Aquatica
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
About
From high-speed water slides and exhilarating wave pools to tranquil beaches and the remarkable animal habitats that are the hallmark of SeaWorld(R), Aquatica(R) Orlando delights all ages and interests. This one-of-a-kind waterpark is home to some of the world's most thrilling water rides, featuring 42 slides, rivers and lagoons and 84,000 square feet of sparkling white, sandy beaches. Get ready to brave a watery free-fall on the new Ihu's Breakaway Falls(R), the tallest, steepest and only multi-drop tower slide of its kind in Orlando. Aquatica offers exclusive attractions that promise unlimited fun, sending guests on amazing undersea adventures and through breathtaking animal exhibits.
Duration: More than 3 hours
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  • Vicci H
    Bathgate, United Kingdom46 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Decent day out, better than expected
    I visited on 6th October with my husband and two daughters aged 15 and 9. We all had a pretty good day out, the queues were pretty small or non existent on the whole and we found it clean and with quite a lot of rides to choose from. A couple of rides were closed and some opened later on in the day. Staff weren't very chatty but I didn't really expect them to be and most were pleasant enough. The lifeguards at the wave pool were clearly having private jokes with each other across the pool making gestures and laughing at each other when they should have been paying attention to the swimmers so I felt that was unprofessional. We had the dine all day deal, we didn't know how to redeem this on our ticket and asked at guest services on arrival who just pointed at the park entrance and then asked a member of staff at the lockers who fobbed us off with something that was clearly nonsense because he didn't know the answer. I the end we just used the park tickets and this worked fine. The staff in the eatery were very helpful keeping us right with what we could get with the deal making sure we made the most of it. One thing I think is a rip off is the lockers, $20 for a tiny little locker and then $30 for a medium. These should be a minimal charge in my opinion.
    Visited October 2023
    Traveled with family
    Written October 8, 2023
  • allison w
    24 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    We Love This Park!
    Love this park! There are several slides and rides for everyone. The rapids is a particular favorite! I agree the park is pricey, but not near as pricey as a day at Disney. It is as pricey as any other water parks I have ever been to, and there are always specials for admission. I have paid anywhere from $25-$50 pp for admission, and that is a great deal for the quality of the park. Also, I have never found the park or pool water to be dirty. Every visit the park has always been very clean.
    Visited November 2023
    Traveled with family
    Written November 9, 2023
  • Humphman
    Kessingland, United Kingdom602 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great place but very pricey!
    Aquatica is a lovely place to just chill and have a break from the hustle and bustle of the theme parks. We spent a coupe of days here and just chilled and soaked up a few rays and plenty of cooling dips in the pools. The real criticism of this park is the scandalous price they charge for hiring lockers and towels (more of a flannel than a towel), so second visit we borrowed a couple of pool towels from our hotel.
    Visited September 2023
    Traveled as a couple
    Written December 15, 2023
  • NeilDOxford_England
    188 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Limit Wait Times Out Of Season
    I got the tickets for this attraction as part of my Discovery Cove Package It is worth noting that the attraction is cashless. With this, I offer a warning.. If you are spending cash from a purse or wallet, you know what you have spent throughout the day. The attraction charges for lockers, and all sorts of little add ons to make its money There were no photographer or ride photos available through the visit, which was disappointing On a positive, attending out of season, the slides were under 30 minutes each For the larger person, who is not fit, like myself, I would suggest that some of the slides in quick succession can be a bit challenging. Even in December, although the locals think its cold, for a brit, its certainly bearable
    Visited December 2023
    Traveled with family
    Written December 19, 2023
  • Sightseer214334
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Best family water park by far!
    Our favorite waterpark! We check the forecast and pick the hottest day and spend it at aquatics. Our 2 year old spent his time at the splash pad while his 5 year old brother went on the bigger slides. We all love the lazy river and the rapids.
    Visited May 2023
    Traveled with family
    Written January 25, 2024
  • Laura M
    50 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Fun Day
    2 Families - 2 littles, 4 teens and 4 adults. Something for everyone here. The kids area is very entertain - cold as the arctic. Slides are all fun, except the back rippers. Lines weren't terrible. Love the Roa Rapids and the Lazy River. The wave pool was lots of fun too. There is lots of loungers, and the park loops now, I love that! The bathrooms are dark and dingy feeling, they need more showers and just a change room with a grated floor. That tile is slippery when you are trying to change into dry clothes. Also, they could use suit spinners like Great Wolf Lodge has & wet bags like Discovery Cove supplies. The staff is friendly and handle situations like someone not going down the slide like champs! Such a nice sized waterpark. Garbages needed to be emptied more often, they were overflowing at the beach.
