Penguin Encounter is an animal exhibit at the Sea World amusement park on the Gold Coast, Australia, featuring King and Gentoo penguins.On 24 May 2010, Sea World closed the Sea World Aquarium and Shark Attack. These two attractions were subsequently demolished. One month later on 26 June 2010, Village Roadshow Theme Parks distributed copies of the Gold Coast Bulletin to in-park guests with a promotional cover over the top. This cover detailed a variety of new attractions for the theme parks in 2010. One of the attractions listed was an Antarctic penguin exhibit due to open by the Summer of 2010 2011. On 14 July 2010, it was announced that the exhibit would be called Penguin Encounter in addition to a number of facts about the exhibit.