SeaWorld premiering second summer spectacular
Blue Horizons includes marine animals, colorful costumes and exotic birds.
Bob Mervine
Staff Writer
The dolphins have gone back to school again at SeaWorld Orlando, in training for Blue Horizons -- a new animal show premiering in May that officials say will rival last summer's nighttime water spectacular, Mystify.
The 20-minute show has been in development for 15 months, involving people such as Stanley Meyer, a set designer and show consultant who created the 100-foot-wide set and is best known for his work on the Broadway musical Beauty and the Beast.
In addition, costume designer Tracy Christensen, known for her work on Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof and Beauty and the Beast, has developed an entirely different set of costumes unlike the traditional wetsuits worn in previous shows.
The elaborate new set includes a 40-foot-tall framework and a large see-through panel to allow the dolphins, false killer whales and brightly costumed trainers who dive with the animals to be center stage as they swing and dive into the water from above.
The original musical score for the show is performed by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. The new animal show also includes a flock of colorful, exotic birds including blue and gold macaws, Andean condors and sun conures that appear and disappear as part of the day and nighttime performances.
Summer will also mark the return for its second season of SeaWorld's nighttime show, Mystify. The park's center lake, on the shores of The Waterfront seaport village, is the stage for the performance, which features larger-than-life marine creatures projected by laser beams onto 60-foot mist screens, 100-foot fountains, flames on water and a firework finale.
Blue Horizons includes marine animals, colorful costumes and exotic birds.
Bob Mervine
Staff Writer
The dolphins have gone back to school again at SeaWorld Orlando, in training for Blue Horizons -- a new animal show premiering in May that officials say will rival last summer's nighttime water spectacular, Mystify.
The 20-minute show has been in development for 15 months, involving people such as Stanley Meyer, a set designer and show consultant who created the 100-foot-wide set and is best known for his work on the Broadway musical Beauty and the Beast.
In addition, costume designer Tracy Christensen, known for her work on Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof and Beauty and the Beast, has developed an entirely different set of costumes unlike the traditional wetsuits worn in previous shows.
The elaborate new set includes a 40-foot-tall framework and a large see-through panel to allow the dolphins, false killer whales and brightly costumed trainers who dive with the animals to be center stage as they swing and dive into the water from above.
The original musical score for the show is performed by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. The new animal show also includes a flock of colorful, exotic birds including blue and gold macaws, Andean condors and sun conures that appear and disappear as part of the day and nighttime performances.
Summer will also mark the return for its second season of SeaWorld's nighttime show, Mystify. The park's center lake, on the shores of The Waterfront seaport village, is the stage for the performance, which features larger-than-life marine creatures projected by laser beams onto 60-foot mist screens, 100-foot fountains, flames on water and a firework finale.
