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The_Doctors_Angel_32
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0 posted 2011-02-05 08:17 PM



Written March 3,2006

As a child we were not made of money
So instead of going to SeaWorld
All we could afford
Was to go to a place named Marineland

It is a little park south of St. Augustine
I have many a childhood memory of this place
That is where I first started
My love for dolphins

I remember the dolphin show there
They always played the song "Jump"
By Van Halen
And the dolphins would be jumping through
The air to the song

I also remember them letting
Little kids go down and hold
A hula hoop for the dolphins to jump through
My cousin Micheal did this one year

They also had another dolphin show
Where they would be way up in the sky
And hold fish for the dolphins
To jump up high in the sky to get

I loved the dolphin shows at Marineland
I have pictures when I was 4 or 5 years old
Smiling as I watched these shows

3 years ago they closed Marineland for renovations
But this weekend they are opening up again
Now it is gonna be a more interactive park

You will be able to feed
And throw footballs
And go in a boat
With a trainer
To interact with the dolphins
Which is cool to me
And makes me very happy

When the family is together, the soul is at peace - Russian Proverb


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latearrival
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1 posted 2011-02-05 08:26 PM


We took our kids there many many times.It was a nice quiet plac and before Disney World. I loved the softness of it compared to all the other fast and furious places we took them.It has been sold I think,but still there.A lot changed in that area.
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The_Doctors_Angel_32
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2 posted 2011-02-05 08:46 PM


latearrival, thank you for your comment. Yes, it is still there. You have to pay out the nose to swim with the dolphins though. But just to see the dolphins swim around and play it is only $5.00. At least the last time I was there. They are slowly building it up.

When the family is together, the soul is at peace - Russian Proverb


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