SeaWorld Orlando's Journey to Atlantis Is Now Listed as Closed Monday to Thursday, Running Fridays and Saturdays 11am to 7pm

Michael Travels

Published October 23, 2026 at 5:16 PM EDT

Planning a Tuesday splash at SeaWorld Orlando? Journey to Atlantis is now listed as closed four days a week.

SeaWorld updated the Journey to Atlantis page on the morning of Friday, October 23 (the page's sitemap entry was stamped 9:19am Eastern, its first update since early September). A short notice in red type now sits just under the ride's name:

"Closed Mon-Thurs. Fri-Sat. : 11am to 7pm."

When we checked SeaWorld's site on Wednesday afternoon, the ride's card still showed the old hours. The new line now appears on that card on SeaWorld's main rides page.

A Journey to Atlantis boat hitting the water at the bottom of the big drop in a huge wall of spray, beneath the tan and pink Atlantis tower on a sunny day

Journey to Atlantis at SeaWorld Orlando. Photo: SeaWorld Orlando

What it means for your visit

Monday to Thursday: listed as closed.
Friday and Saturday: 11am to 7pm.
Sunday: not mentioned in the notice either way, so check before you count on it.

The notice does not give a reason or an end date. SeaWorld has not posted an announcement about the change that we could find.

A head-on view of a Journey to Atlantis boat full of riders plunging into the splashdown, with spray rising on both sides

A boat hits the splashdown at the bottom of the big drop. Photo: SeaWorld Orlando

Shorter hours came first

It is not the first time SeaWorld has posted hours for the ride. When we checked SeaWorld's rides page in early September, Journey to Atlantis was the only ride listing with posted hours, and they read "Weekdays 11am to 4pm" and "Weekends 11am to 5pm." Now Monday through Thursday are off the schedule entirely, while closing time has moved later on the two days that remain, to 7pm (from 4pm on Fridays and 5pm on Saturdays). Sunday, which the old weekend hours covered, is no longer listed at all.

Journey to Atlantis is SeaWorld's "flume ride/roller coaster hybrid," which sends boats through the dark passages of a sunken city before a big drop into the water, and SeaWorld rates its splash level as "Soaked." Riders need to be at least 42 inches tall. Guests between 42 and 48 inches need a supervising companion who is at least 14 years old.

A boat of riders gliding along a curving water channel lined with rockwork and greenery, with the Atlantis tower and splashdown in the background

The boat channel, with the Atlantis tower and splashdown behind it. Photo: SeaWorld Orlando

Check before you go

SeaWorld changed these hours without an announcement that we could find, so it is worth checking the Journey to Atlantis page or the SeaWorld app on the day of your visit, especially on a Sunday.

Is Journey to Atlantis a must-ride for you, or is it the one you skip to stay dry?

Sources

SeaWorld Orlando, "Journey to Atlantis" (ride page, updated October 23, 2026)
SeaWorld Orlando, rides page

Image credits: SeaWorld Orlando.

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