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i have heard through the grapevine that Sea World is planning an adventure park, does anyone know anything about this?
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The full name of each of the three Sea World parks (San Diego, Orlando, San Antonio) is "Sea World Adventure Park" -- so it's not a case of "planning" an "adventure park."i have heard through the grapevine that Sea World is planning an adventure park, does anyone know anything about this?
On a side note, is there anyone else who is wondering what took SeaWorld so long to make a water park? Wasn't that an obvious idea 30 years ago?
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. (HBJ) purchased the company in 1976 and 12 years later they ventured deep into the heart of Texas. In 1988 SeaWorld San Antonio opened just a few miles outside of San Antonio. Although the climate was more like that of its Ohio counterpart, the park did have a longer operating season. Still, this park was not open year-round like its sister parks in California and Florida. The stress and financial resources it took to build and maintain a state-of-the-art marine mammal facility in the late '80s eventually took its toll on the company.
HBJ, whose primary focus was producing school books, needed to reduce its assets in order to avoid a bankruptcy.
The Anheuser-Busch Company made an offer to purchase the SeaWorld parks. However, HBJ also owned and operated two other parks, Cypress Gardens and Boardwalk and Baseball, and out of fear of not being able to find a buyer for the two other parks HBJ refused to sell the parks individually. Despite a long negotiation, Anheuser-Busch bought all six parks: SeaWorld in San Diego, Aurora, Orlando and San Antonio as well as Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven and Boardwalk and Baseball in Haines City. Soon after the sale was final, Busch sold Cypress Gardens to the park's management and closed Boardwalk and Baseball. Anheuser-Busch put millions of dollars back into the parks to revive and to prolong their longevity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaworld
As of three weeks ago, the pieces to one slide were being brought in.
So, that's the deal with Aquatica..
I would say it has more to do with the history of ownership.
Bad location.Good ole' Boardwalk and Baseball...I used to love that place! I wonder why they didnt at least try and salvage it.
Bad location.
It was too far from the hotels of Orlando, Kissimmee, and Walt Disney World. If it had been near Sea World, it could have developed into a major Orlando-area attraction.
Boardwalk and Baseball was originally Circus World.
Bad location.
It was too far from the hotels of Orlando, Kissimmee, and Walt Disney World. If it had been near Sea World, it could have developed into a major Orlando-area attraction.
Boardwalk and Baseball was originally Circus World.
Bad location.
It was too far from the hotels of Orlando, Kissimmee, and Walt Disney World. If it had been near Sea World, it could have developed into a major Orlando-area attraction.
Boardwalk and Baseball was originally Circus World.
Boardwalk and Baseball was originally Circus World.
Good ole' Boardwalk and Baseball...I used to love that place! I wonder why they didnt at least try and salvage it.
Aquatica looks awesome!!