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Today’s killer whale show at SeaWorld San Diego also has been cancelled, officials said. No decision had been announced on future shows. 1971: A SeaWorld secretary riding the original Shamu for ...
SAN DIEGO (CBS 8/ CNS) - On Tuesday, SeaWorld announced a new thrill ride is coming to the park as their popular Shamu shows come to an end on Sunday. The new attraction, a roller coaster called ...
SAN DIEGO — Faced with mounting public and regulatory pressure over its treatment of killer whales, SeaWorld officials announced Monday they plan to phase out the popular Shamu shows at its San ...
Shamu has been synonymous with SeaWorld for much of the park’s 50-year history and theme-park experts largely agree: A “Blackfish”- fueled push to get the marine park to phase out its killer whales ...
After years of slowly updating the parks, SeaWorld has now confirmed that the final Shamu-themed ride, the Shamu Express at SeaWorld San Antonio, will be re-themed ahead of the 2019 season.
• Former UC San Diego professor Susan G. Davis, who wrote a 1997 book about SeaWorld’s business model, also appeared in the Frontline documentary and compared Shamu to another popular mascot. “The ...
After a soft opening over the holiday weekend, SeaWorld San Diego is scheduled Wednesday to officially unveil its newest attractions to replace the park’s “Shamu” killer whale shows.
San Diego — Fifty years of splashes, twirls and and leaps into the air came to an end Sunday as SeaWorld’s 11 killer whales took their final entertainment-laden bow. When the black-and-white ...
Ken Peters, 39, was "resting comfortably," SeaWorld San Diego spokesman Dave Koontz said. Koontz did not know the extent of Peters' injuries and the hospital declined to release details.
I’m not sure how different “One Ocean” is from the 40,000 previous killer whale performances SeaWorld San Diego has presented since 1966, but it’s as good as any other Shamu show I’ve ...
Business SeaWorld’s Shamu Shows Won’t Be Banned for Now, Assembly Panel Decides by Ken Stone • Times of San Diego April 8, 2014, 11:25 a.m.