Experience San Diego’s Magnificent Theme Parks

SeaWorld Old Town Inn San Diego Zoo Legoland California Wild Animal Park Belmont Park

SeaWorld. Founded in 1964, SeaWorld opened on 22 acres along the shores of Mission Bay with several seals and dolphins, and two seawater aquariums. Today, SeaWorld includes exciting rides like Shipwreck Rapids and Journey to Atlantis. There are also educational attractions like the interactive tide pools and Shark Encounter. And of course, classic animal shows featuring the park’s star, Shamu the driven killer whale.

San Diego Zoo. Founded in 1916, the San Diego Zoo is known all over the country as a center of learning and advocacy for the world’s most precious animals. Located in the heart of San Diego’s Balboa Park, the Zoo is easily accessible by car or public transportation. Spend a whole day or two visiting the Zoo’s special pandas, polar bears, elephants, and all of the other amazing animals. While you enjoy visiting with the animals, you can also delight in the approximately 700,000 plants that graze the Zoo grounds.  [Top]

Legoland California. LEGOLAND® California has more than super 50 rides, shows and attractions for the whole family to enjoy. There are over 15,000 Minilanders in Miniland, and the smallest model in the Park is a duck hanging in the window in Chinatown in our Miniland San Francisco area. The biggest model in the Park, Bronte in the Beginning, is made of over two million bricks. Legoland is sure to ignite the creativity in kids and adults!  [Top]

San Diego Wild Animal Park. The Wild Animal Park is 35 miles north of San Diego and east of Escondido, and is a haven for some of the planet’s most amazing animals. Get up close and personal to live animals in habitats that mimic their natural ones. Situated on 1,800 acres, it is home to more than 3,500 animals from Africa & Asia, including giraffes, rhinos, and lions, and it is also famous for its California condor breeding program. Visit Lion Camp to come face-to-face with Africa’s biggest cats! Experience the Park At Dark, the Journey into Africa Tour, and the Kilimanjaro Walking Tour. This park is one of a kind, so don’t miss it!  [Top]

Belmont Park. Located on the sand at Mission Beach, Belmont Park takes you back to the time when amusement parks were simpler. Belmont Park, San Diego's only beachfront amusement center and home of the historic Giant Dipper Roller Coaster and Plunge. Belmont Park carries on the tradition of old-time family fun featuring The Giant Dipper Roller Coaster, Beach Blaster, Chaos, Vertical Plunge, Krazy Kars, Tilt-A-Whirl, Liberty Carousel, Crazy Submarine and Thunder Boats. The Mission Beach Amusement Center was popular through the 1930's and 40's and in later years it was renamed, Belmont Park. From all accounts and records, the Giant Dipper Roller Coaster was an extremely popular attraction. . After an extensive, 2 million dollar renovation the Giant Dipper reopened on August 11, 1990. The response by the public was overwhelming. The restored structure, station house and train were beautiful. Local residents who had ridden the roller coaster years earlier brought their spouses and children to see and experience the ride that they had ridden when they were growing up. Now it can be your turn to ride this historic wood roller coaster and feel the salt air in your face, see the sun setting over the pacific and feel your heart skip a beat as you thunder down the first drop with your eyes squeezed firmly shut.  [Top]