago. If the focus is toward education, why remove the educational sea lion show?

[@SeaWorldParksRock]

Thanks for your comment! Viva in many ways is the forgotten show of SeaWorld's history with Azul taking the spotlight for the San Antonio park. Viva certainly could have played a role in the creation of Blue Horizons. Interestingly, SeaWorld's VP of Entertainment said, "We've never done anything like this before", (in regards to the creation of Blue Horizons) despite Viva taking place in San Antonio. It would seem however that Blue Horizons certainly guided SeaWorld’s direction in the early 2000s. Blue Horizons was definitely an inspiration for other zoos and aquariums. It's very likely that Georgia Aquarium was following SeaWorld's lead when they created their own theatrical dolphin show in 2011. While it could be argued that people could assume when One Ocean’s final day would be in San Antonio, it’s still problematic that SeaWorld did not release any details regarding the exact date, whether through social media or on their website. It would be safe to believe that SeaWorld would have treated the San Antonio and Orlando parks the same as San Diego, and released information about the final show and held a proper send-off. Instead, the route SeaWorld chose to take did not provide guests the transparency to know the end date or give advanced notice so that potential guests could make travel arrangements. The lack of underwater viewing areas in San Antonio is no problem. The problem lies in the fact that SeaWorld San Antonio doesn’t have open stadium hours for viewing in place of an underwater viewing area or watching a show. It’s nice that SeaWorld San Antonio occasionally offer trainer talks, but it should be a staple for everyday visits to give guests more opportunities to see the animals. You certainly made a great point regarding Sea Lions and Otter at Play!

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@SeaWorldParksRock Seaworld is both an abusememt park and a prison for animals!

[@SphEditssss]

When I was a little kid I really wanted to be a marine biologist because of Seaworld and my parents took me to see the One Ocean show the year it debuted. It was absolutely magical and I still have the CD of the soundtrack as well as my Believe whale tail necklace. Today my love of sea creatures continues although I did not end up perusing that as a job. Thanks for making this video and covering these shows!

[@monicahiatt]

Education about Orcas doesn't have to be boring, unless SeaWorld wants it to be.

[@horse-lover68]

SW has NOTHING to do with education!!! IF they say something it is the work of other people!!

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

This IS NO education at Seaworld! It's just PROFIT to them!!

[@Floridapanthers2020]

IMO the theatrical shows are just as maybe even more educational than the current shows

[@DavidG1984]

What an amazing video!! I actually am not a fan of any of the new shows at SWSA as that is my home park. Orlando and SA OE aren’t too bad a bit better then SD. That show literally puts me to sleep. I think the most frustrating thing is that Orlando and SA spend almost zero money in updates to the sets. It’s clear that the animals are no longer the focus of the the company. I’m glad honestly that they are adding all these rides and such but it shouldn’t take away the amount of investment into the animal exhibits. It just seems as since these are the last orcas, they are just waiting for them to die off.

[@jaceWorl]

That’s kind of true I don’t need a Haiti the sea worldI was Shamu is the reboot

[@horse-lover68]

The did not invest a cent FOR the animals!!

[@horse-lover68]

@@jaceWorl Shamu is dead since the 60 tees!! Do you believe in fairytale's??

[@gabrieldally6044]

Other than Disneyland's Fantasmic. I honestly think Believe is the greatest theme park show ever made

[@dora741]

Oh really? I actually didn’t know any of this thanks for this video

[@timofeibaranovsky2004]

I'm not happy that Orca theatrical shows and Shamu is gone but I'm glad to understand why SeaWorld is transitioning animal shows from Theatrical to educational. I wish that theathrical shows would return while the education shows stay. #SaveShamu #BringBackShamu

[@Keys2benz]

Amazing ! Very well made!

[@zoosmedia]

great work 👍 thanks a lot - surely one of the best documentaries about SeaWorld published on KZbin

[@horse-lover68]

Yes a bunch of lies like always from SW!! The "unexpected death of Dawn Branshow"- nobody expected Tilikum to kill a 3rd time!! Are you all nuts???

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@horse-lover68 Yesterday another orca in a Spain marine park called Loro Parque died: Tilikum's daughter Kohana. She was only twenty and first forced to breed at age eight, the youngest age a captive orca has ever bred. In the wild she'd naturally be fifteen before she'd mate and live to be eighty to ninety years old.

[@horse-lover68]

@@CoreyMillionaire2029 I know (the breeding age). These unbelievable ass...!!! It's !Ike using artificial intersemination at a 8 year old girl!! SW these criminal's are starting their horror breeding program again in Loro Parque.We all know SW "sold" them the orca's because if poor Morgan, but in reality they are still SW's.And they did this before!! I wrote John Hargroves book and he wrote about this with 8 year old calf's, too. Why did she die?? What is the reason of death???

