Six Flags Marine World Unveils Northern California's First Dolphin Touch and Feeding Experience
April 28 2005 - 7:09PM
PR Newswire (US)
Six Flags Marine World Unveils Northern California's First Dolphin
Touch and Feeding Experience New Ocean Discovery Experience Makes a
Huge Splash with an Up Close and Personal Encounter with
Magnificent Marine Life VALLEJO, Calif., April 28
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Six Flags Marine World is offering guests
a new world of exploration with Ocean Discovery, the Park's new
interactive marine animal encounter that opens to the public on
April 29. The new Caribbean-themed destination is the only place in
Northern California where guests can personally interact with
Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, southern stingrays and warm-weathered
penguins. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to:
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/sixflags/21782 The 2-acre area
provides guests the opportunity to interact with and feed some of
the world's natural wonders while learning about the animals and
the importance of natural habitat conservation and protection.
"Ocean Discovery is an exciting addition to Six Flags Marine World
and exemplifies the type of interactive and fun learning experience
we offer for the entire family," said Michelle Bridwell, marine
mammal supervisor at Six Flags Marine World. "Ocean Discovery
presents a rare opportunity to expand the horizons of our guests
through an up close and personal experience with dolphins,
stingrays and warm-weathered penguins." Specifically, Ocean
Discovery has three interactive marine life experiences, including
Dolphin Encounter, Penguin Passage and Stingray Bay. * Dolphin
Encounter -- Atlantic bottlenose dolphins play and surf inside a
custom designed 200,000-gallon pool where guests can have direct
contact with the animals and their trainers. During designated
times guests can touch and feed the dolphins with the assistance of
the Park's veteran trainers. Additionally, visitors can enjoy the
dolphins from an underwater viewing area. * Stingray Bay --
Alongside a 10,000-gallon pool, guests have the opportunity to
touch and feed stingrays, which are commonly found in southern
parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
Southern stingrays can reach a width of five feet and weigh more
than 200 pounds. * Penguin Passage -- The new outdoor,
rocky-exhibit has an 8,000-gallon pool and is home to a colony of
South African penguins, also known as black-footed penguins. Guests
can watch these flightless birds frolic and swim from rare
underwater and eye-level views. Six Flags Marine World originally
opened in 1968 as a zoological park and over the years has grown
into American's original combination wildlife park, oceanarium and
theme park. In addition to the new Ocean Discovery, Six Flags
Marine World provides a once-in-a-lifetime experience with 35 wild
rides, nine entertaining shows, and more than 3,000 rare and exotic
animals in 35 up-close, animal attractions. Six Flags Marine World
is located in Vallejo, California, off of Interstate 80, just 30
miles northeast of San Francisco, 50 miles southwest of Sacramento
and near the Napa Valley Wine Country. Six Flags Marine World is
managed by Six Flags, Inc., the world's largest regional theme park
company. Through its subsidiaries, it owns and operates a total of
30 parks in North America. Six Flags parks serve 34 of the 50
largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Six Flags, Inc. is
a publicly held corporation with offices in New York City and
Oklahoma City. The Company's stock trades on the NYSE under the
symbol: PKS. NOTE: SIX FLAGS and all related indicia are trademarks
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Inc. CONTACT: Public Relations of Six Flags Marine World,
+1-707-556-5227 Web site: http://www.sixflags.com/parks/marineworld
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