SeaWorld’s holiday season opens November 7 on select dates and is included with regular park admission — no separate event ticket.
The park fills with millions of lights, the Sea of Trees, and snow flurries, and the show slate is genuinely deep: the Holiday Reflections fireworks finale runs nightly through December 31, alongside Clyde & Seamore’s Countdown to Christmas, O Wondrous Night, Winter Wonderland On Ice, Elmo’s Christmas Wish and the Sesame Street Christmas Parade.
Santa holds court at Waterway Grill, Rudolph’s Christmas Town is open, and public ice skating at Bayside Stadium is available for an extra charge. The season also observes Hanukkah (Dec 14–21), Kwanzaa (Dec 26–Jan 1), New Year’s Eve and Three Kings Day (Jan 3–6).