Beach Break Bay

Beach Break Bay
Location Sea World
Coordinates 27°57′28″S 153°25′32″E / 27.957650°S 153.425613°ECoordinates: 27°57′28″S 153°25′32″E / 27.957650°S 153.425613°E
Status Operating
Opening date October 1999
Attractions
Attractions 6 total
Other rides 5

Beach Break Bay is a themed children's area at the Sea World theme park on the Gold Coast, Australia.[1] The area currently features 5 operating rides as well as some other attractions.[2]

History

In 1981, Sea World opened the Carousel. Prior to October 1999, Sea World the area where Beach Break Bay currently stands was part of the Sea World Lake.[3] The land was filled in for the construction of Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach which opened in October 1999.[3][4] This saw the introduction of several rides including Air-See Rescue, Airborne Barrel Brigade, Dexter's Time Machine, Toon Point Lighthouse and Woody's Beachtrucks.[4] In 2007, work began on the removal of the Cartoon Network theme. On 29 September 2007, Sesame Street Beach officially opened replacing Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach. This saw the introduction of a new ride, an SBF Visa Group Happy Tower named Big Bird Bounce as well as a show stage adjacent to the area. The stage was used for Bert and Ernie's Island Holiday.[5] In late 2011, Sesame Street Beach was converted into the generic Beach Break Bay theme.[1] The show stage now shows Dora's Best Friends Adventure.[2][6]

In April 2015, Sea World announced it was going to refurbish Beach Break Bay, and add four new rides. A Zamperla roller coaster is rumoured as one of the additions.[7]

Rides

Ride names Description Manufacturer Status
Prior to licensed theming
1981—1999 		Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach
1999—2007 		Sesame Street Beach
2007—2011 		Beach Break Bay
2011—present
Carousel Cookie Monster Cup Carousel Carousel 30-horse carousel Arrow Dynamics Operating [8][9]
Air-See Rescue Grover's Flight School Samba Tower Zamperla Defunct [10]
Airborne Barrel Brigade Elmo's Sea Safari Air Sea Explorer Mini Jet Zamperla Operating [11]
Dexter's Time Machine Zoe's Sub Splash Unknown Water play area Unknown Unknown
Toon Point Lighthouse Bert and Ernie's Big Dive Sea Climb Heege Tower Heege Freizeittechnik Operating [12]
Woody's Beachtrucks Oscar's Sweep the Beach Beach Dump Trucks Convoy Zamperla Operating [1][13]
Big Bird Bounce Beach Ball Bounce Happy Tower SBF Visa Group Operating [1][14]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sea World. "Beach Break Bay". MyFun. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Park Map". Sea World. December 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Adventure Island & Adventure Island Ferry (Sea World)". Parkz. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sea World (1999). "Surf Your Way to Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach". Press Release. Parkz. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  5. ↑ Sea World (2007). "Sea World Brings the Magic of Sesame Street to the Gold Coast!". Press Release. Parkz. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  6. ↑ Sea World. "Dora’s Best Friends Adventure Show". MyFun. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  7. ↑ http://www.ausparks.com.au/2015/04/sea-world-to-revamp-beach-break-bay/
  8. ↑ Sea World. "History and Development of Sea World". MyFun. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  9. ↑ "Samba Tower". Zamperla. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  10. ↑ "Mini Jet". Zamperla. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  11. ↑ "Towers". Heege Freizeittechnik. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  12. ↑ "Convoy". Zamperla. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  13. ↑ "Happy Towers". Drop Towers. SBF Visa Group. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

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