SeaWorld San Diego

SeaWorld offers a unique blend of interactive wildlife exhibits, thrill rides and theme park spectacle. Highlights include The Shamu Adventure and Cirque de la Mer shows, as well as the Wild Arctic exhibit. Young kids won't want to miss Shamu's Happy Harbor, an elaborate playground.

The park also offers Shipwreck Rapids, a flume raft ride past some of the park's wildlife and the new "R.L. Stine's Haunted Lighthouse," a 3-D film special effects film. But it's the chance to watch and touch a variety of engaging marine life, from rays to seals to sharks, that distinguishes SeaWorld from other area theme parks.