Long Gone Attractions
#1
Posted 04 September 2006 - 05:24 PM
Such as the OakBay Marina pools, The Fable Cottage, etc.
Anyone remember any others long gone???
#2
Posted 04 September 2006 - 05:35 PM
#3
Posted 04 September 2006 - 05:42 PM
#4
Posted 04 September 2006 - 05:49 PM
It closed shortly after part-time trainer Keltie Byrne fell into the pool and the bored whales accidentally dragged her though the water, drowning her. This was in 1991.
I certainly don't regret its closing. Even before Keltie's tragic death people were starting to become uncomfortable with keeping orcas in captivity, especially in Sealand's tiny pool. Many of the whales there died prematurely of infections brought on by the cramped conditions. A bittersweet chapter in Victoria's history. Good riddance to it.
The Keltie Byrne Fitness Centre in Edmonton was named in her honour.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#5
Posted 04 September 2006 - 05:56 PM
It closed shortly after part-time trainer Keltie Byrne fell into the pool and the bored whales accidentally dragged her though the water, drowning her. This was in 1991.
Don't forget they took her clothes off first. I'm not making this up. Her nude body was recovered from the whale enclosure.
Tillikum may have killed TWICE with the same MO (he must be bisexual):
http://www.darwinawa...win1999-18.html
This article says it was in front of spectators. I think that is incorrect:
Tillikum and two female whales drowned their trainer in front of spectators at Sealand of the Pacific in British Columbia in 1991. The park closed its whale habitat because of the accident that killed Keltie Byrne. Officials said Byrne accidentally slipped and fell into the water. The whales drowned her by not letting her surface for air.
http://72.14.209.104... ... =clnk&cd=4
#6
Posted 04 September 2006 - 06:14 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#7
Posted 04 September 2006 - 06:55 PM
#8
Posted 04 September 2006 - 07:37 PM
A whale can do whatever it wants. Doesn't make it an evil whale, just because it decided to kill a human being. It's a whale.
One expert said the 22-foot whale named Tillikum, the largest killer whale in captivity, could have mistaken the man for a toy.
Give me a break.
#9
Posted 04 September 2006 - 07:37 PM
#10
Posted 04 September 2006 - 07:47 PM
#11
Posted 04 September 2006 - 07:47 PM
#12
Posted 05 September 2006 - 06:32 AM
#13
Posted 05 September 2006 - 06:38 AM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#14
Posted 05 September 2006 - 07:35 AM
#15
Posted 05 September 2006 - 07:48 AM
Coincidence?
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#16
Posted 05 September 2006 - 09:27 AM
#17
Posted 05 September 2006 - 09:37 AM
Damn, I can't remember what else they had besides one of those inflatable rooms you jump around in. I think they may have had a giant slide.
I remember the go-kart track being rather fancy--not the usual hay bales in a parking lot set-up.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#18
Posted 05 September 2006 - 09:43 AM
They also had some bumper boats. They were good quality. Basically, your steering wheel was attached to an outboard motor, and you could turn the wheel 360 to do whatever you wanted to.
#19
Posted 05 September 2006 - 10:08 AM
That was a fine attraction. It was clean and nice--not like the grimy carnivals with their noisy rides that only made you dizzy. Good for working-class families that couldn't afford an annual weekend at Playland and the PNE, (let alone Disneyland).
I'm thinking of all those little un-tuned two-stroke gas engines running all day. I think the majority of greenhouse gases produced in Victoria during that era were from kids under 16.
I'll take a guess and say the Fun City existed from about 1979 to about the early to mid 80s.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#20
Posted 05 September 2006 - 10:36 AM
G-Man, I'm liking that amusement park idea. Something authentic and detailed and not too big. But the problem -- as always -- is how would it survive the off-season/winter?
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