[@danielo9675]

Wow! This video is highly informative and overall very well done. I agree with everything, although educational presentations like Orca Encounter and Dolphin Days/Adventures are good for guests, it’s really the theatrical extravaganzas that inspire such as Believe and Blue Horizons, hopefully SeaWorld will one day make emotional masterpieces again! 😄

[@horse-lover68]

It is a bunch of lies

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

Not to be rude buddy, but if u think orca dolphins belong at Seaworld or any amusement park, then you're as transparent as you are narrow-minded. It's all a bunch of lies and deceit just so they can take your money! They DON'T give a rat's #%#* about animals, they DON'T have the purpose of wildlife conservation but entertainment and exploitation, and they ESPECIALLY DON'T educate guests anything other then the idea that it's ok to dominate and imprison animals!! In fact just yesterday, another orca dolphin died at Loro Parque park in Spain without ever knowing the ocean's waves and rhythms. Please DON'T buy a ticket! I'm an animal lover and I see animals for who they are: individuals like us.

[@horse-lover68]

@Daniel O what exactly did you learn from these show's?? I will never see one, I just want to know please???

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@horse-lover68 It misleads you into thinking it's rightful to dominate nature, to control them, that they are just "dumb animals" that only belong in cages or chains and have no right to life! THAT is what your ticket buys you!

[@horse-lover68]

@@CoreyMillionaire2029 Oh God THANK YOU!!! I thought I was the only one here being against this lying sh..Show!!! Their odasity is amazing!! They are telling the public f.e their orca's live as long as in the wild. But their natural lifespan is male 60 year's, female 80 year''s, I am sure you know that. If you ask for a scientific prove for the crap they are talking about- 0 no answer any more!! I hate these animal domination, abuse and killing. And f.e: if a horse get's stolen and SW STOLE the first animals from the public and you find the thief, your horse is dead, but the thief has the offspring, they have to give it back. The ocean belongs to the public, so why is this with orca's and dolphin's different?? I know it sound's like a stupid question, but maybe a laywer is able to do something with this thought to help Lolita and Kiska. I hope!! We will win, SW and all aquarium's have so much pressure against them. We have to fight back and never stop. We have to give the people the real information on every dumb PR chanel they are starting here!! Best whishes from Europe and ✊✊✊

[@kenspov6103]

Amazing video

[@MrMda5]

We need shows like Blue Horizons and Shamu Rocks back. If those losers come back to virtue signal protest, we all go counter protest them.

[@ForeverTilikumProduction1]

What they should do is do how many shows they do normally but instead of just orca encounter. They should fit like one ocean in one show and orca encounter in another. I think they do 3 shows a day normally.

[@lbabytutorials4852]

Good God. Believe was the BEST OF THE BEST! If dawn didn’t die believe would have for sure continued. One ocean kind of sucked, it was to get everyone’s focus off dawn. When dawn died so did believe. Orca encounter is a snooze fest! Everything they teach you at Dine With Orcas, Inside Look, even on the background underwater viewing is educational. Orca encounter hearing the same voice saying the same thing just isn’t authentic. I believe you can do theatrical AND do educational shows and let the the guests chose. It’s a crying shame that Seaworld crumbled under the pressure of blackfish and the extremist won, ending there breeding program is sad!! Having an insurance policy on these magnificent creatures is important. They ARE ambassadors for the ORCAS in the wild. Seaworld does so much for rehab and rehabilitation for wild life, they work in silence but I believe they should show people if they can. Seaworld needs to ask there guests who are paying to come there what THEY want not what activists want

[@chocolatefudge1999]

I think it was Joel Manby more than anything. I think he wanted to be a ceo of a the most successful in the country, and people saw seaworld in a negative light off of the blackfish punks. I think if we spread truth and put pressure on seaworld we can get the breeding program back and the shows.

[@kylesoler4139]

I guess it's about striking a balance, you don't want your shows to be too theatrical because people will just see the animals as circus acts (and we all know how much animal rights types hate that lol), but if they are too educational there's that risk of boredom hearing the same facts over and over. In the end, those shows are there to get people into these animals.

[@andreaevetsdijk4784]

The shows are there because someone once saw an opportunity to make money with it......over the backs of these fantastic animals....I think there's a better way to spend money.Nobody should buy tickets for this kind of entertainment in general, it's sickening.

[@bretthermsen8303]

Would you say that Shamu Adventure was a good balance between educational and theatrical with waterwork?

