Expedition Odyssey
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Expedition Odyssey
While the summer months typically inspire vacations to warm climate destinations, SeaWorld Orlando has taken the polar-opposite approach. Park World’s North American Editor, Susan Storey, Reports.
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ith the grand opening of Expedition Odyssey, SeaWorld is taking guests on an incredible journey to the Arctic,
showcasing the diverse array of species that call the icy climate home. The attraction, a MACK AIRIFC flying theatre
guests close with marine and sea life with the latest technology and engineering to provide an immersive experience that is breathtakingly authentic.
shared Conner Carr, corporate vice president, rides, and engineering for United Parks & we surround them with, the animals they see, everything is real. We did not use computer SeaWorld sent teams to the Arctic multiple
times during the different seasons to capture mission at SeaWorld has always been to bring
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experiences and attractions to our guests that will show and tell those stories. It seamlessly blends next level engineering with excitement while staying
features a curved screen that is 50 feet (15 metres) in diameter. Guests are seated on two levels, 15 people across. Once seated, the entire apparatus pivots guests 180 degrees, fully surrounding them by the dome-like shape of the screen. Their snowy journey lifts off for the next four and half minutes, providing a multisensory experience that soars over ice caps and icebergs, dives into the ocean with a pod of orcas and come up close with a herd of walruses. Belugas peacefully emerge from the under ice, providing a visual reminder that Arctic is not land covered in snow, but instead a vast collection of floating ice.
as if we were capturing footage for a wildlife documentary. Nor did we use that style of equipment. The teams captured outstanding, and amazing wildlife footage that brings our guests along with them, using custom drones, custom lens, custom cameras. They had the concept for the ride experience in mind as they collected every shot. For instance, during the planning stages, we knew we wanted to have our guests with us as the camera dove into the water. We wanted them to dive with us beneath the surface and see everything as it happened. Our camera crew captured that. All the motion and the integration known for providing real experiences. We invested in filming real experiences, real moments and using them for Expedition Odyssey. This allowed us to also use the attractions are the first part the attraction, they immediately enter our beluga whale habitat. They saw belugas onscreen, now
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