    Visited March 2024
    Traveled with friends
    Written March 17, 2024
  • Katie R
    6 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Overpacked and Overpriced
    Overpacked and overpriced!!! Had I not shelled out an extra 160 bucks for the fast pass, our day would have been MISERABLE. wait times impossible unless you have the fast pass. Wait times for regular lines were about an hour and half. Absolutely insane!!!! $30 for parking and then $40 for a locker is highway robbery after spending over $250 on 3 tickets plus $160 for fast pass. Attendance needs to be capped. Go somewhere else and save your money.
    Visited April 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written April 4, 2024
  • sarahward919
    27 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Not as good as other parks
    It is run down compared to Seaworld and discovery cove. Half the all day eat and fine places were shut which meant long queues for food. Overall we had a great time . The wave pool and rapids were fab and no issues getting a sun lounger
    Visited April 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written April 11, 2024
  • Nick T
    20 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Fun at the water park
    I had some reservations after reading some of the reviews but our family had a great experience at Aquatica. We went to the park on a lower attendance which helped and had a great time with very low wait times. There were a few slides that were not open but plenty enough to keep us occupied. The slide through the dolphin tank is overhyped but still cool to see them in the underwater viewing area after getting off. The wave pools also were enjoyable and the non-lazy river was a high with our kids.
    Visited April 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written April 13, 2024
  • Jess
    Wales, United Kingdom322 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Beautiful water park
    I'm a big fan of this water park. We had a very relaxing day, there is a lovely wave pool and some really fun rides! The lazy river was closed but the rapids are more fun! We didn't spend the entire day here but there was definitely plenty to do.
    Visited April 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written April 14, 2024
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Meghan S
5 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2021 • Family
We recently returned home after our first family trip to Seaworld / Aquatica . My overall impression with Aquatica is that it is dirty and disorganized . Masks and various other trash all over. The wait to get food was extremely long. I would not recommend getting the pay one price and eat all day because you will never make it through the lines . We did not buy the quick que as it was sold out after just an hour . Aquatica is unique because it has a couple of aquariums . The aquariums also did not seem clean . One slide goes through a dolphin inclosure and the clear slide you are suppose to be able to see the dolphins was covered in green scum . Someone needs to seriously clean this place up ! My kids did enjoy the couple of slides and the fast river . Will not return .
Written July 19, 2021
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Gina T
Tampa, FL53 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2021 • Family
We just went last Sunday, June 6th, and it was out of control crowded and way understaffed. I saw online you could not bring in any outside food and when going through security we saw huge barrels of chips, crackers, etc. they had taken away from people going through security before us. I mention this as if they had enough workers and food places open inside it might be ok but you are literally held captive once inside and cannot get food at any location without waiting for hours in line. There is ZERO social distancing and they are packing people in. We booked on a certain date as they said they limit capacity each day - but that was the most crowded I have ever seen it. We waited over 2 hours in line for lunch with our bare feet on scorching hot pavement. I asked 3 workers if they could please dump water on pavement as kids were crying standing in line and our feet were all burning and finally the 3rd worker I asked got me some bottled water. My feet are swollen from being burnt so bad. Sanitizer bottles outside restaurants and rides were empty and lines for rides were very long. I saw a poor mom with her crying kid finally give up and leave the food line after standing in it for over an hour. Once inside you are snaked through more lines packed next to people and then the line would just stop and not move for 10-15 minutes. It was like they were running out of food and then having to make more food while everyone waited about every 10th person that was lucky enough to make it through the line. It was horrible but we were trapped as there were no other options and our kids were all starving. Finally after about 6:00p until closing at 8:00p crowds thinned out enough you could actually ride rides. The rides are fun and it would be a great place if they did not let that many people in daily and they allowed people to bring in a few snacks and doubled their staff. I would highly recommend waiting to go as you will be very disappointed until they correct all these major issues.
