SeaWorld is having a sale. The theme park famous for its killer orca shows is slashing ticket prices in a bid to turn around an attendance nosedive just months after its splashy debut on public markets. The company’s Orlando park has cut the price of midweek tickets almost in half, a savings of $42. And its original park in San Diego is offering a free midweek children’s ticket to people who live nearby. But prices might not even be the biggest problem. Would-be SeaWorld visitors may be put off by Blackfish, a documentary expose criticizing the company’s efforts to trap and train whales. Picture whales in hanging in nets and flipping trainers around like ragdolls. Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite seemed to take credit this week for sinking some of SeaWorld’s business. “It’s likely people are realizing that nothing at that place is what it seems,” Cowperthwaite wrote in an e-mail. “The jig is up.”
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 01:57:08 +0000
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