Great video! I really appreciate the way you control your camera while you narrate the segment, nice and smooth...more so, "Thank you" for the information about these parks, I too have a family and appreciate getting the "Heads Up" info on the places you cover..Thanks Brother...
Hard to say! It’s been busy all around since Spring break, but I’ve not visited on a Friday in about a month. I’ll be going this Friday for the fireworks but won’t be arriving until around 7 PM. I would guess Saturday is the busiest of all the days.
@@davidr3408 That’s a good question. Amy said it used to, but she’s not sure now. You could try giving them a call to ask? I would think so but I don’t know how that works with going through the parking gate.
Reserved seating isn’t necessary. But the shows are pretty packed. If you show up 20-30 minutes early you’ll be fine for getting a seat. But you won’t find a seat if you show up 5 minutes before showtime. Also, if you go to shows earlier or later in the day you should see less crowds. From about 12-4 will likely be the busiest show times. If you don’t want to wait 30 minutes, or don’t think your toddler will tolerate it (sometimes it’s a challenge! We have a 3 year old) then reserve seating might be a great option for you if you don’t want to miss it. Sometimes the extra cost is worth the peace of mind.
New Subscriber! Thanks for the awesome video. I really appreciate all the great info and tips. We will be taking my 3 1/2 year old son next thursday and zoo on friday! I hope we can get in early and beat the crowd and lines like you guys did.
You can if you’d like special seating. But it costs more. I don’t know how much. But you don’t need to and we never do. You just show up to the amphitheater about 20-30 minutes before show time on busy days, or about 10 minutes early on non-busy days.
Sure can! We take our own water bottles, as well as (usually) lunch for the kids in the form of PB&J. Always have tons of snacks with us as the kids are constantly hungry it seems. 😂
@@SoCalDisneyDad awesome! I you're way more informative than calling SeaWorld itself! I did not know that we can take our own water bottles, let alone snacks!
Great video! Do you know if the outdoor basketball challenge was open? It's right outside of the arcade area. Also, do you know when the rides open? Thinking about driving down from the NW in early June to do SeaWorld and Knott's Farm.
Sorry for the late reply, didn't see this until now! I don't quite remember if the basketball challenge was open, but I think so? Knott's hasn't announced a reopening date yet, but they've said after their Boysenberry festival, so after May 2nd some time. SeaWorld has been radio silent on the rides and no new information is known. You should know that "legally" the parks are only open to California residents. So if you're coming from Oregon or Washington, you may not be able to get into Knott's. I would call to verify with them. Just because it's in the "rules" from the state, doesn't mean theme parks will follow it necessarily. Disneyland definitely will, I'm not sure about Knott's. I believe SeaWorld will keep rides closed in order to stay open as a zoo with higher capacities and allowing guests from all states to visit. I'll let you know here on the channel if that changes.
@@SoCalDisneyDad Thanks for the heads up. I know Disney will be restricting guests from out of state, so I will definitely check. It's really tough thinking about coming there knowing that we can't come to Disney... I may wait until the end of Summer or the end of the year. Big Sigh..... lol Love the variety in the videos!!!
@@carlstokes9834 I hear ya! Hopefully the whole “Blueprint” thing goes away before too long. Expectations are June to mid-summer. Basically once everyone who wants to be vaccinated is they will lift those tier capacity limits. And I’d imagine residency restrictions along with it. No idea how variants will play into that though.
Thanks to you we’ve been very inform about parks/zoo’s and were able to go to the safari park. Now we want to go tomorrow for my son’s bday to sea world but I don’t know if this week is still spring break? I wouldn’t want to go if it’s going to be packed :/
The bulk of Spring Break has ended, but some schools are still out locally this week. It’s not going to be as bad during a weekday as it is on the weekend in any case. I’ll have a new SeaWorld vlog from yesterday publishing at 3 PM PST. Check that one out for the latest crowds. But again a weekend and Easter Sunday no less. We still got plenty done and we didn’t arrive until 3:30 PM. If you go at park opening you’ll have plenty of time to do everything.
@@drpepperyml We are very far away from Yellow. Anaheim will definitely be in Orange Tier by the time that Disneyland opens so they’ll be able to open at 25% capacity. But San Diego is a little behind them. I actually haven’t checked our numbers lately, but we are already at the tier where rides can reopen (red) SeaWorld just needs to determine if they’re opening rides or not.
