Who owns Discovery Cove?
Discovery Cove is owned by United Parks (the United States, NYSE: PRKS).[1]
Evidence: United Parks & Resorts Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-03, SEC EDGAR, 3 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- United Parks & Resorts Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Orlando
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Orlando
- Founded
- 1989
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Franchises & parks › Theme parks
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: PRKS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Discovery Cove
Discovery Cove is a 58-acre, reservations-only, all-inclusive marine life theme park in Orlando, Florida, dated to 1989 in the FY2025 10-K of United Parks & Resorts. The company owns it, and it sits alongside SeaWorld Orlando and Aquatica Orlando in the same market.
What United Parks's annual report says about Discovery Cove
Sentences about Discovery Cove from United Parks's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Located next to SeaWorld Orlando, Discovery Cove is a 58-acre, reservations only, all-inclusive marine life theme park that is open year-round and features premium culinary offerings.
Discovery Cove provides guests with a full day of activities, including the opportunity to interact with dolphins and sharks, snorkel with thousands of tropical fish, wade in a lush lagoon with stingrays and hand-feed birds in a free flight aviary.
Discovery Cove was the first all-inclusive day resort and animal interaction park in the U.S. to be designated a Certified Autism Center ( IBCCES, 2019 ).
How often United Parks names Discovery Cove in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Discovery Cove
- Current owner United Parks [1] verified
Where Discovery Cove sits in United Parks
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by United Parks
United Parks controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- Adventure Island (1980)
- Aquatica Orlando (2008)
- Aquatica San Antonio (2016)
- SeaWorld Orlando (1973)
- SeaWorld San Antonio (1988)
- SeaWorld San Diego (1964)
- Water Country USA (1984)
Other brands in theme parks, and who owns them
The 39 brands in theme parks on Brandtree belong to 10 owners. The largest is Six Flags, with 11; United Parks has 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Canada's Wonderland | Six Flags | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Xavage | Grupo Xcaret | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Adventure Cove Waterpark | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Magic Planet | Majid Al Futtaim | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Harmonyland | Sanrio | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Universal Destinations & Experiences | Comcast | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Disney Parks | Disney | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Boomers Parks | Lucky Strike Entertainment | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: United Parks
United Parks is a publicly listed company headquartered in Orlando, United States. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: PRKS.
United Parks & Resorts is the Orlando-based theme park operator that changed its name from SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. in February 2024. Its FY2025 10-K dates the company to 1959, the opening of the first Busch Gardens park in Tampa. It uses the Busch Gardens name under a perpetual, exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free trademark licence from Anheuser-Busch, and operates Sesame Place under a licence from Sesame Workshop, so neither of those owners is the company. It also refers to a licensed SeaWorld-branded park in the United Arab Emirates, which it does not own.
United Parks: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Discovery Cove and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Discovery Cove is not one of them.
- 20th Century Studios — Disney 🇺🇸
- AMC — AMC Networks 🇺🇸
- AMC Theatres — AMC Theatres 🇺🇸
- AMF — Lucky Strike Entertainment 🇺🇸
- Antenna TV — Nexstar 🇺🇸
- Atlanta Braves — Atlanta Braves Holdings 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Discovery Cove?
The parent company of Discovery Cove is United Parks, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Discovery Cove American?
Yes. Discovery Cove originated in the United States in 1989 and its owner, United Parks, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Discovery Cove still owned by United Parks?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Discovery Cove is still owned by United Parks. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] United Parks & Resorts Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-03 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 3 March 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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