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2013 Neuheit: Knott's Soak City wird Aquatica San Diego

Mario M.

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Sea World hat den Wasserpark der Knott's Berry Farm abgekauft und will den Park zu seinem 3. Aquatica Wasserpark umbauen:

orlandosentinel.com schrieb:
SeaWorld buys California water park, plans 3[SUP]r[/SUP][SUP]d[/SUP] Aquatica

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment said Tuesday it has acquired a water park in San Diego that it will convert into the company's third Aquatica.

The Orlando-based company would not say how much it paid for Knott's Soak City — San Diego, owned by amusement-park operator Cedar Fair L.P., nor how much it will spend renovating the water park. SeaWorld said it has been negotiating the deal for "several months."
SeaWorld said it will make significant changes while the water park is closed for the winter to overhaul it to fit its Aquatica brand. The SeaWorld water parks are best-known for combining water-based attractions with marine-life encounters, such as a water slide through a pool filled with Commerson's dolphins or a raft ride through a stingray-filled lagoon.

"These parks reflect the highest standard of quality in attractions, entertainment and theming, but the presence of animals makes the experience something truly special. Aquatica San Diego, like its sister parks, will feature guest experiences with a variety of exotic animals," SeaWorld Parks President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Atchison said in a prepared statement.
The company's first Aquatica opened in 2008, a standalone water park adjacent to SeaWorld Orlando and Discovery Cove. The second one opened last year inside SeaWorld San Antonio.
The third Aquatica will be about 23 miles from SeaWorld San Diego and will become the company's 11th standalone park in the U.S. Company parks drew a combined 23.6 million visitors last year.
Since being acquired by private-equity giant The Blackstone Group in late 2009, SeaWorld executives have made it a strategic goal to expand the company's footprint, both geographically and across new platforms. The company has launched film and television studios, created a consumer-products licensing unit and evaluated plans for everything from hotels to overseas theme parks.
In an interview last year with the Sentinel, Atchison singled out Aquatica as a concept that the company hoped to expand. The executive also mentioned Discovery Cove, the limited-admission boutique park in Orlando, and Sesame Place, a children's park in Pennsylvania, as other likely targets for expansion.

"Do I think that in the U.S. marketplace there's a place for 10 more SeaWorlds? Probably not," Atchison said at the time. "But there's probably other locations that could support other concepts that we have and, I think, do very well."

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Mario M.

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Hier noch 2 Artworks sowie ein Luftbild des schon bestehenden Parks:

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