[MalcolmS]

The new management team was working that, within the limits of their capital. Last year, they put in a water park suitable for kids up to about 8, which was being expanded with bigger slides, etc, this year just before they closed.

However, I have to admit that going there made me feel very young (I'm 39). They would attract vast crowds of seniors for their concerts (Pat Boone, Oak Ridge Boys, Glenn Miller Band type of acts). As the concerts let out, there would be a veritable scooter/walker traffic jam.

Nevertheless, it may be a case of too little, too late.

[stuartcr]

We're in our 50's, and we felt young there! The only time we went, was to bring some seniors there to visit and reminisce.

[Sam's Army]

Part of the problem is that the "entertainment" of watching water-skiers and southern belles at 34.95 a pop just doesn't fly nowadays for the most part.

My grandparents owned a business in Winter Haven. I remember as a child going to the Gardens in the 70's and some of the same entertainment has been booked over and over and over for years. It is as if they expected the "seasoned citizen" population of the 1970's to continue to be around into the present day.

The day the announcement was made one WH city official (can't remember the name) made a remark to the paper about the war in Iraq being the last straw. As if people were dying to see that upcoming Roy Clark concert but were somehow prevented from travelling because of our victory.