Written June 10, 2021
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Yamileth Perez
2 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020 • Family
Be aware !!!

No social distancing during pandemic before you enter the park they take your temperature but other than that no social distancing enforced by staff at all during lines while riding the rides . The food is terrible don’t wasn’t your money in buying the $40 all day dinning plan your better off having a good breakfast spend a couple of hours at the park and off to a nearby restaurant for decent food .

Aquatica has gone downhill used to be much better a few years ago ...
Written August 18, 2020
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quedog77
Lockport, IL47 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2021 • Family
I’m going to call this a “covid” review. I think this park as well as seaworld is drastically understaffed. If it’s in your budget I would highly recommend renting a cabana for the day or any other secured space and doing so well in advance. I’ve always thought the meal pass was an excellent option however the lines will be LONG because of staffing so be prepared to wait easily 30 to 40 minutes currently to get food. And quite a few of their pay snack options are closed as well. You can get food once per hour with the meal pass. While we were there on June 18th, the banana beach cookout ran out of chicken? Really? How does a park run out of food ? Anyway the cashier was nice and said save your receipt and come back in 30 minutes and we will get you your chicken. So we come back in 30 minutes and they had completely closed the restaurant! Talked to the cook and he said he had to close it because he was running out of everything! This is unacceptable. Hopefully they will get back to full staffing sooner than later to enhance the guest experience. Charging the same prices for not “same” guest experience is not good. Any questions feel free to reach out.
Written June 24, 2021
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VSTGO
Atlanta, GA12 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2021
My husband and I went over Memorial Weekend 2021 and each bought a FunPass totaling $183 USD. Our first encounter was trying to enter and park which took us over 1 hour in mad traffic. We started off the Beachline Expressway at about 9am and there was already a line. There is incoming traffic from three directions, one traffic light, and just two lanes to enter the park. Drivers were cutting each other off and no one was there to manage traffic. Parking was $30 and they tend to close the gates by late morning/noon due to capacity. In addition, there's a $50 locker rental, limited restaurant options with each over 1 hour wait times so don't bother with the "Unlimited Dining" package, plus the overcrowds. We avoided the extra $84 per person to advance queue as we couldn't believe the price tag. After waiting 45 minutes in line to "get lunch" at 2:30p, we gave up and just went home. We regret so much spending close to $300 for just a few hours in this park and don't think we'll want to go back...even after having bought the FunPass. The amount of people there felt like there was a huge promotion / deal where everyone who could and couldn't afford the park was there. So much for paying a "premium" price when the entire world was put into a small place like canned sardines. We will be trying other parks like those of Disney. Hopefully, we won't be disappointed.
Written May 31, 2021
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Mike C
6 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022 • Family
After a month in Florida visiting all the Disney parks and many others we decided to come to Aquatica on our last day. To start off you can’t buy tickets online if you are from outside USA - probably 75% of visitors. That means you can’t take advantage of the early bird offers and have to buy at the gate. $107 per person over 3YO. After $45 to park the car, we are committed, I am now $500 deep when I join the line to enter.

Upon entry we find that the place is massively oversold, the shortest line is over an hour for lazy river. I go to buy a waterproof lanyard for my phone, the one I purchased in Disney for $20 was in the car. Aquatica price $44 !!!… I should add this exact same item is in Walmart for $2.

This is just the start. Everything is Disney price x3 and the worst part is they are still stuffing more people in and you can’t do any ride, get a sun bed, buy food or go in the pool because there are simply so many people jammed into this hell on earth.

I won’t go on but will summarise in saying every singe detail of the Aquatica existence is to separate you from money. It is beyond disgusting how expensive they have made things. Their is clearly no maximum occupancy. Their is no interest whatsoever in the guest experience. Every single detail is to screw as much money out of you as possible. For comparison I purchased an 18 day genie plus ticket for my family of 4 are cost of £2600. You can do the math on the daily cost PP but we were able to do 8+ rides per day with lightening lane. A burger was $12. Aquatica single day was over £500. A burger was $28 (and was mystery meat). Disney parking $25. Aquatica $45. Disney have a maximum occupancy that ensures you can do all the rides you want. Aquatica don’t. They need an extra $100 per person for a line priority pass

Overall I ca guarantee this is the most vile experience of my 49 years on this planet and I will never return. I urge everyone to avoid this place as their is simply no pleasure to be had here
Written July 17, 2022
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SHEILA S
2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2021
Made reservations for 06/05/2021, why they have people making reservations is beyond me. Have been here several times but will not go back. Over 1.5 hours to park ($30) got one of the last lockers ($20) lines were so long you can barely get any rides in. Food lines were too long to even bother, we left. Ruined day, don't waste your money.
