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Animal Care Experience Add Ons

Youth Program

Youth Programs Animal Care Experience Add-Ons

Option #1: Rescue Center Behind-The-Scenes Student Tour
Want your students to take action for wildlife? Go behind-the-scenes to visit our Rescue Center and learn how we leverage our expertise in Animal Care and Veterinary Medicine to deliver around the clock life-saving care to animals in need. During this 30-minute tour, a SeaWorld Educator will give your students a sneak peak of the specialized equipment we use to reach aquatic and terrestrial animals from around central Florida (and beyond) and our state-of-the-art Veterinary Hospital! Allow your students to become inspired as they enhance their understanding of what it takes to help animals in need and the part they play to ensure animals thrive in their natural environments.

This 30-minute student-focused program is uniquely designed for students 6th – 12th grade and includes a guided, behind-the-scenes tour of our Rescue Center.

  • Available Times: 11:15 AM, 12:15 PM, 1:15 PM
  • Check-In: Groups Check-in in front of Trek Treasures Gift Shop 15 minutes prior to program start time.
  • Length of Program: 30 minutes
  • Capacity per time slot: 15 participants minimum; 60 participants maximum
  • Payment is due in full at least 3 weeks prior to arrival date
  • Available Dates: Weekends in June and July; Daily August – May


Option #2: Zoo Talk: Discovering Animal Science Careers
Want to take your students’ experience to new depths on their visit to SeaWorld? Join us on an exclusive opportunity to chat with a Zoological Expert in an experience uniquely designed for students. Visit our educational classroom for an extracurricular opportunity to speak with a Zoological Expert and meet a shark! This 30-minute program is the perfect add-on to your SeaWorld visit as your students explore the world of careers in Wildlife Science and Animal Care with a Zoological Animal Care Specialist. Let their possibilities soar as your students will gain first-hand knowledge about how to obtain a truly wild career!

This 30-minute student-focused program is uniquely designed for students 6th – 12th grade and includes a visit to our Educational Classroom, speaking with a Zoological Animal Care Specialist, and the opportunity to touch a shark.

  • Available Times: 11:15 AM, 12:15 PM, 1:15 PM
  • Check-In: Groups Check-in in front of Wild Arctic Gift Shop (next to the Polar Bear Statue) 15 minutes prior to program start time.
  • Length of Program: 30 minutes
  • Payment is due in full at least 3 weeks prior to arrival date.
  • Capacity per time slot: 15 participants minimum; 80 participants maximum
  • Available Dates: Weekends in June and July; Daily August – May


Option #3: Deep Dive Into Animal Care
Explore the world of animal care, behavior, and training with an opportunity to observe a behind-the-scenes perspective of how we care for the animals that call SeaWorld home. Not available to the general public, this 30-minute program gives your students the exclusive opportunity to visit an animal stadium to witness how our Animal Care Specialists use the principals of animal behavior and training to build positive relationships that help ensure our animals health and well-being our top priority! During this time, your students will speak directly with our Zoological team and observe a training session to see how we work alongside the animals that call SeaWorld Orlando home.

This 30-minute student-focused experience is uniquely designed for students 6th – 12th grade and includes exclusive time in an animal stadium to observe an animal training session and speaking with a Zoological Animal Care Specialist.
  • Groups will be notified of program start time three weeks prior to arrival.
  • Length of Program: 30 minutes
  • 500 participants maximum
  • Payment is due in full at least 3 weeks prior to arrival date.
  • Available Dates: Daily August – May