They're not quite finished with building. The hurricanes really put them behind. I think they're supposed to open before Christmas, though. They had a job fair about a week ago. For those of you that don't know, Cypress Gardens, at one time, was a major attraction. It was known for all the beautiful flowers, ski shows, and the southern bells in their pretty, hoop skirted dresses. Later on, I think around 6 years ago, maybe less, they started adding things like ice skating shows, a butterfly sanctuary, this huge thing that rotated high in the sky for you to see the surrounding area and a petting zoo. They had also had boat rides through canals there so you could see the pretty cypress trees. It hadn't been doing well for a while and it closed last year. The mansion of the original owner was on the property also. I don't think they were able to save it because I heard they didn't maintain it and it was about to fall apart, which is really sad. My favorite part, before they closed, was at Christmas. They decorated it with thousands of lights and displays. It was so pretty. I hope they're going to continue to do that. I guy that owns theme parks, I think in Alabama, bought it and is trying to bring Cypress Gardens back. It's called new because it's quite different and I think will do a lot better. We were all upset with it's closing. There's a lot of land there that the owners(4 I think) were thinking of selling for development. That made a lot of people very unhappy. I know I've rambled a bit but was just trying to give you a little history before I started with the pics.
Here's one of their new advertisement banners.
I don't know what kind of ride this is going to be. They've got a big fence around it all and it's hard to get good pics.
Here's another thing that's going to be some sort of ride.
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