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Sea World Resort Gold
Coast
Sea World Resort (formerly Sea World Nara Gold Coast) Excellent For Families & Couples
The resort at Sea World in the Gold Coast is excellent for families and couples. It is a large 4½ star resort that was refurbished and renamed in
2008. It is the ultimate choice for Sea World accommodation, you cannot get any closer to the theme park!
To my
knowledge this is the only theme park resort in Australia.
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SeaWorld Nara Gold Coast was an icon, but had faded in recent years.
The
2008 refurbishment brought this resort back to its 4½ star
status.
Sea World Resort Gold Coast is excellent for families and couples looking for a resort style holiday.
The resort is
surprisingly large with over 400 rooms, which means it can cater for
lots of visitors at once.
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Sea World Gold Coast Resort Facilities
The Sea World resort
facilities include:
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- Heated pool and Kids aqua playground
- Spa, sauna and exercise room
- Floodlit tennis courts
- Table tennis and pool tables
- Children’s playground
- Kid’s Club playroom
- Badminton/volleyball
- Golf Driving Nets
- Private beach
- Jetty and pontoon in the Broadwater
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Chargeable extras include:
- Sea
World Water Sports
These include hire of kayaks, jet skiing, pool toys, surf boards, boogie boards and fishing rods. You can also organise jet boat ride, jet ski ride and parasailing adventures.
- Massage
and beauty therapy
- Intensity video and
electronic games room
The Sea World Resort hotel services include what
you would expect in
a 4½ star resort. Some of the notable ones I have listed
below...
- 24 hour reception
- Daily room servicing
- Room service - in room dining
- In house movies (pay for usage)
- Use the laundrette or send it out!
- Business centre, high speed internet and
wireless hotspots - so you can keep in contact and still party!
- Hire of Sony Play stations
or DVD players for your own use
- Resort shop for groceries, Gold Coast
souvenirs and resort fashion
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Why
Stay at Sea World Resort?
Sea
World Resort is the only Gold Coast family resort in this area.
It has what I consider to be real resort facilities, plus the
added bonus of being right next door to Sea World!
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If you are
only going to be in the Gold Coast for a couple of days, it is an
excellent base away from the hustle, bustle and noise of
Surfers
Paradise, yet close enough to nip in and enjoy it.
This section is my attempt to describe what I believe makes Sea World
Resort special:
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Kids
Zones
Part
of the 2008 refurbishment is the fabulous waterplay area which is
modelled upon Buccanneer Bay at Wet 'n' Wild Water Park (also in the
Gold Coast). And more recently in 2009 the old Sea World Water Park has been upgraded and absorbed into the resort for use by resort guests.
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These two areas combine to be a fantastic drawcard for the resort.
Parents, meanwhile, can enjoy a dry seat in the adjacent Waterfall Cafe. Bliss!
This is
one of
the things that makes this resort really family friendly.
There
are other child friendly areas including playground, Intensity
Games Room, table tennis and I nearly forgot the Kid's Club Room.
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This is an integral part of why
it is a great family holiday. Parents can enjoy a bit of me
time at night between 5.30 and 9.00pm. Whilst the children can enjoy a there is a supervised dinner session.
You can enjoy dinner or take in some sights in
the
Gold Coast and the kids can enjoy their dinner with some new found
friends plus some entertainment. The Kids Club is for children aged
between 4½ and 12 years.
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Sea
World Resort Perks
There
are some perks for staying at Sea World Resort! Firstly Sea World is
right on your door step and secondly you can enjoy a resort guest only tour
of Sea World before the park opens which includes getting in the water
and feeding the Sea World dolphins!
Every morning at 8.30am you can meet a star from Sesame Street in the
Lobby! Yet another perk for families!
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Local
Restaurants
The restaurants in the resort all seem to cater for family dining.
There are several options including:
- Casual cafe style at the Waterfall Cafe
- Buffets in The
Shoreline which has a different theme each night
- Japanese in The
Hatsuhana restaurant including teppanyaki, a la carte
japanese dishes and fresh sushi.
- The
Melrose has an interesting selection including influences from Asia, New
Orleans and the Mediterranean - plus a great dinner deal for the
children.
If you don't feel like facing the world, there is an
excellent Room Service Menu which is available from 6am to midnight
(which is pretty good for the Gold Coast!).
For fine dining you are just a short drive to Vanitas
Restaurant at Palazzo Versace, or the restaurants and cafes at Marina Mirage and the less formal Mariners Cove.
Tedder Avenue is about 5 minutes by car and central Surfers only
another couple of minutes.
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Sea
World Packages
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The
resort often has specials and packages.
Sea World Resort packages are
variable, but you can often find deals that include entry to Sea
World and/or the other theme parks and attractions in the Gold
Coast Sea World family including:
- Wet 'n' Wild Water Park
- Movie World (Hollywood on the Gold Coast)
- Australian Outback Adventure
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Sea
World Resort Not What You Are Looking For?
Sea
World Resort is located on the Spit just north of the
main part of Main
Beach. It is about 4kms north of Surfers
Paradise. Southport and Labrador are within a 10 minute drive and Broadbeach takes just over 10 minutes by car. All of these areas have plenty of
accommodation to choose from with a range of styles and prices.
Looking for
more than 4½ stars?
Try these:
- Palazzo Versace (6 star) - this is
a truly opulent place to stay situated next door to Marina Mirage.
- Sheraton Mirage (5 star) -
fabulous accommodation set in a brilliant location opposite Marina
Mirage and a short trip to Sea World, Main Beach and Surfers Paradise.
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