Adventure Camp

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{{Infobox television

| runtime = 30 minutes (with commercials)

| country = United States

| network = Discovery Kids

| first_aired = {{Start date|2003|5|17}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2008|6|14}}

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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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.campnavigator.com/Category/adventure-summer-camps.html|title=Adventure Summer Camps USA CampNavigator|last=CampNavigator.Com|website=www.campnavigator.com|access-date=2016-04-19}} 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.

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.

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! Camper

! Hometown

! Animal

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

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! #

! Episode Title

1

| Arrival

2

| Manatee Rescue

3

| Crystal River

4

| Zookeeper for a Day

5

| Escape for a Day

6

| Trainer for a Day

7

| Adventure Venture

8

| Trek to the Everglades

9

| Swamp Safari

10

| Everlasting Everglades

11

| Scramble for the Beads

12

| Judgment Day

13

| Dolphin 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.

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! Camper

! Age

! Hometown

! Animal care

! Presentation

Adriana

| 12

| Branch, Louisiana

| Sloth & Macaw

| Macaw

Alex

| 13

| Southampton, England

| Cuscus & Possum

| Cuscus

Ally

| 15

| Ipswich, England

| Cuscus & Possum

| Possum

Brian

| 13

| McLean, Virginia

| Lemurs & Reptiles

| Lemurs

Chris

| 14

| Santa Maria, California

| Flamingos & Skunk

| Flamingos

Claire

| 12

| Watford, England

| Flamingos & Skunk

| Skunk

Cori

| 13

| Chicago, Illinois

| Sloth & Macaw

| Sloth

Warren

| 14

| Birmingham, England

| Lemurs & Reptiles

| Reptiles

=Season 2 episodes=

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! #

! Episode Title

14

| Welcome to Florida

15

| Animals 101

16

| Gators on the River

17

| See the Sea of Life

18

| Meet the Manatees

19

| The GeoCache Challenge

20

| Big Cat Call

21

| Pole to Pole

22

| Date with Dolphins

23

| The Reptile Encounter

24

| Swimming with Sharks

25

| Animals of the Everglades

26

| Key to the Keys, Part 1

27

| Key to the Keys, Part 2

28

| Going Home

References