Less than two weeks ago, a 5,000-pound killer whale named Kasatka dragged a trainer underwater during a show at SeaWorld in San Diego. As a paying crowd watched, the trainer was bitten and held at the bottom of a 36-foot-deep tank. He suffered a broken foot (and probably a soiled wetsuit).
As for SeaWorld? Naturally, a story like this is a public relations nightmare for all three of its US parks (San Diego, Orlando, San Antonio). No parent wants to take their child to watch a two-and-a-half-ton guppy kill a man right before their eyes. So in order to distract vacationers from the attack, SeaWorld Orlando has created a diversion you may not have expected: it's raising ticket prices. A standard one-day adult ticket now costs $64.95 and a ticket for children between 3 and 9 years old is up $4 to $53.95.
The therapy your child will need after watching a trainer get shredded limb from limb is not included in these prices. Good luck with that. One presumes the increased prices ($65 for a one-day ticket? Absurd!) will offset the increased cost of worker's compensation insurance for the human whale snacks.
