Cypress Gardens Sold to Legoland
The Orlando area will soon have a new attraction located at the former Cypress Gardens theme park. What really makes this interesting is the Blackstone Group has a hand in the purchase. Blackstone has been making moves in Orlando that will eventually give it control of numerous Orlando area attractions including Universal Orlando, Sea Worlds parks, four water parks and now another entry into the Orlando theme park market. I think Disney is going to have a real challenge for Orlando theme park dollars.
Rumors have been circulating that Merlin (worlds second largest amusement operator) has been wanting to enter the Orlando market for some time now. There is only one other Legoland in the United States and it’s in Calfornia so geographicaly Orlando is a good fit to open another Legoland in the United States with it’s high concentrarion of tourism.
The possibilities of this planned theme park acquisition are to be disclosed this coming Thursday at a news conference. There are numerous ways the company can make this location work better than it has ever before. With their numerous other entertainment options my guess is they will combine the Legoland theme park with other properties it owns perhaps combining it with a Madame Tusasauds Wax Museums. They also bought the Splash Island Water Park and botanical gardens as part of the acquisition. It will be interesting to see how they utilize the current infrastructure of Cypress Gardens, Splash Island, the botanical gardens and will they keep the water ski shows. We shall soon find out but one thing is for sure it will be good for Orlando tourism.
Hopefully you will have the time whenever in Orlando to visit Capone’s Dinner & Show visit www.alcapones.com
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