#4
Ok, this is the last of my 'Trip Down Memory Lane' for the day... 
LOL!!
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Marineland of the Pacific was a public oceanarium and tourist attraction located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula coast in Los Angeles County, California, USA. When it opened in 1954, one year before Disneyland,
Marineland of the Pacific was the world's largest oceanarium." **
"It was also known as
Hanna-Barbera's Marineland during the late 1970s and early 1980s," [and] "was also noteworthy for its Baja Reef concept, a first-of-its-kind swim-
through aquarium featuring a wide array of sea life. Visitors could enter the winding aquarium wearing a swim mask and snorkel and swim with the fish and sharks." This was added by
Hanna-Barbera in the late 70's...
"After Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (the owner of the SeaWorld ocean park family) purchased the facility in 1987, Orky and Corky were moved to SeaWorld's San Diego park, where Corky was given the new name of "Shamu". Although the company had promised to keep Marineland open, it was closed in February 1987, six weeks after the sale was completed. Many local residents complained about the sudden closure." **
Unfortunately, Orky, the male, died two years later in 1988; however, Corky is still alive (she is now believed to be about 40 years old and the oldest of the seven killer whales in San Diego) and performing daily at Sea World in San Diego. She gave birth to seven calves, however all died soon after birth, with the oldest living only for 46 days.
"Much of the infrastructure was left abandoned for nearly 20 years.
In 1995, developer York Long Point purchased 480 acres (1.9 km2) of coastal land that included the Marineland location for $24 million." **
It now looks like this!!
It's really a shame that they pulled such a dirty trick by closing without any warning, because I would have loved to have gone there one last time, as I'm sure thousands of other people would have, too!!
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Marineland of the Pacific - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blog: Why Did Marineland Close? - Maureen Megowan, Remax Estate Properties's Blog - Palos Verdes, CA Patch
