Riding SeaWorld San Diego's Newest Roller Coaster! Summer 2024 Vlog

I love this place, and it definitely does not deserve the hate. The family coasters are fun, Manta nearly being the best in the park. Emperor was my first dive coaster, and was surprisingly good. It is also a really nice looking park.

Never really understood why this park gets hated on so much, every time I go I can’t help but appreciate how gorgeous the whole park is! It’s also just pure fun anytime I visit!

I live in San Diego and the lockers and parking are the exact reasons why I almost never go to SeaWorld unless I get a free ticket or something. Sarah said it perfectly, it's ridiculous to make every single ride an upcharge attraction because you are REQUIRED to put your things in a locker in order to ride. The ticket prices are NOT cheap, without a discount it's like $130 for a one day ticket and parking is like $40 or something insane. There is absolutely no excuse for them to charge an extra $3 for the rides, especially on top of the robbery that is the food prices. Sometimes I consider getting a pass because their coaster lineup now is decent, but then I remember the lockers thing and how expensive everything is there and I lose interest in visiting. Either the lockers should be a very small fee, like $5 for the entire day across the park, or they need to be free. I complained to guest services several times about it and they argued with me that you are not actually required to pay for a locker because you can have someone else hold your stuff when you ride...which a) doesn't work when you go by yourself, and b) if you aren't by yourself that means that you have to designate one person in your group to not go on a ride so they can hold the other people's things??? Beyond ridiculous and just evidence of the shameless and rampant corporate greed that is allowed in this country in the death throes of the failed experiment of capitalism.

Never been to SeaWord, but this is so fun to see the inside of the park because when marathon training, I run around Mission Bay and that park entrance multiple days a week. Maybe I should actual pop in one day. 😂

SeaWorld parks have very strange quick queues. I went to Busch Gardens two months ago, and my Quick Queue said I could use it for Sand Serpent.

This park could definitely use a kids coaster especially considering the only other 2 Sea World Sea World parks have just 1 and this has none.

I think my favorite part of this video is watching Taylor give his analysis of the new coaster while standing in lighting that made him look like a Smurf, LOL =) (Confession: I haven't been to a Sea World park since I was like 10 years old so they've changed a LOT since my last visit! I hope to get back to the one in FL at some point but in the meantime, I have enjoyed your videos showing me all the new stuff at all the SW parks. Keep up the great work!)

A few points I would like to address as someone who’s home park is SWSD: 1. As a Manta freak, your cinematography is AMAZING!!!!! 2. As someone who rode Manta as their first coaster when I was little (and was mildly terrified), I think Arctic Rescue is a great coaster for the little ones before they ride Manta. 3. I think was there the same week you went and I believe they gave Electric Eel a new train hence the closure (comfort collars are still there unfortunately). 4. As someone who understands the SWSD lineup and park very well, I think we could use either a compact RMC Raptor or a B&M Surf Coaster next. Either would be a great option. There is a plot of land in the back that they don’t use much if at all and you could definitely fit either. 5. Which is better, Big Bear Mountain or Manta?

It’s interesting how I went there yesterday and everything was up and running electric eel did stop operating for a few minutes, but that was all

There used to be a restaurant at the other end of bayside skyride! You should have told us you were coming!

Interesting, I went the week prior to you guys and everything was open and running great!

In 2022 my wife and I did the exact opposite. We did all the animal exhibits but none of the rides. We did the dolphin experience and it was great. My wife swam with the dolphins and I got splashed by one. We had a great day there.

Havent been to this park in nearly 25 years, excited to go back as an old fart and actually ride some rides

9:18 was actually same with me. I started with manta, and my second ever was actually goldstriker at CGA. I had a friend who had been on a couple kiddie coasters but nothing more, and when we went to cga together his first was railblazer believe it or not. He passed out😂

The new arctic rescue is amazing!

Manta was also my first ever roller coaster and sea world was also my first ever amusement park

i think sea world australia is the star of the video, such an amazing park. awesome vlog.

I hate the new entrance. Why WOULD THEY REMOVE THE WAVEEEEE

I sooo miss the wave entrance. There have been rumors about a wing coaster eventually going over the new entrance like at Cedar Point, but I don't see how that necessitated the removal of the wave. Oh well. SWSD has a lot of charm, I just wish some operations details would be improved. Either make the lockers transferable, or make them last longer than an hour. Make sure ride photos are always available to save to photo key, if not with a staffed counter then with a self-service kiosk. And do something to make the ride wait times in the app accurate 🙏

I’m glad this park got emperor