• Park guests watch as a tiger has surgery in the Animal Care Center at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Busch Gardens

  • At Discovery Cove, two staff members remove a guest's helmet after he has done the underwater SeaVenture experience. Marjie Lambert / Miami Herald Staff

  • Guests float along the Build-a-Raft Lazy River at Legoland Florida's water park. Marjie Lambert / Miami Herald Staff

  • The 300-gallon bucket starts to tip over at the top of the Joker Soaker play area at Legoland Florida's water park. Marjie Lambert / Miami Herald Staff

  • The "Despicable Me" float in Universal's Superstar Parade. ED HALL / UNIVERSAL ORLANDO

  • Although the Despicable Me ride won't open until later this summer at Universal Studios, the gift shop through which riders will exit is up and running with all manner of Minion souvenirs. Marjie Lambert / Miami Herald Staff

  • Dora the Explorer is one of the stars of Universal's Superstar Parade. Marjie Lambert / Miami Herald Staff

  • Universal's Cinematic Spectacular features scenes from classic Universal Pictures films projected on water over the lagoon at Universal Studios. Universal Orlando

  • “The Barnstormer,” a re-theming of an existing family coaster starring The Great Goofini, was one of the first elements of the Fantasyland expansion to open this spring. David Roark / Walt Disney Resorts

  • Scaffolding goes up for the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, which will be the last element of the Fantasyland expansion to be completed in 2014. In the background is the top of Beast Castle, which will house the Be Our Guest restaurant. Marjie Lambert / Miami Herald Staff

  • One of two Dumbo the Flying Elephant rides was among the first elements of the Fantasyland expansion at Walt Disney World to open this spring. Marjie Lambert / Miami Herald Staff

  • A sea turtle swims in the TurtleTrek aquarium at SeaWorld Orlando. Jason Collier / SeaWorld Orlando

  • Hollywood Drive-In Golf at Universal CityWalk features two 18-hole mini-golf courses based on classic drive-in era horror and sci-fi movies. ROBERTO GONZALEZ / UNIVERSAL ORLANDO