[@horse-lover68]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 WHERE IS EDUCATION PLEASE????

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@horse-lover68 Agreed. Using CGI technology and surround sound effects would be better and actually WOULD be educational.

[@horse-lover68]

@@CoreyMillionaire2029 IF they would bring something educational.I never agreed, stop twisting my word's arround! or was this irony???

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@horse-lover68 I'm on your side against captivity!

[@horse-lover68]

@@CoreyMillionaire2029 I know!! now even I got it!!! 😉😉 I get so emotional and E is not my first language, I have to learn to stay cool. Thank you for writing me and I hope it is so important for you, too to get the animals out of these horrible tank's??!! Best whishes from Austria ❤️🙋‍♀️✊🇦🇹

[@jenniferdesmond8416]

Spent 10 mil on a sound system but couldn't put that $ into sea pens....or at least deepen the pools. This is a stain (one of many) on humanity. We are the sickest species...

[@horse-lover68]

No not WE, companies like SW are criminals

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

I know.

[@lisadunn2208]

DON'T BUY A TICKET!!! SEAWORLD SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN!! BUILD A SEA SANCTUARY!!!

[@Roguepanda79]

Shut up

[@slicksterd1896]

Believe was by far the best ever followed by Blue Horizons. SeaWorld shows now absolutely suck, boring, and not worth anyone's time!

[@horse-lover68]

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[@RocketOrca2]

Light up the night and miracles was also my fav shows

[@jaceWorl]

Shamu’s Rockin Creep Show! It was a Shamu show at Howl o scream sea world San Antonio , the one where their faces were painted as skeletons and stuff Oh this seems like a perfect way to bring back shamu rockin creep show or jack is back they might bring it back howl o scream and Sea world How we herbusch gardens sea world we have i MONSTER STOMP is back I don’t know shamu rocking creep show Is coming backthis Harley Herat howl o screen firmshow Also I’ve been to been San Antonio howl o scream events Seaworld San Antonio been lsea world howl o scream years and I went to Texas here They’ve been doing this every year they always have Shamu rockin creep show in San Antonio Howl-O-Scream has been the long-time brand for haunt events at Busch Gardens Seaworld in Tampa and Williamsburg, San Antonio but this year, SeaWorld is bringing the event to its SeaWorld-branded parks in Orlando,and San Diego.

[@DavidG1984]

Completely agree! And miracles as a tradition that was ripped from us for people are still will not step foot into the park. It’s sad really

[@horse-lover68]

No it is NOT sad.If SW wants to make an entertainment park, good luck, but leave the animals out of it.SW proved for almost 60 year's that they were always wrong and killed more animals because 9f their GREED

[@andreaevetsdijk4784]

I think if you could talk to the animals they would call the place they are at their prison....not their home They don't belong there and never did.....

[@horse-lover68]

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[@horse-lover68]

@@chocolatefudge1999 😂😂😂😂 Your comment show's your education!!😂😂😂 Horses are domesticated since over 1000 year's, orca's are cought from the wild or the first hybrid Generation. To compare this is in my opinion just dumb.

[@horse-lover68]

@@chocolatefudge1999 E is not my first language and this is social media, no E-test. Yes YOU did not get it! Orca's are max the 3rd generation in captivity, horses (not Mustangs, normal horses) are domesticated since over 1000 year's. You cannot compare the 2 species. And stop with these "horror SeaWorld PR storie's about Keiko"- he would have died there in Mexico in a few month. So he had 5 years of a good life and he made the choice to swim away with the orca's. Listen to Dr Naomi Rose- she was there. You "educated person"😂😂😂😂

[@horse-lover68]

@@chocolatefudge1999 I hope you do!! I can Lough about you without behaving vulgar 😂😂😂😂

[@horse-lover68]

@@chocolatefudge1999 👍👍👍👍 Me neither. These people have no feeling, no empathy, nothing.

[@nikkipogorzelski3046]

I believe OSHA forced the change to no people in with the marine animals. This is as a result of the trainer's gruesome death and data from other bad interactions with the Orcas. 😪

[@horse-lover68]

Exactly!!! There have been over 100 waterwork agression's!! The 3 killings from Tilikum, the death of Alexis in Loro Parque and many, many trainer's who were lucky!! SW forced them all into a contract+ silence, no word about the method's of SW. Drugging animals, ...they are dieing at 1/3 of their normal lifespan.I cannot understand how people do not care about this and still buy ticket's?? And I am no crazy Vegan.What is wrong with you all?? In 50 year's SW did not make anything better for the whales.