Marineland Makes Way for Resort

[TacAlert]

The final buildings of Marineland in Palos Verdes are being torn down. L.A. Times 07/21/06: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...=la-home-local

Some pics (after it closed) can be seen at www.themeparkmemories.com.

[sir clinksalot]

That's so funny, a bunch of us were talking about Marineland the other day and why it hasn't been made into anything else yet.

Guess we have our answer.

[pveticket]

I live about half a mile away from old marineland, I love exploring around there. My dad used to feed the fish there when he was a teen

[musiken]

Very sad. I loved that place. I still remember some of the shows. Wish it was Sea World that closed instead.

[Goofster]

I hate it when they tear down something nostalgic for some yuppy resort. Owell guess its going to waste as it sits now anyway.

[Jspider]

Originally Posted by musiken

Very sad. I loved that place. I still remember some of the shows. Wish it was Sea World that closed instead.

as someone who has never been to Marineland I'd like to hear why you have that wish?

[pixie chick]

I only went to Marineland once when I was a kid. I snorkled for the first time there. That's all I really remember about it, though.

We used to photograph weddings at the Catalina Room until it closed last May to make room for the new resort. It was right next to the old Marineland site. It's been sitting for so long, I'm surprised it's taken this long to get construction going. It was funny to look out during a wedding & see the wild goats on top of the old tanks, though.

[Redsix]

^the baja reef was totally cool, you could swim in that reef with all those fish, I thought it was the coolest thing when I was a teenager.

[Disney Analyst]

any photos of the deconstruction?

[Melonballer]

I've been there. I have lots of pictures. I just may have to do some scanning.

[SCUBAbe]

Originally Posted by musiken

Very sad. I loved that place. I still remember some of the shows. Wish it was Sea World that closed instead.

but at lesst one of the whales is at sea world now. I never went to marineland as a child. I think the whale they got is the one that marineland ground it's teeth down,......

[Goofster]

They ground down the teeth of a whale thats kinda crule????

[SCUBAbe]

Originally Posted by Goofster

They ground down the teeth of a whale thats kinda crule????

this was back when the were catching them in the wild, which is also cruel. Maybe they felt it was safert o work around the whales with ground down teeth.....who knows.