Adventure Camp

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Adventure Camp
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time30 minutes (with commercials)
Original release
Network Discovery Kids
ReleaseMay 17, 2003 (2003-05-17) 
June 14, 2008 (2008-06-14)

Adventure Camp is an American television series that aired on Discovery Kids. The show took place at SeaWorld Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa. It was based upon the real life camps of SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Adventure Camps. [1] The show was not staged, and the campers did take part in real life Adventure camp activities such as diving in the SeaWorld shark tank and cleaning up after animals on the veldt at Busch Gardens Tampa.

Contents

After the series ended, reruns continued to air on The Hub until March 25, 2012.

Plot

The summary is four kids from the United States and four kids from the United Kingdom go to Florida. They have many adventures such as feeding orcas at Seaworld and cleaning up after animals at Busch Gardens. Adventure Camp aired in March 2008. It was being shown on Discovery Kids. Many of the adventures are exciting, thrilling, and sometimes gross, but at the end someone who showed a quality such as teamwork would receive a necklace and the honor to get to go on an extra special adventure the following day.

Each camper received a necklace and were told that if they earned 20 beads on the necklace by the end of the trip, then they would get a close encounter with an animal of some kind, which turned out to be swimming with dolphins. Domonique was the only one not to earn enough beads, but Melissa felt that Domonique deserved them more and then gave two of her beads to Domonique. The counselors then gave Melissa a chance to earn the extra 2 needed by participating in a manatee release.

Season 1 Animal Care

Each of the eight campers is given an animal to take care of throughout the duration of Adventure Camp. It is unknown who took care of Brandon's animal after he left the camp in episode 7.

CamperHometownAnimal
Bill McLean, Virginia Toad/Aquarium
Brandon South Lake Tahoe, California Turtle
Chad Silver Spring, Maryland Reef Aquarium
David Huntsville, Texas Yellow Rat Snake
Domonique Sylmar, California Alligator
Kimmy Tucson, Arizona Anoles
Melissa Marietta, Georgia Hermit Crabs
Sadie Canyon Lake, California Sharks

Season 1 episodes

#Episode Title
1Arrival
2Manatee Rescue
3Crystal River
4Zookeeper for a Day
5Escape for a Day
6Trainer for a Day
7Adventure Venture
8Trek to the Everglades
9Swamp Safari
10Everlasting Everglades
11Scramble for the Beads
12Judgment Day
13Dolphin Swim

Season 2

See Adventure Florida

A second season aired on Discovery Kids, in 2008 and featured 4 kids from the United States and 4 kids from the United Kingdom. The counselors were Bill Street and Kelly Deidring. In every episode a word relating to a quality they should have, such as respect or tolerance, was said to the campers and the counselors would give a necklace to the camper who they feel represented that word the best on that day. Then the camper could choose another camper to go with them on a special experience. In the end, Warren won the final challenge and got to keep the necklace for good.

Season 2 Animal Care

Each of the eight campers pick a piece of paper with the names of two animals on it, The two campers who each pick the same animals must take care of those two animals together during the duration of Adventure Camp. Each of the eight campers also are given an animal to do a presentation on the final day of camp.

CamperAgeHometownAnimal carePresentation
Adriana12 Branch, Louisiana Sloth & MacawMacaw
Alex13 Southampton, England Cuscus & PossumCuscus
Ally15 Ipswich, England Cuscus & PossumPossum
Brian13 McLean, Virginia Lemurs & ReptilesLemurs
Chris14 Santa Maria, California Flamingos & SkunkFlamingos
Claire12 Watford, England Flamingos & SkunkSkunk
Cori13 Chicago, Illinois Sloth & MacawSloth
Warren14 Birmingham, England Lemurs & ReptilesReptiles

Season 2 episodes

#Episode Title
14Welcome to Florida
15Animals 101
16Gators on the River
17See the Sea of Life
18Meet the Manatees
19The GeoCache Challenge
20Big Cat Call
21Pole to Pole
22Date with Dolphins
23The Reptile Encounter
24Swimming with Sharks
25Animals of the Everglades
26Key to the Keys, Part 1
27Key to the Keys, Part 2
28Going Home

References

  1. CampNavigator.Com. "Adventure Summer Camps USA CampNavigator". www.campnavigator.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.