Thank you for the video. It was really nice. I have a question, I’ll be visiting park for the first time on 04/05 with by 2 year old baby. Do we need to reserve seats for shows except tickets? And are any shoes there or just watching at animals? How to know hours of shows if there are?
You don’t need to make reservations for shows. There are 4 shows, Dolphins, Sea Lions, and Orcas, plus a new show involving Sesame Street called Rescue Tails. The times are listed online. You would just show up to the amphitheater 20-30 minutes prior to the show to get seats. They also have the times listed outside the amphitheaters as you’re walking around the park. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. I’m always happy to help.
@@maneantinyan5033 No worries. It took me a bit to navigate to as well. It’s not a super easy thing to find. Visit this page: seaworld.com/san-diego/park-info/theme-park-hours/ Then change the date to the one you’re going and it should show you the various shows and events going on that day.
@@maneantinyan5033 Actually, on second look, it doesn’t seem like they’ve added show times for your date yet. If you take a look at the schedule for today, it should be the same show times when you go as well.
Hi, thanks for this videos! It will be our first time going, we are a family of 4! Two kids a 3 year and a 5 year, my big question do you think we can see all the park on one day?
For sure! With rides currently not operating and the play area being closed still, those are the two biggest time occupiers that would prevent seeing the rest of the park. If you want to see all 4 shows, you’d have to be strategic with your time, but I imagine that your little ones won’t sit through 4 shows. Mine are 6 and 3, and they tolerate 1 show per trip. Between the food festival and the animals, we usually are there for four hours and see 1 show and usually only make it around about half of the park. With a full day, you should be fine. If you visit every exhibit (outdoor and indoor) and don’t rush through them, you can still get it all in during a day and see a show or two. The food festival takes some time to wait in lines and we’ve found it takes us about 1 1/2 hours to go through 5 lines and eat the items we got. We only ever get 1 item per booth though as we want to try more things.
This week it’s open all week. After this Sunday, April 4th, it’s closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays but open on all other days. Check here for more info: seaworld.com/san-diego/park-info/theme-park-hours/
@@SoCalDisneyDad thank you so much for the quick reply! Really appreciate it. May I know what are the key indoor exhibits we should be visiting first? (Prioritising based on the traffic) :)
@@vivek78359 They all get just about as busy so there isn’t any one to prioritize over another except which animals you’d personally prefer to see. If you do all indoor attractions first thing then you’ll be fine. Turtles are still closed as far as I’m aware. So that leaves Sharks, Penguins, and Wild Arctic (Beluga, Walrus)
Nope. It's open to all. SeaWorld is still operating as a zoo and therefore anyone is able to visit. Come on down and visit. You'll have a great time. :)
hello im taking my son this upcoming week.. Any chance you know if I need to purchase tickets for the Orca exhibit for the reserved seating or can we wait in the line to get in still ?
If you’re referring to the Orca show, you can get in without reserved spots, but I’d recommend showing up about 20-25 minutes before the show just to make sure you’ll get seats. Depending on how busy it is, you can sometimes show up 5 minutes before the show and still get seats, but I would play it safe and show up early. If you would rather get reserved seats, that’s always an option but not necessary.
Seaworld looks more not worth of going , than what San Diego zoo did .. San Diego had almost everything open except where kids could go and play or take pictures.. it’s very worth it !
Agreed that the Zoo is pretty much operating as normal so has far more to see/do. I wouldn’t say SeaWorld isn’t worth it entirely. If the main draw is the rides, then yes, it’s going to be disappointing. But nearly everything but the rides and kids area is open minus a few things under refurbishment. Still plenty to do there for a full day’s worth of excitement.
I went on Easter I can easily say this place was very fun there was not many people as it was Easter we maybe waited 5 minutes in each line we seen dolphins sea lions and a few other thing it was very fun I hope to go again
We were there on Easter too! We didn’t arrive until 3:30 PM, but if you were around then maybe you were in the background somewhere of our most recent video. I posted it yesterday. We had a great time too and felt it was less busy than on the day in this video.
@@SoCalDisneyDad really that’s cool we didn’t get there until around 6-6:30 but maybe and yes when we got there we didn’t even half to wait in line enter it was my first time going to sea world we were visiting friends in San Diego I had a blast and I’ll let you know if I see my self in the video
@@cooledits9296 Oh nice! At 6:30 we went to R is for Rescue show and then from there pretty much went straight over to the Firedancer show. So it’s probably unlikely, but you never know. I’m glad you had a good time!
