SeaWorld Orlando has rolled out a stage show called “Surf Holiday,” which has some ties to the theme park’s new Pipeline roller coaster and contains conservation messages.

The production is part of the park’s Summer Spectacular programming, which includes the “Ignite” fireworks show, Club SeaGlow dance party and the return of the pearl divers, who have been seen sporadically since 2015. A concert series will begin July 8, but SeaWorld has not announced acts for it.

Know going in that “Surf Holiday” isn’t about Christmastime. No Santa, Rudolph or faux snow this time around. Instead, think “beachy vacation.”

Hit the beach

The vibe was  “Beach Blanket Bingo” with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon at first. And the energy was celebratory like “We Go Together,” the finale of “Grease.” In the story, we are at Pipeline Pier and there are lots of beach balls and swimwear involved, along with a surfing culture-styled opening song.

But the setting, we soon learn, appears to be modern times, so just go with the flow. There is an acknowledgment that the male lead’s lingo is remarkably retro.

Characters include that surfer-dude hero named Dylan Dreamboat; Coral, who knows scientific facts about the sea; Winston, a highly organized dweeb (clue: argyle socks and dress shoes on the beach); and a puppeteer who handles Virgil, a toucan. In addition, there are dancers and stunt performers.

There’s restraint in the script. I only heard “gnarly” once. Blame Dylan.

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Sea scenes

The show is indoors at the park’s Nautilus Theater, but the outdoorsy scene is achieved on the stage. There’s a lifeguard stand with a banner that marks 50 years of Dreamboat Surfin’ Tours and a couple of other structures, including the entrance to the Coral Rescue Center.

The projection backdrop is a splashy sunset —yellows, oranges, aquas —and a silhouette of a coaster a la Pipeline.

Later, during Dylan and Coral’s in-water rendezvous at a buoy, the backdrop changes to an underwater setting with striking black-light effects as the two leads dangle from wires and the recostumed dancers represent undersea life.

Some audience members might bristle at Coral’s sometimes ga-ga reactions to Dylan after she lays out scientific knowledge, tossing STEM left and right. She wants it all? But in this floating scene, a lot is asked. She spiels oceanic facts, harmonizes, educates Dylan, dangles, keeps those legs moving and talks flirty.

He’s dreamy, Coral exclaims to the bird. It might be forgivable. He is, literally, a Dreamboat.

Reef magic

Coral is passionate about coral reefs, and she’s against the cruiser business, Dylan Dreamboat’s family legacy.

She tells him about the importance of coral reefs (“They’re like the rainforests of the ocean”), but there is tension. (“Do you know anything about proper reef etiquette? Your lack of concern is unbelievable!”)

She makes a breakthrough on the issue of activism with “one drop of water becomes a river,” a phrase Grandpa Dreamboat used to say.

Without diving too deep into spoilers, we’ll say Coral is persuasive, particularly after their wired duet. Dylan thinks he can create a new legacy, and we arrive at the subplot moral of the story: “At the end of the day, we’re better together.”

Splashbacks

There’s a SeaWorld Orlando undercurrent to the show. The production’s Dreamboat Surfin’ Tours is celebrating its 50th anniversary, just like real-life SeaWorld will do this year.

Several characters, including dancers, have names that echo those of retro SeaWorld characters, including Dolly, Penny, Clyde and Seamore. That lineup also included Sir Winston Walrus.

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Winston, the human version of the new show, lowers his voice near the end for an announcement that’s a lift from “Believe,” one of the park’s retired whale shows: “Many years ago, one man believed that two worlds would come together. This singular idea …”

When to go

“Surf Holiday” will be presented multiple times on days that SeaWorld is holding Summer Spectacular events. That includes this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, then shifts into an everyday schedule June 16 through Aug. 6. Then it resumes the Friday-Saturday-Sunday plan Aug. 11 until ending it on Sept. 4.

In June, “Surf Holiday” showtimes are 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., although doublechecking via SeaWorld’s app and website is a good safeguard.

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