![]() ![]() Highlights include Odin's Temple of the Tiger, a tiger show and exhibit Ocean Discovery, a 2-acre Caribbean-themed destination where families can see sea lions, penguins and stingrays Shark Experience, where the creatures can be seen through an underwater tunnel and Tava's Jungleland, a children's adventure area with family rides, interactive zones and up-close animal attractions. Dolphins, sea lions, birds, tigers and more appear in daily shows. This 135-acre wildlife park, oceanarium and theme park features rides, shows, play areas and educational encounters with wildlife for the entire family. “The goal is to make it as seamless and contactless as possible for our guests,” Merino said.įor more about the Six Flags re-opening, safety protocols and tickets, visit /discoverykingdom.Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is at 1001 Fairgrounds Dr. “The ‘new normal’ will be different in some ways, but we believe these additional measures are appropriate in the current environment,” Six Flags President and CEO Mike Spanos said in a Thursday morning press release. The park’s worked on the reopening “for a few months,” said Merino, with Six Flags officials in consultation with epidemiologists so it meets or exceeds federal, state and local guidelines. When buying a ticket - admission is half off the pre-COVID-19 price - visitors are asked to watch a brief video describing social distancing and sanitization procedures. The “well below theoretical capacity” is in place for proper social distancing, while tickets and parking in the 2,800-space lot must be done online. Thermal imaging will greet each guest for temperature checks and expanded mobile food ordering by an app reducing face-to-face contact at the park. While the park’s temporarily pulled the plug on rides, the games and food booths will function according, with what’s-become-standard frequent sanitizing, social distance markers, and masks required by employees and visitors. We miss the guests.” Yellow stickers near the Temple of the Tigers shows how to observe social distancing as Six Flags Discovery Kingdom prepares to open the animal portion of the park on July 2. The rest of the team members have not been here,” she said. The reopening also means many park employees get their jobs back, Cameron noted. It’s stimulation they haven’t had for awhile,” she said. Their lives didn’t change as the rest of the world was changing.”Ĭameron said “we’re pretty excited” about the park’s reopening. “One of the most important things in an animal’s life as well as people is having a routine. Though the park closed from early COVID-19, the dolphins’ days “have been pretty routine for us,” Cameron said. We had some visitors coming in and our guests are usually stimulating for these guys.” Hanging out with the Atlantic Bottleneck dolphins Thursday - plopping small chunks of green Jello into their awaiting mouths - Cameron said her nine water mammal pals “absolutely notice when there’s not people around. While construction and maintenance was frozen with the rest of the country for several months, animal care givers and trainers kept on schedule, including Dianne Cameron, director of animal care. We’re giving our guests an opportunity of what that would be like again for a limited time.” When the park opened in 1986, it was a zoological and aquarium-based experience. “This will give us a chance to remind everyone that we have some awesome animal experiences here. “When people think of the Six Flags brand, they think only thrills,” Merino said. For 26 years, I’ve been talked to people and educating them about the animals. ![]() While animal care givers are considered “essential” and kept their jobs, “it’s been like groundhog day,” Lee said. “We’re staggering the crowd and route travel so there won’t be massive people coming in at one time,” said Lee, eagerly awaiting the public for the first time since park closure in March. (Chris Riley-Times-Herald)īecause of the new protocols with reduced capacity - people need to go on the Six Flags app to reserve tickets - the animals won’t be overwhelmed. “It’s part of what they’re used to.” Marc Merino, with Six Flags Discovery Kingdom public relations, talks about what sections of the park will be closed when they open on July 2. “Animals actually like seeing the people,” he said. ![]()
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