SeaWorld's new Aquatica water park will put as much emphasis on relaxation as on thrills, planners say.

Aquatica, which is to open in a year across International Drive from SeaWorld, is going to feature 36 water slides and a high-speed river ride with rapids aimed at competing with other thrill-ride theme parks.

But Aquatica also will have an 80,000-square-foot, highly designed beach area, and several calm lagoons for visitors whose main Florida goal may be to relax on the sand or splash lazily outF into the water.

And then there will be the animals, highlighted by black-and-white Commerson's dolphins splashing about in the main lagoon.

"Aquatica will be a water park you would never expect, unless it was built by SeaWorld," said Jim Atchison, general manager of SeaWorld Orlando.