Written June 7, 2021
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Happiness551807
Royal Palm Beach, FL5 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2021 • Family
This place used to be very nice, fun and clean couple years ago when we visited.
We went last week and it was a big disappointment. It is not well maintained, lots of mask on the floor and on the sides of the lazy river and other rides. Doesnt look clean at all. Not CDC regulations while
Walking inside the park, making a line has zero physical distance, and the worst the staff and employee’s of the park don’t reinforce it at all! Not even through the speaker.
The cherry on the top was that there were huge lines to buy food, drinks and snacks due that there is not enough restaurants and concessions open in the middle of the Spring break where thousands of people went to the park, plus they don’t allow to enter water, snacks or food from
Outside. We spent 1.5 hrs in a line to buy a disgusting slice of pizza which it was burned, 4 waters and 2 chips bags for $79 dollars ( outrageous ) 😡
We were so dissapointed that we left early and disgusted for the lack
Of care and safety measures that they have.
We felt that we waste our money.
Written March 22, 2021
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Charles R
Jacksonville, FL62 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2021
We visited Aquatica for the first time this past week. I rented a cabana specifically so that we could have food and drinks brought to us in the hopes that this would maximize the time we had to enjoy the park. This was a huge mistake and waste of money. There was no staff available. We had to eventually hunt someone down and ask for service. Once we found someone they told us food service would/could take over TWO HOURS. There were very few food vendors open in the park and the ones that were had lines that were hours long. Add to that they staff they do have are rude and unpleasant, probably because they are overwhelmed I would imagine. If the park can't meet it's obligations and commitments for the people that paid ridiculously high prices for cabanas they should state that up front. We never did acquire any food at the cabana nor were there ever any staff readily available for anything. It's a waterpark, so the waterparks slides and rivers are fine. A little dirty but fine. Additionally, there were large groups of people skipping lines and pushing people out of the way, and even though staff was notified they didn't do anything about it. I would not recommend this park. I would imagine their response to any emergency would be slow and likely inadequate as well- nothing I saw would inspire me to think otherwise. I understand that they are short staffed, however, to remedy that issue they could take several steps to ensure they aren't robbing guests, starting with actually limiting capacity, which they are definitely NOT doing. Discount the pavilions since you can't offer the full service it's claimed to entail. Or allow some food to be brought in. For a diabetic this place would be a nightmare- with no access to food or drink, it would be flat out dangerous. It is a shame that they have not chosen to resolve the matter and under no circumstances do they address the complaints about it, in fact, they erase the complaints from their social media- so for that they have staff. I honestly feel that I was ripped off by this park and while I know there is no remedy for my family, I would very much recommend other families think twice before going. It was an unfortunate day in an otherwise wonderful vacation. We had high hopes for this park and it is a shame that they are taking advantage of people the way they are. Absolutely do not rent a cabana or buy the food package, you will not get what you are paying for.
Written June 27, 2021
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Mickayla18
Mehlville, MO78 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2021 • Family
This place could easily be 5/5 but sadly it is not. I subtracted 1 star for the crowd and 1 star for dining. I’ve been visiting water parks for years so I have standards to compare to. Pre-pandemic places I have visited wasn’t as crowded as Aquatica was on our visit June 10, 2021. Your ticket is dated and I’m just about sure they are “limiting capacity”, but if that’s what limiting looks like I honestly don’t want to see what normal capacity is. I paid for an all day dining pass for a family of 4 and it was an absolute waste of money. We would have been better off snacking and getting a good meal elsewhere. Technically, you can snack or eat every hour on the pass but when the lines are as long as they are and you wait 45 minutes - 1 hr for food it’s difficult to achieve the value of that pass I basically paid $140 for one meal that would cost maybe $35 at a fast food restaurant. They are absolutely understaffed and need to be better. Honesty, I wouldn’t recommend going at this time.
Written June 11, 2021
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