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Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (formerly known as Six Flags Marine World, Marine World, The New Marine World Theme Park, and Marine World Africa USA) is a 135-acre (55 ha) [1] animal theme park located in Vallejo, California, off of Interstate 80 between San Francisco and Sacramento.
The park was named Marine World when it first opened in 1968, before merging with a land-animal park called Africa USA in 1972. In 1986, the park relocated to Vallejo, California , and is now known as Six Flags Discovery Kingdom .
Marine World/Africa U.S.A. Redwood City: 1968–1986 Marineland of the Pacific: Rancho Palos Verdes: 1954–1987 Marshal Scotty's Playland Park: El Cajon: 1967–1998 Neptune Beach: Alameda: 1917–1939 Neverland Valley Ranch: Santa Barbara County: 1988–2006 Ocean Park Pier Santa Monica: 1926–1956 Pacific City Coyote Point Park, San Mateo ...
Africa U.S.A. Park, an amusement park in Boca Raton, Florida, 1953–1961 Marine World/Africa USA , an animal theme park in Redwood Shores, California , now Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Places
Helfer bought out Marine World in 1972 when it went bankrupt and added a wildlife park and "jungle theater", renaming the park as Marine World/Africa U.S.A. This park was the predecessor of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom .
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, formerly Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., was an American amusement park corporation, headquartered in Arlington, Texas.At its height, Six Flags owned more theme parks and waterparks than any other company: [6] 42 properties in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, including theme parks, amusement parks, water parks, and a family entertainment center.
The three parks were operated by the same management, and their close proximity made for deals so that season passes to Marine World also worked at the Waterworld USA parks. Premier Parks acquired Six Flags on April 1, 1998, and eventually changed its name to Six Flags Inc. [2] In 1998 Six Flags began rebranding numerous properties, however ...
In 2002, she was moved to Six Flags Worlds of Adventure (former SeaWorld Ohio) in Aurora, Ohio, near Cleveland. After Worlds of Adventure was sold, in 2004 Shouka was moved to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (Marine World Africa USA) in Vallejo, California. She was the only orca at the park but had bottlenose dolphin companions named Merlin and ...