It's due to the pay. They get paid around 11 dollars an hour there, which is 6 whole dollars less than Universal and 7 less than Disney. I've also heard less than stellar things from people who have worked there relating to scheduling and management. Being a ride op isn't easy to begin with.
But yet they're willing to shell out dozens of millions of dollars a year for new additions across the parks. Financial trouble is no excuse when it comes to that.
The issue is no one wants to work for SeaWorld. They legitimately have an incredibly tough time finding people willing to work there and turnover is high as people can’t afford to work there in Orlando with how expensive rent is.
Well if they don't add new stuff people won't come.
I mean I agree they need to pay more. I am not arguing that point. I am saying I don't think they can pay Uni or Disney level and still be financially stable. But they need to raise their rates, $6 below is not acceptable. My only point was that it is a circle for them and they need to figure a way out of that circle of doom like Uni did with HP. But keep in mind only reason they could is because Comcast themselves could afford it. They really need new owners. These owners will never get them out of this circle.
Other parks only add stuff once every couple of years. SeaWorld Orlando can survive not opening a coaster for the third year in a row.
SeaWorld could easily go a year without opening a new ride and instead set a budget to increase minimum wages at the company and spend a year cleaning up the park’s operations and the quality of guest service that is there (and just cleaning up the park in general).
I'm glad to hear that it seems that way from the outside. I've got many many friends who work SWO entertainment / costuming and they seem to be constantly understaffed, overbudget, trying to bite off more than they can chew with the amount of offerings they try to have, while also not treating workers very well at all and not offering the same level of security as Disney and Universal. When you are working with the same pool of talent as Disney and Uni, it's no wonder why people choose them over Seaworld.
But, someone needs to think about the executives!! Those poor poor people.
Ironically when I applied I was turned down. "Too much experience" WTF? Oh well
"This guy knows what it's like to work somewhere that doesn't stink! We can't let him tell the others about this."
I agree. I think the issue is they need that family coaster to be more well rounded and Pipeline was bought pre-Covid and Ice Breaker opening was pushed back. I don't think the original plan was 3 years in a row. I do think after this next one they should skip a year and get their ducks in a row while building this hotel that should produce good revenue for them.
The food booth pricing is INSANE. I would never pay those prices. However, Sea World hands me free samples all the time as an AP. I got one per pass this past weekend and one per pass the weekend before that. But then that inflates the lines and so even the people who would pay those prices would never actually wait in those lines. I mean I am not complaining about free food.
