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SeaWorld's $249.99 Christmas VIP Tour Includes Reserved Seats at Miracles, the Returning Nighttime Orca Show
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SeaWorld's $249.99 Christmas VIP Tour Includes Reserved Seats at Miracles, the Returning Nighttime Orca Show

Michael Travels
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Want a reserved seat for the return of Miracles? SeaWorld Orlando is now selling them, as part of a $249.99 holiday package.

SeaWorld's Christmas Celebration tickets and upgrades page lists the Christmas Celebration VIP Tour at $249.99 per guest, ages 3 and up. Its list of inclusions names the returning nighttime orca show: "Reserved seating at signature shows, including Miracles, O Wondrous Night and Winter Wonderland on Ice."

As we reported, SeaWorld confirmed the show is coming back this Christmas but had not published dates or showtimes. That is still the case on its Christmas Celebration shows page, which bills it as "All NEW! Miracles" with no schedule.

An orca glides along the surface in front of a large lit stage screen reading Miracles at a night-time orca stadium lit in blue and purple, with SeaWorld Orlando and Positively Osceola logos across the top

An undated photo of the Miracles title on the orca stadium screen, used in Positively Osceola's September 28 story. Image: Positively Osceola

Santa Claus in a red suit with white fur trim waves with one raised hand in front of a lit Christmas tree

Dinner with Santa and priority photos with Santa are both part of the Christmas Celebration VIP Tour. Image: SeaWorld Orlando

What $249.99 gets you

The tour pairs your group with a private VIP guide "from 5:00 pm until park close." SeaWorld's list of inclusions:

  • Dinner with Santa
  • Priority photo opportunities with Santa and Rudolph
  • One complimentary Photo Key per party
  • Reserved seating at signature shows, including Miracles, O Wondrous Night and Winter Wonderland on Ice
  • A hot chocolate souvenir mug with free non-alcoholic refills
  • A Christmas souvenir

SeaWorld's pitch for it: "settle into reserved seats at our signature Christmas shows (including Miracles!) while sipping hot cocoa refills, all led by your private VIP guide."

A line of ice skaters in white costumes with pink and black checks, joined by two penguin characters, skates across a lit rink in front of blue-lit trees and a large Christmas tree

Winter Wonderland on Ice, one of the shows SeaWorld names for reserved VIP seating. Image: SeaWorld Orlando

The fine print

Park admission is not included, and the page says it is required. Kids under 3 are free with a paying adult. Check-in is at the Tours Welcome Center by the Sky Tower, 15 minutes ahead of the 5:00 pm start, and cancellations made less than 24 hours ahead are nonrefundable.

For a sense of what the package bundles, the same page sells Dinner with Santa on its own at $44 for adults (ages 10 and up) and $19.99 for children 3 to 9. A family of four with everyone 3 or older would pay $999.96 for the VIP Tour before tax and admission.

The page does not say whether the tour guarantees a seat at a specific Miracles showing, or how it fits with the exclusive presentation time SeaWorld has promised Pass Members. SeaWorld has not posted the Miracles schedule yet.

Performers in robes stand on a stage set as a stable under a starry sky, with camels, sheep and a llama around a manger and an angel figure above

O Wondrous Night, another of the VIP Tour's reserved-seat shows. Image: SeaWorld Orlando

Christmas Celebration runs on select dates from November 6, 2026, through January 4, 2027.

Would you pay $249.99 a head for a reserved Miracles seat, or wait for the showtimes and take your chances with the crowd?

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Image credits: SeaWorld Orlando (Santa, Winter Wonderland on Ice and O Wondrous Night), Positively Osceola (Miracles orca stadium photo).

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