SeaWorld Animal Connections Program

Get ready for a once-in-a-lifetime experience with Seal World's Animal Connections Program where you’ll learn the habits and lifestyles of these unique and mysterious animals.  Get up close and personal with sharks in their own habitat, experience the thrill of working alongside marine mammal experts or interact with Beluga whales. 

Sea World Animal Connections Program brings you the opportunity to explore, learn and interact with the beauty of marine life.

Three amazing programs to choose:



Sharks Deep Dive:

SeaWorld plunges guests into the realm of the shark as part of the park’s most daring animal interaction program, Sharks Deep Dive. Participants don wetsuits and an all-new Sea Trek helmet – which allows participants to breathe and communicate underwater without scuba equipment – during their close encounter with more than 50 sharks and an array of fish. Cost is $149.00 per person, is limited to two guests for the two-hour program, and includes a “Sharks Deep Dive” T-shirt, a shark information booklet and a souvenir photograph. Park admission is not included, and is required.

Marine Mammal Keeper Experience:

“Marine Mammal Keeper Experience” is an eight-hour program where guests experience the thrill of working alongside marine mammal experts. From bottle-feeding orphaned manatees to interacting with seals and walrus, participants learn firsthand how SeaWorld animal care specialists work with marine animals. Up to four guests per day can participate in the program that begins at 6:30 a.m. Cost is $399.00 (tax included) and includes lunch, a T-shirt, a career book, a souvenir photograph and a seven-day pass to SeaWorld.

Beluga Interaction Program:

Get up close and personal with the Beluga whales. Touch, feed and learn the habits and lifestyles of these unique animals in their habitat. SeaWorld animal trainers will teach you how to communicate with the whales through hand signals.  Is a once-in-a lifetime opportunity that you will never forget.  SeaWorld admission is required and is not included.  Water in the Beluga Interaction Program is 55 degrees F . Wetsuit and full changing facility are provided. Guests must bring swimsuit to wear under wetsuit provided.

Other animal interaction program that you might be interested to do, is to Swim with the Dolphins at Discovery Cove. A once-in-a-lifetime experience to swim with dolphins, play with stingrays, and snorkel with thousands of tropical fish.

For reservations, call: (800) 327-2424
Book online at seaworld.com or visit
the Guided Tour Counter inside the park.
International visitors, call 407-363-2380
Space is limited ~ Make your reservations today!

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