@@SoCalDisneyDad yea we went over to the fire show a little later but yes we did have a great time I subscribed and hop to continue watching your great videos
You’ll want to purchase tickets online. You need a reservation to get into the park and if you wait to buy tickets then you aren’t guaranteed a reservation. If the park is at capacity, you wouldn’t be able to get in. By making a date-specific ticket purchase, you won’t need a reservation as that ticket counts as your reservation. But you’ll definitely want to do that online in advance.
We go frequently and have a great time. I think there’s still plenty to do. Can easily fill a whole day there. The only thing not open are rides at this point.
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Great video! I really appreciate the way you control your camera while you narrate the segment, nice and smooth...more so, "Thank you" for the information about these parks, I too have a family and appreciate getting the "Heads Up" info on the places you cover..Thanks Brother...
You’re very welcome! Thanks so much for watching. I appreciate the encouragement!
Can't wait to be there we are coming this weekend thanks for always sharing I enjoy your channel
You’re very welcome and thanks for watching!
This is such a cool video. I am excited to see all this soon. Do you think it will be packed and busy on a Friday?
Hard to say! It’s been busy all around since Spring break, but I’ve not visited on a Friday in about a month.
I’ll be going this Friday for the fireworks but won’t be arriving until around 7 PM.
I would guess Saturday is the busiest of all the days.
@@SoCalDisneyDad quick question do they have a drop off and pick if we take a lyft to the park?
@@davidr3408 That’s a good question. Amy said it used to, but she’s not sure now. You could try giving them a call to ask?
I would think so but I don’t know how that works with going through the parking gate.
Thanks for the video!
I will be taking my toddlers next Friday. Are the shows pretty packed, do you recommend the reserved seating?
Reserved seating isn’t necessary. But the shows are pretty packed. If you show up 20-30 minutes early you’ll be fine for getting a seat. But you won’t find a seat if you show up 5 minutes before showtime.
Also, if you go to shows earlier or later in the day you should see less crowds. From about 12-4 will likely be the busiest show times.
If you don’t want to wait 30 minutes, or don’t think your toddler will tolerate it (sometimes it’s a challenge! We have a 3 year old) then reserve seating might be a great option for you if you don’t want to miss it.
Sometimes the extra cost is worth the peace of mind.
One day I'll be driving to SeaWorld San Diego in spring.🙂 I like to get some good pictures of every animal in SeaWorld.😎👍👍👍
New Subscriber! Thanks for the awesome video. I really appreciate all the great info and tips. We will be taking my 3 1/2 year old son next thursday and zoo on friday! I hope we can get in early and beat the crowd and lines like you guys did.
You’ll have a great time I’m sure! Thanks for watching! If you have any questions, let me know. I’m happy to help.
Omg big cute walrus
They are my favorite!
Nice video! Do you need to make reservations to watch the shows?
You can if you’d like special seating. But it costs more. I don’t know how much.
But you don’t need to and we never do. You just show up to the amphitheater about 20-30 minutes before show time on busy days, or about 10 minutes early on non-busy days.
Thanks for the video. We will be visiting this spring break. Can not wait 😁
You’re very welcome! I’m sure you’ll have a great time.
Thanks for the update! Do you know if we can bring our own water?
Sure can! We take our own water bottles, as well as (usually) lunch for the kids in the form of PB&J.
Always have tons of snacks with us as the kids are constantly hungry it seems. 😂
@@SoCalDisneyDad awesome! I you're way more informative than calling SeaWorld itself! I did not know that we can take our own water bottles, let alone snacks!
@@simplyxsaephan Unfortunately we’ve had our own troubles getting information out of SeaWorld, but I’m always happy to be of help when I can.
Great video!
Do you know if the outdoor basketball challenge was open? It's right outside of the arcade area.
Also, do you know when the rides open?
Thinking about driving down from the NW in early June to do SeaWorld and Knott's Farm.
Sorry for the late reply, didn't see this until now! I don't quite remember if the basketball challenge was open, but I think so?
Knott's hasn't announced a reopening date yet, but they've said after their Boysenberry festival, so after May 2nd some time. SeaWorld has been radio silent on the rides and no new information is known.
You should know that "legally" the parks are only open to California residents. So if you're coming from Oregon or Washington, you may not be able to get into Knott's. I would call to verify with them. Just because it's in the "rules" from the state, doesn't mean theme parks will follow it necessarily.
Disneyland definitely will, I'm not sure about Knott's.
I believe SeaWorld will keep rides closed in order to stay open as a zoo with higher capacities and allowing guests from all states to visit. I'll let you know here on the channel if that changes.
