Originally Posted By elene I can't find my previous post but I was wondering if anyone else has seen this show and am wondering if this is what the general public wants to see from this show? Thanks!
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Deogge's Mom and I saw Believe on opening day, and loved it. The show features the killer whales more, and the story that is shown on the amazing new video screens is entertaining. <a href="http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/1502898" target="_blank">http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/ga llery/1502898</a>
Originally Posted By elene We went last night and I barely saw the whales do anything. I thought the previous regular show and House of Douse shows (even though during the segment that I call "intimate moments with Shamu" which were pretty boring) were both better with more whale exposure. I thought this one was a little too preachy. When it reached the 20 minute or so mark, it seemed like it was almost over so we bolted. Turns out it wasn't done so maybe we'll try to endure the 2nd half next time. I kept thinking "OK, it is going to get better" but it never did from our (my husband and mine) point of view. I was very disappointed. I guess I just like to see the whales do stuff. I don't have a real interest in the trainers or anything and this show seemed to be more about them than the whales. Maybe we just caught it on a bad day but there seemed to be VERY long periods of time with no whales at all. When you went did 6 trainers swim across the pool then go into the audience and high 5 people while running up the stairs? That killed like 5 minutes and there were no whales to be seen at all.
Originally Posted By lawdawg One Word Cheesy The effect of the new moving screens were a nice touch, however it should be called the "Shamu Trainer, What I wanted to Be When I Grew Up Show"!
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh We saw the one in Orlando at the end of April. I liked that it was different than the traditional orca show, which is alternating between the trainer telling us about them and them doing some behaviors. I liked the greater use of video and music. That said, it definitely seemed too much emphasis on the trainers, rather than the orcas.
Originally Posted By elene We went Friday night and they did House of Douse show (in San Diego) at 9:30pm. It was a good show with lots of tricks and no trainer life aspiration stories. It was a relief to at least know during the Summer I can see a show I like. Now if they'd only bring back the ice skating show (or maybe a night time show with the dogs, cats, and pigs) that would be great! I haven't seen the new day time Sealion and Otter show but the Sealions Tonight show was pretty good this year. They didn't do it last year which was a huge disappointment especially because the new show they were doing was REALLY bad. Hopefully the new day time show is reasonable.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal The new daytime sea lion and otter show is very boring, in my opinion. I really liked the Spooky Kooky Castle show from years back, and even the Pirates of Pinniped and the Tool Time-type show were alright. This one is ridiculous with the mermaid and the pearl story line. The set isn't great, either. Usually I think that the sea lion and otter show is a do not miss...now I would likely skip it if the kids weren't with us!
Originally Posted By elene I haven't seen the "newly revised" show (reopened June 10) but the show they opened last year was terrible. I was hoping the revised show might be better. Sounds like it isn't. I totally agree that they should bring back Kooky Castle. But I thought all of the previous shows were better than this last one. Hopefully people will complain (although I can't really talk because I haven't complained) and they'll do something better in the future. The night time show is quite entertaining and I usually go at night so I don't have to endure the day shows very often. I wish they'd do something at night in the Pets Rule stadium. I really miss the old ice skating show.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN This is Sea World people!!! Have they ever had an interesting animal show in their premises??? NO!
Originally Posted By schnebs They aren't THAT bad. Corny? Sure. The same tricks with every new show? Pretty much.But have you seen the shows at some other aniaml parks? The Sea World shows are practically Broadway-quality compared to animal shows I've seen at other parks.
Originally Posted By elene I think the Sealions Tonight show is quite clever. Sure they have some of the same jokes each year but at least they are FUNNY. And they do have some new jokes each year as well. Of course the new Shamu show gave them a lot to work with! I thought the old Shamu show was good. I mean I don't think I'm really that hard to please. I like to see the whale do stuff just like most of the people who go to Sea World. As long as I see a lot of whale tricks, even though they are the same, they are still amazing to me! I've been an annual passholder for over 15 years and am still amazed at what the whales can do (and do on command). Of course my dog can only do about 10 things on command (and most of them aren't tricks they are things like going outside, going potty, etc). I guess the only real trick she can do is sit and down.
