Embracing an increasingly popular trend at U.S theme parks, the marine park and Sesame Place in Chula Vista will now only accept card and mobile payments for everything from sodas and sundaes to paid parking.
Starting this week, visitors to SeaWorld San Diego need not bring cash with them anymore. Only credit cards and mobile payments will now be accepted for everything from T-shirts and stuffed animals to snacks and paid parking.
“On the guest side, it allows for a faster and more secure transaction,” Lake said Thursday. “No one wants to wait in long lines at theme parks and often these kinds of transactions slow things down. And on the company side, we don’t have to spend the time counting out cash funds at the end of the day, and we now won’t have to move money back and forth with the armored cars to the banks.
Lake made a point of walking around the park on Wednesday to gauge guests’ reactions to the policy. Emails had already been sent out advising people of the new policy, and guests were also were informed as they entered the parking area.
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