Greetings,
I was heading to Lowes to get something to fix my ice maker and saw I was driving past SeaWorld, so I stopped by to try to find out exact details. Here is what they told me in the park (though I can not guarantee they knew all the details):
There are 2 types of cups available, a souvenir bottle sold at the shops, and a sipper cups sold at many carts.
- Souvenir bottles run $20 to $25 dollars, depending on the design, and I think they do not include an initial drink (gift shops have the bottles, but do not have drinks there).
- Sipper cups cost $16 if buying 1, $15 each for 2, and $13 each for 3 or more.
- Special Animal Sippers are available for $10 more, but the park was sold out (I would have purchased the Penguin Sipper if they were available).
Once you have a cup (and cups can be brought back in to reuse on later trip), there are 2 refill options:
- $1.29 per refill
- $5.99 for all day refills
so if you plan 4 or less refills a day, go with the per refill price, 5 or more then the all day works better.
Also, I was told that the Sippers include the all day free refills for the date of purchase, but I forgot to confirm that.
note: Aquatica apparently has the same deal, but they do not advertise it, no signs anywhere that I could see. I asked and the cashier told me they had cups under the register.