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Orlando-based SeaWorld also reported full-year earnings today. Attendance and revenue dropped in 2016, and the company had a net loss of $12.5 million for the year. A greater percentage of guests visited SeaWorld’s water parks, which cost less to get into. Annual passholder visits to SeaWorld Orlando dropped by double digits the first half of the year. SeaWorld cited weather, a sluggish year for Orlando tourism and competition as reasons its attendance declined 2 percent for 2016 overall.
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