TurtleTrek - 2012
Using new technology, TurtleTrek gets you closer than ever before to the lives of one of the worlds’ best loved and most vulnerable reptiles – the sea turtle.
This visual conservation experience allows you to learn more about the plight of the sea turtle and the incredible life journey they take from hatching on a beach and making the mad dash to open waters, to the dangers and hazards they face as they mature and return to the very same beach to lay their own eggs, their tales of life underwater have in the past been impossible to show – until now.
Coming to life is a first-of-its-kind 3-D and 360-degree dome theatre that is completely immersive. You will experience a 360º view of the film, from above and all around, to be given a turtle’s eye view of the ocean’s wonders.
Back in the real world, you can get up-close to the sea turtle at two extensive habitats next to the dome, one saltwater area which will also house more than 1,500 fish and over a dozen sea turtles, and the other a freshwater habitat to discover hundreds of freshwater fish and gentle manatees.
Many of the manatees and sea turtles were rescued by the park’s animal team. Since SeaWorld Orlando’s rescue programs began, the team has cared for and returned to the wild nearly 240 manatees and more than 1,200 sea turtles.