When one considers the viability of a brand that is dying, one looks at goodwill, that intangible (and tangible) sense of love for a product. Cypress Gardens was managed by Steve Baker’s Orlando-based Baker Leisure Group, a theme park consultancy and management company founded 1988. It is now owned by Mulberry, Florida-based LandSouth Adventures LLC, part of Land South Holdings, LLC, a real estate investment company created in 2003. Jeb Bush, local officials and thousands of fans, former employees and neighbors, all of whom didn’t want to see the icon close. At its height, it attracted the likes of the Shah of Iran, who even took a spin behind a boat! The park was constantly on television and in movies, with regular star visits from the likes of Elvis and Ester Williams.Īfter the park risked closure, a Friends of Cypress Gardens effort led by Burma Posey raised millions to buy easements and protect the park, all with the help of Gov. It grew with the addition of water-ski shows, many led by his son, Dick Pope Jr. The park was founded in 1936 by Dick Pope, originally to show off his lakefront gardens.
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This temporary shut down is not the first closure for the park, which has had a series of owners, including Anheuser-Busch, all of whom have not been able to make the Cypress Gardens work in modern times. In the process, it would drop its roller coasters and rides.
WINTER HAVEN – Last weekend, the legendary theme park Cypress Gardens closed for four months while management said it would refocus on its water park and historic garden.
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