Gulf World Marine Park - Panama City Beach, Florida

Kelly W.

Those Ladies, the amount of time spent with each animal, can't leave them time for lives of their own! Such intricate maneuvers! It must take hours & hours every single day, over & over & over! The patience of saints! You really have to dedicate your life to work like this! AMAZING For the Humans as well as all the different species of Animals!

michael S.

PCB FALL BREAK 2024
Had an amazing time spent about 3hrs here checking everything out with beautiful birds and funny curious Penguins to an awesome seal show to a giant turtle then go inside and you get to pet/feed the stingrays after that it was too the awesome dolphins show it lasted about 30mins or so one of the best things we did here will definitely be back. If you go you won’t regret. I give the food about a 2 It was high and not all that great other than that it was amazing. P.S purchase tickets in advance it’s cheaper.

Amy O.

My family and I came to do the dolphin encounter and it was amazing! All of the staff were so great and very helpful. After our encounter we spent several hours walking around the park. The exhibits were really neat. We also watched the dolphin show which was very entertaining.

Jenah C.

We were very excited to go here! My son was granted this for his make a wish wish. So they made the arrangements and all we had to do was show up.
The lady working at the register was super helpful and helped us sign up an additional kid that camp on our trip.
The park itself however is a little trashed and crowded. The seal exhibit was down so we didn’t get to see that. All the staff was super helpful though.
The dolphin encounter was what we looked forward to for months. When we went to the waiting area, the staff very rudely told me I had to take out my hair clip and nose ring. So I put my hair in a ponytail and attempted to take my nose ring out. After 10 minutes of no success, I told the lady checking people in I couldn’t get it out. She told me that I probably couldn’t go because the dolphins would be distracted. And also reminded me several times that there were no refunds.
I was able to get a pocket tool and cut my nose ring out (it’s the kind where you have to have two pairs of pliers), so I was able to go.
Directions to where we were going/doing was not very clear. They also make you leave your purse and stuff on bleachers while you’re in the water (I would suggest them having lockers or something).
After that, the dolphin encounter was amazing. The trainers, photographers, dolphins, they have it down! It was a blast! And digital pictures are included in the package.

Anyone with body jewelry, they really mean ALL jewelry. Make sure to prepare to have to take it out or cut it out.

Tamil K.

Older park but fun to spend at least couple of hours.. preferably around 10am - 1pm, to cover the good shows and chats.

You can stick around the whole day for spending enough time with animals!

Joy X.

Gulf World was super fun! Everything here was a wonder and I especially loved the dolphin performance! All the animals are super cute (the sea lion) and the staff are knowledgeable and kind.

Kelli P.

Cool birds to see and touch sting rays. Nice little snack shop. Dolphin show was cool to see. My kids did the 2nd option for swim with dolphins n enjoyed it so much. u can take pics n videos from where ur watching from but they capture upclose ones for u in which after u can pay to print them, or u can download them n do what u want with them. If the discounted price wasn't offered my kids wouldn't of got to do the swim. And option is worth it. Paid 216$ for 2 kids to do it.

Katie V.

We enjoyed getting to see all the animals inside the park. We saw a couple little shows with the animals, but since you just crowd around the area, it was harder to see some of the animals during the show. The dolphin show was very informative and interactive, with plenty of seating in the stadium. There isn't much A/C, so prepare to be hot almost the entire time.