SeaWorld San Diego

[Wild Atlantis]

Did they at least bring back the water/flood effect just before the elevator (or have some other effect there)? If not, they basically missed the entire summer season for a paint job and new queue.

Maybe there was an effect that they tried, and then it didn't work, so they took it back out? I feel like there has to be some sort of story behind this very, very extended delay.

No, but there is a short simple projection mapping sequence on the wall that showed a mermaid and the Kraken. And some new props they also replaced the doors at the top and bottom of the elevator.

 

[Wild Atlantis]

But the rest of the park is in absolutely horrible condition there’s chipped paint and broken decals on Arctic rescues trains even though it’s been down since May and they’ve had ample opportunity to repair it, emperor is only running one train today, there’s multiple broken projectors in mantas tunnel meaning that only part of it is lit, penguin encounters kinda looking sad definitely ready for it to close, a water pipe near the new Bayside aquarium sprung a leak from the looks of it, and there is a fountain of water coming out between concrete path at the entrance to the Bayside amphitheater the operations so far has been the slowest I’ve ever seen from SeaWorld with every ride seeming to be understaffed and up to 5 minute dispatches on arctic rescue and manta and they still haven’t fixed the controllers or tracker at turtle reef. Though most of the animal exhibits with the exception of the penguins are still looking good and the animals look happy.

 

[Tobias]

I wouldn't expect anything less from Sea World anymore

On one hand, this is an incredibly sad statement (not at you, of course!)...but on the other, it's not wrong.