Aquatica, Orlando, Florida

Dolphins whether it’s the football team or the mammals, Floridians love ’em. In fact, they love them so much that they put dolphins (the mammals, that is) in Orlando’s Aquatica. Guests can ride through their underwater habitat in a 250-foot tube or float on a river with exotic fish below and exotic birds above. Another of the park’s distinctive features is side-by-side wave pools with varying degrees of swells and waves. A sister park to SeaWorld, Aquatica encompasses 36 slides (including an eight-lane, 300-foot racing slide with a 360-degree turn and six-story triple-drop slide), six rivers (including rapids) and lagoons, and more than 80,000 square feet of white sand beaches.

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(888) 800-5447 or (407) 351-3600

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