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Unexpectedencounters Unexpected encounters Unbelievable events Where inspiration and thrill meet. Take your group beyond four walls. From up-close encounters with bottle-nosed dolphins to Texas-sized thrill rides and creative culinary experiences, SeaWorld® San Antonio and Aquatica, SeaWorld’s Waterpark® provide the perfect backdrop to make any meeting an event to remember. Events That Matter 1 Make memories at SeaWorld with an immersive event tailored to your specific expectations. Everything from casual and fun picnics to interactive animal swims and challenging team building activities. 2 Engage All Your Senses. Awe inspiring shows featuring killer whales, graceful white belugas, dolphins, sea lions and more take center stage. Delight your guests with a reception or dinner at Explorer’s Reef, with its dramatic underwater viewing, or Dine with Shamu®. Events sized right for your groups’ needs, from intimate gatherings for 20 people to a total park buyout for large groups! A Place to Connect 3 Entertainment Shows and Packages Groups of any size can enjoy any of SeaWorld’s performances. Customize your event with entertainment. Options include walk-around performers, high-energy bands, DJs, and much more. One Ocean® Dive into the exhilaration of the sea in the Shamu® show, One Ocean. The energy and spirit of the ocean envelops you in a multi-sensory celebration of life underneath the sea that entertains as it educates and inspires. Ocean Discovery: Dolphins & Beluga Whales Enjoy an enlightening and amazing experience featuring graceful beluga whales, athletic Pacific white-sided dolphins, and colorful macaws interacting with each other in a playful way. Clyde and Seamore’s Sea Lion High™ Put your flippers together for the sea lion and otter show! It’s filled with amazing animal behaviors and fun audience interactions, as Clyde and Seamore go back to school in slippery pursuit of their diplomas. 4 Animal Ambassador Team Get up-close and interact with some of SeaWorld’s beloved Animal Ambassadors. The Great White® Challenge yourself to the 360° flips and thrills on the grand-daddy of all SeaWorld® coasters. Race along at nearly 50 mph on a floor-less run of breathtaking loops and thrilling curves. Steel Eel® This hypercoaster features a vertical drop of 15 stories followed by a series of camelbacks that provide moments of weightlessness. Journey to Atlantis® A family ride that’s part water ride, part coaster and altogether exciting! Get a panoramic, 360° view at the top of the first peak, followed by a 10-story reverse camelback that sends you on a wet and wild plunge into the lake below. Wave Breaker™ The Rescue Coaster Join the heroics of the SeaWorld Rescue Team and race into action on Wave Breaker - the only coaster in North America that looks and feels like you’re on a high-speed jet ski adventure! A SeaWorld Adventure 5 Go Ahead. Dive Into Fun. Aquatica, SeaWorld’s Waterpark® is a splashy way to host a memorable outing or event. Kick back at San Antonio’s favorite sandy beach, Big Surf Shores, for a unique tropical-style getaway complete with waves, thrills and a chance to enjoy an up-close encounter with sting rays. Majestic animals, top-tier dining, and nightlife are just a few of Aquatica’s world-class offerings. Mingle with colleagues in a relaxed tropical setting that is truly unsurpassed anywhere in San Antonio. Kick back. This beach party is just getting started! 6 Aquatica, SeaWorld’s Waterpark 7 Venues SeaWorld San Antonio & Aquatica offer a variety of creative settings designed for groups of all sizes. Choose from covered pavilions, open-air spaces or climate-controlled locations, all inspiring the perfect backdrop for a memorable event. And for super-sized groups ask us about a park buyout. Discovery Point Stadium - Mezzanine Underwater Viewing Levels Up to 50 guests Up to 150 guests Get up close with Atlantic bottle-nosed Enjoy a private show with orcas, dolphins at Discovery Point and the belugas, Pacific white-sided dolphins beautiful Underwater Viewing area. or sea lions coupled with a cocktail Breathtaking for receptions, private reception or dessert party. A delightful parties, and team building events, your way to begin or end any special event. guests will be mesmerized watching the dolphins play and interact. Dine With Shamu® Explorer’s Reef Up to 180 guests Up to 200 guests A SeaWorld® only signature event. One of San Antonio’s most unique Enjoy a private, sumptuous buffet as venues, Explorer’s Reef features you dine alongside the orcas. floor-to-ceiling habitats with tropical Watch these majestic marine mammals fish, stingrays, and sharks. The climate as they interact with their trainers and controlled atmosphere is perfect each other. year-round for dinners, receptions, galas, team building exercises and holiday parties. Seaside Landing Ports of Call Up to 250 guests From 100 to 1,000 guests This private climate controlled venue Enjoy a refreshing down-home picnic overlooks SeaWorld San Antonio’s in a casual atmosphere with seven Water Park, Aquatica. Ideal for covered pavilions, volleyball court and year-round comfort Seaside Landing an outdoor grill for an authentic Texas- is a super choice for team building sized barbeque. events, receptions, dinners, galas or holiday parties. SeaWorld Exclusive Compass Rose Plaza Buyout Up to 1000 guests 5,000 – 10,000 guests Fantastic for a welcoming reception of Guests will cut loose, unwind and up to 1,000 guests, or a seated dinner enjoy the night air while mingling and for up to 650 guests, Compass Rose networking at SeaWorld, which can be Plaza makes an impression on guests exclusively reserved for the evening. the minute they arrive. Choose from exciting thrill rides to sensational shows. Delicious food and drinks are served at convenient locations throughout the park. 8 SeaWorld San Antonio will make any event the best for years to come. Catering Whether it’s an authentic Texas barbeque, creative buffet, or elegant plated meal, our talented culinary team is dedicated to delivering the highest quality catering services. SeaWorld is equipped with an on-site banquet kitchen, as well as a bakery where the culinary team creates delicious desserts and freshly baked breads. We also offer plant-based meal options, and our chefs can customize any menu to meet dietary specifications. Beer, wine, and full bar service are also available. Events at SeaWorld 9 Team Building Through the power of positive relationships, SeaWorld® has taken team building to new heights. Now, groups wishing to start their team’s path to success can book a unique program we call 11,000 Pounds of Leadership. Over 30 years of animal training experience is behind this program. This experience offers: • A training session patterned after the Ken Blanchard, Thad Lacinak, and Chuck Tompkins’ book “Whale Done! The Power of Positive Relationships”. • An up-close interaction, where your team dons a wet suit and slips into waist deep water with beluga whales, sea lions or dolphins. • A Behind-the-Scenes Tour of SeaWorld’s zoological support areas. 10 Your experience with us matters. SeaWorld® strives to inspire guests to protect animals and the wild wonders of our world. Beyond being one of the world’s foremost zoological organizations, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment™ also rescues and rehabilitates marine and terrestrial animals that are ill, injured, orphaned or abandoned, with the goal of returning them to the wild. The SeaWorld® rescue team has helped more than 30,000 animals in need over the last 50 years. Animal Rescue 11 Contact Us From picture perfect white sand beaches to dinner with residents of the deep, these unique combinations of distinctive backdrops, impressive service, and exotic animals will make any event shine at SeaWorld®. Only 20 minutes from downtown. SeaWorldGroupEvents.com SeaWorld San Antonio Group Sales Department 10500 SeaWorld Drive San Antonio, Texas 78251 12 v Samantha Sargeant Sr. Account Exec. – Special Events 210-523-3652 [email protected] 10500 SeaWorld Drive San Antonio, Texas 78251 SeaWorldGroupEvents.com © 2017 SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved..
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