@@SoCalDisneyDad Thanks for the heads up. I know Disney will be restricting guests from out of state, so I will definitely check.
It's really tough thinking about coming there knowing that we can't come to Disney... I may wait until the end of Summer or the end of the year. Big Sigh..... lol
Love the variety in the videos!!!
@@carlstokes9834 I hear ya! Hopefully the whole “Blueprint” thing goes away before too long. Expectations are June to mid-summer.
Basically once everyone who wants to be vaccinated is they will lift those tier capacity limits. And I’d imagine residency restrictions along with it.
No idea how variants will play into that though.
@@SoCalDisneyDad Yes! Thanks again :)
Thanks to you we’ve been very inform about parks/zoo’s and were able to go to the safari park. Now we want to go tomorrow for my son’s bday to sea world but I don’t know if this week is still spring break? I wouldn’t want to go if it’s going to be packed :/
The bulk of Spring Break has ended, but some schools are still out locally this week. It’s not going to be as bad during a weekday as it is on the weekend in any case.
I’ll have a new SeaWorld vlog from yesterday publishing at 3 PM PST. Check that one out for the latest crowds. But again a weekend and Easter Sunday no less.
We still got plenty done and we didn’t arrive until 3:30 PM. If you go at park opening you’ll have plenty of time to do everything.
@@SoCalDisneyDad thank you SO much for your reply and for guiding us into all this beautiful places :)
@@bluestrawberry7 Always happy to help. 😊
Thanks for this! I will be taking my family this week.
If you plan to stay for fireworks, check out my latest video for tips on where to stand to see them best.
Hope you have a great trip!
Omg tyy I went in october and everything was closed but im going agian (sometime mid April (maybe the 23) for my bday :D
Maybe rides will be open by then, too! SeaWorld hasn’t announced anything but you never know.
@@SoCalDisneyDad mhm! Im really hoping cuz if california moves to the yellow compacity thing then seaworld could open rides starting April 1st
@@drpepperyml We are very far away from Yellow. Anaheim will definitely be in Orange Tier by the time that Disneyland opens so they’ll be able to open at 25% capacity.
But San Diego is a little behind them. I actually haven’t checked our numbers lately, but we are already at the tier where rides can reopen (red) SeaWorld just needs to determine if they’re opening rides or not.
@@SoCalDisneyDad ohhh okay, that makes sense lol (I dont live in San diego so I was a vit confused)
Thank you for the video. It was really nice. I have a question, I’ll be visiting park for the first time on 04/05 with by 2 year old baby. Do we need to reserve seats for shows except tickets? And are any shoes there or just watching at animals? How to know hours of shows if there are?
You don’t need to make reservations for shows. There are 4 shows, Dolphins, Sea Lions, and Orcas, plus a new show involving Sesame Street called Rescue Tails.
The times are listed online. You would just show up to the amphitheater 20-30 minutes prior to the show to get seats.
They also have the times listed outside the amphitheaters as you’re walking around the park.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. I’m always happy to help.
@@SoCalDisneyDad Thanks for the quick answer 👍 one more question I could not find the hours of shows online. Could you help me please
@@maneantinyan5033 No worries. It took me a bit to navigate to as well. It’s not a super easy thing to find.
Visit this page: seaworld.com/san-diego/park-info/theme-park-hours/
Then change the date to the one you’re going and it should show you the various shows and events going on that day.
@@maneantinyan5033 Actually, on second look, it doesn’t seem like they’ve added show times for your date yet.
If you take a look at the schedule for today, it should be the same show times when you go as well.
Hi, thanks for this videos!
It will be our first time going, we are a family of 4! Two kids a 3 year and a 5 year, my big question do you think we can see all the park on one day?
For sure! With rides currently not operating and the play area being closed still, those are the two biggest time occupiers that would prevent seeing the rest of the park.
If you want to see all 4 shows, you’d have to be strategic with your time, but I imagine that your little ones won’t sit through 4 shows.
Mine are 6 and 3, and they tolerate 1 show per trip.
Between the food festival and the animals, we usually are there for four hours and see 1 show and usually only make it around about half of the park. With a full day, you should be fine.
If you visit every exhibit (outdoor and indoor) and don’t rush through them, you can still get it all in during a day and see a show or two.
The food festival takes some time to wait in lines and we’ve found it takes us about 1 1/2 hours to go through 5 lines and eat the items we got. We only ever get 1 item per booth though as we want to try more things.
