October 2009

Miss Florida visits Discovery Cove

URL: http://www.myfoxorlando.com

ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Miss Florida, Rachael Todd, spent a fun-filled day at Discovery Cove recently, getting up-close and personal with an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin.

To read more, visit: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/attractions/sea_world/102809-Miss-Florida-visits-Discovery-Cove

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Busch Gardens' Howl-O-Scream is bigger and spookier

URL: http://www.dailypress.com

Busch Gardens' Howl-O-Scream amps up the fear factor for this year's season of the witch. A peak behind the scenes reveals a ghoulish - and well-trained - cast of hundreds.

To read more, visit: http://www.dailypress.com/features/family/dp-tkt_howloscream_1023oct23,0,2379131.story

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Sea lion swims freely after fish netting removed from neck

URL: http://www.signonsandiego.com/

LA JOLLA — A sea lion that had a fishing net wrapped around its neck is swimming freely after Sea World employees removed the plastic Tuesday afternoon.

To read more, visit:  http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/20/bn20sealion-loses-net/  

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SeaWorld Helps Free Tangled La Jolla Sea Lion

URL: http://www.10news.com 

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Officials from SeaWorld Tuesday freed a sea lion that had fishing line wrapped around its neck, 10News reported.

To read more, visit: http://www.10news.com/news/21355036/detail.html#  

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Review: Busch Gardens Tampa - Howl O Scream 2009

URL: http://www.onezumiverse.com/  

(If you haven’t read my previous post about the spectacular job Busch Gardens did with their marketing of this event, read here first.)

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Sesame Place next challenge on Food Network's "Dinner Impossible" Wednesday

URL: http://blogs.mcall.com/tvwatchers/

Beloved muppets Elmo and Cookie Monster will help Chef Robert Irvine try to create dishes to feed a hungry crowd at Sesame Place before time runs out on Food Network’s popular show "Dinner: Impossible."

 Sesame Place photo

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Angling for survival: Carlsbad hatchery helps to restore dwindling white sea bass population

URL:http://www.signonsandiego.com/

They glide in their tanks like silver ghosts, which is what they're in danger of becoming.

Since 1995, the Leon Raymond Hubbard Jr. Marine Fish Hatchery in Carlsbad has released 1.4 million white sea bass into the ocean, helping replenish supplies of the once-abundant fish.

The hatchery is part of the Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute headquartered on Mission Bay. The nonprofit researches marine animals and their environment.

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Seaworld's Halloween Spooktacular

URL: http://belagreta.blogspot.com/

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Top Five Countryside Halloween Attractions

URL: http://www.gophila.com

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Busch Gardens: Paying a House (of Vayne) call

URL: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com

Ms. Vayne is the fashion-forward face of Busch Gardens’ Howl-O-Scream dotting billboards and other media across Central Florida. She and her fang-tastic entourage dropped by the Orlando Sentinel’s downtown office this week for a quick chat.

Howl-O-Scream, an intense, after-hours event, runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in October. See howloscream.com for details.

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Where's the beef in our pols' tweets?

By Scott Maxwell

To read the full story, visit:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-locmaxwell09100909oct09,0,1982273.columnhttp://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-locmaxwell09100909oct09,0,1982273.column

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Make the Best Shamu Costume and Win

We have a fun challenge for you.  It involves a little creativity (well, a lot of creativity), a Shamu Halloween costume and Twitter.

And if you win, you could win a bag of cool SeaWorld stuff.

Here's what you do:

1.  Make a Shamu costume. 

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