When waiting in line for the Baby Shark Mini Live Show at SeaWorld Orlando, it’s impossible to be upset.This is what you requested.
The number of strollers is enormous. Children who wander end up in bushes. When their countless photos are being taken, none of the preschoolers will turn to face their mother.
To be clear, the animated Baby Shark figure and family, which went viral ten years ago with an earworm song and dance, are the ones featured in the show, not a newborn, live, swimming shark.
There is still demand. Young families lined up from Seaport Theater to the pearl diving tank forty-five minutes before the show started on the first day.
Additional proof: With over 16 billion views, the Baby Shark Dance video is the most viewed YouTube video ever. (With 8.7 billion, Luis Fonsifeaturing Daddy Yankee’s Despacito comes in a far second.)
Before you depart, be sure to read these things. (Expert advice: You don’t have to memorize the lyrics.)
There is more to it than just that one do-do-do-do-do song, and even it isn’t as common as one might think. One of the show’s half-dozen songs is specifically designed for SeaWorld and its animal inhabitants, and it aligns with the theme park’s conservation themes.
Familiar songs that somehow make the eels on a bus go round and round are other ditties.
Four costumed characters—Baby Shark, Daddy Shark, Mommy Shark, and Pinkfong—as well as three human dancers and singers who promote audience engagement make up the cast.
The Shark family costumes have a curving tail up front and then (human) legs covered in black leotards because sharks aren’t usually land dancers. They can move around quite a bit. All of the choreography is rather ambitious, and as the performance progresses, the level of difficulty rises.
Watching the members of the Shark family back up their large costumes into the offstage area was entertaining and interesting to me as an adult.
Additional animated animals can be seen on the stage’s screen, where they can interact with the live personnel.
Naturally, the audience is young. Given the situation, their engagement was reasonable. Near the end, when there was a dance-along, they hurried to the stage.
Youngsters are invited to take part. I briefly believed that they might be told to “make some noise,” but more sensible people won out.
The duration of the show exceeds 20 minutes, which is more than we may anticipate. There are a few fake-out endings. It wasn’t, even though the song proclaimed, “It’s the end, do-do-do-do-do.”
The Baby Shark Mini Live Show may make a truly memorable after-school program.
B.S. briefly leaves the stage and floats in the ocean. He has valid motivations, such as wanting to socialize and have fun. He takes an orange fish with him. What might go wrong?
Parents experience some slight panic, particularly when octopuses are involved, but audience members do not experience severe trauma. (Spoiler alert: Daddy Shark comes to the rescue.)
Young audience members theoretically learn to stay put.
The Seaport Theater in the park hosts the Baby Shark show. Check the SeaWorld Orlando app or website as times change every day. (It might happen just once or twice a day.) Rescue Tails, a collection of animal success stories, is located next to it.
According to SeaWorld’s website, character meet-and-greets will start in August, and the performance runs until September 2.
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