@@SoCalDisneyDad thank you! And thanks for all the great information! 😊😊
@@franciscabermudez1929 You’re welcome and thanks again for watching!
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Awesome! Thank you so much!
Great news !!
Indeed! It was so good to be back inside seeing all the wonderful attractions.
You can take snacks and water?
Juices?
Sure can! We do every time we go. Snacks, water bottles, even lunch for the kids (bread, peanut butter, jelly packets, etc)
Is it open from Monday through Thursday? Planning to go on one of these weekdays since it will be less crowded
This week it’s open all week. After this Sunday, April 4th, it’s closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays but open on all other days.
Check here for more info: seaworld.com/san-diego/park-info/theme-park-hours/
@@SoCalDisneyDad thank you so much for the quick reply! Really appreciate it.
May I know what are the key indoor exhibits we should be visiting first? (Prioritising based on the traffic) :)
@@vivek78359 They all get just about as busy so there isn’t any one to prioritize over another except which animals you’d personally prefer to see.
If you do all indoor attractions first thing then you’ll be fine.
Turtles are still closed as far as I’m aware. So that leaves Sharks, Penguins, and Wild Arctic (Beluga, Walrus)
@@SoCalDisneyDad Perfect. Thank you sir. That was a very helpful information all the way :)
@@vivek78359 Always happy to help! Enjoy!
Is this only open for California residents?!
Nope. It's open to all. SeaWorld is still operating as a zoo and therefore anyone is able to visit. Come on down and visit. You'll have a great time. :)
@@SoCalDisneyDad thank you very much for the help I couldn’t find it anywhere online!
@@luismartinez2295 Not a problem. Always happy to help!
hello im taking my son this upcoming week.. Any chance you know if I need to purchase tickets for the Orca exhibit for the reserved seating or can we wait in the line to get in still ?
If you’re referring to the Orca show, you can get in without reserved spots, but I’d recommend showing up about 20-25 minutes before the show just to make sure you’ll get seats.
Depending on how busy it is, you can sometimes show up 5 minutes before the show and still get seats, but I would play it safe and show up early.
If you would rather get reserved seats, that’s always an option but not necessary.
@@SoCalDisneyDad yes! Thank you so much! do they have the show all day long im going on monday .
@@its_tiffyr1530 It looks like it’s showing at 1, 3, and 5 on Monday. Hope you have a great time!
Seaworld looks more not worth of going , than what San Diego zoo did .. San Diego had almost everything open except where kids could go and play or take pictures.. it’s very worth it !
Agreed that the Zoo is pretty much operating as normal so has far more to see/do.
I wouldn’t say SeaWorld isn’t worth it entirely. If the main draw is the rides, then yes, it’s going to be disappointing.
But nearly everything but the rides and kids area is open minus a few things under refurbishment.
Still plenty to do there for a full day’s worth of excitement.
I went on Easter I can easily say this place was very fun there was not many people as it was Easter we maybe waited 5 minutes in each line we seen dolphins sea lions and a few other thing it was very fun I hope to go again
We were there on Easter too! We didn’t arrive until 3:30 PM, but if you were around then maybe you were in the background somewhere of our most recent video.
I posted it yesterday.
We had a great time too and felt it was less busy than on the day in this video.
@@SoCalDisneyDad really that’s cool we didn’t get there until around 6-6:30 but maybe and yes when we got there we didn’t even half to wait in line enter it was my first time going to sea world we were visiting friends in San Diego I had a blast and I’ll let you know if I see my self in the video
@@cooledits9296 Oh nice! At 6:30 we went to R is for Rescue show and then from there pretty much went straight over to the Firedancer show. So it’s probably unlikely, but you never know.
I’m glad you had a good time!
@@SoCalDisneyDad I just watched your most recent video and I did not see myself we were just a few rows to the left
@@SoCalDisneyDad yea we went over to the fire show a little later but yes we did have a great time I subscribed and hop to continue watching your great videos
My children want to go it would be for the first time you can buy the tickets there or there to make a reservation
You’ll want to purchase tickets online. You need a reservation to get into the park and if you wait to buy tickets then you aren’t guaranteed a reservation. If the park is at capacity, you wouldn’t be able to get in.
By making a date-specific ticket purchase, you won’t need a reservation as that ticket counts as your reservation.
But you’ll definitely want to do that online in advance.
Don’t waste your time.
We go frequently and have a great time. I think there’s still plenty to do. Can easily fill a whole day there. The only thing not open are rides at this point.