Dine with Shamu

[kingeric]

Here are my photos from today

 

[Andy]

^ Cannot believe they haven't abandoned this yet.

 

[kingeric]

Yeah I guess we will see it has been a nightmare project.

 

[UNIrd]

Wait.. this never opened up again after the accident?

 

[kingeric]

no it still hasn't reopened. they are still installing the quick rise floor

 

[floridianer]

Any hint when it is supposed to be open again??? So sad to see it closed. Realy wanna go there in July...

 

[kingeric]

Any hint when it is supposed to be open again??? So sad to see it closed. Realy wanna go there in July...

They have already blown past 2 dates. So I have no clue at this point.

 

[floridianer]

So sad... Do you have an educated guess??
Hope to book it on July 6th

Have been 2 times but can´t help myself... Love it!

 

[kingeric]

So sad... Do you have an educated guess??
Hope to book it on July 6th

Have been 2 times but can´t help myself... Love it!

Dine with Shamu was awesome, and amazing. But sadly now with the glass walls installed, and Tilli having escalating behavioral issues, who knows. I know SW wants to get this back open since it is a very profitable experience for them to offer.

Honestly I would love to see this open by this summer, but any guess would be just that, pure speculation at this point.

 

[floridianer]

Do you work at Seaworld?
It sounds like that

Does Tili realy get behaviour issues? So sad for him...

We´ll see how it compares to the "old show"...

 

[kingeric]

Do you work at Seaworld?
It sounds like that

Does Tili realy get behaviour issues? So sad for him...

We´ll see how it compares to the "old show"...

No I work across the street from SW and I have a lot of friends who work at SW and other parks.

 

[kingeric]

from today

 

[floridianer]

Hm... Where is the rising floor? No sign of it,huh?

Across the street? DC?

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

Well If it does reopen, we can guarantee it won't be called "Dine with Shamu"...

 

[Felipe]

Hm... Where is the rising floor? No sign of it,huh?

Across the street? DC?

I thought the rising floor was those white squares that you see in every, but the last, picture.

 

[Fun]

Here are some great shots a Twitter friend took last Saturday.

Still a lot of activity at the pool, even on Saturdays. They raised water levels and upped the equipment around the pool

Special Thnx and credits: Eric M. Davis

 

[Andy]

Dine with Shamu coming spring 2016... :deadhorse:

 

[BJCool]

AmusementPics posted the following:

It looks like they're doing some testing on the Dine with Shamu pool's new floor

 

[PWT]

Is that a life guard chair for the whales?

 

[Fun]

A rough budget indication of what all these improvements cost. And - for what it's worth - a statement that tests have been succesfull.

Those revised loan terms include the $65 million "orca-infrastructure spending" exception to loan covenants that typically restrict SeaWorld to about $165 million a year in capital spending. The bulk of that additional money is expected to pay for the installation of fast-rising "lift floors" in many or all of the company's killer-whale pools. The prototype for those floors was installed in the "Dine With Shamu" pool at SeaWorld Orlando — the same pool in which trainer Dawn Brancheau was killed Feb. 24, 2010. Atchison said the custom-designed floor has been successfully tested by SeaWorld engineers.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com...rld-orlando-seaworld-parks-president-aquatica