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  2. Weeki Wachee Springs - Wikipedia

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    Weeki Wachee Springs is a natural tourist attraction located in Weeki Wachee, Florida, where underwater performances by "mermaids," women wearing fish tails as well as other fanciful outfits, can be viewed in an aquarium-like setting in the spring of the Weeki Wachee River.

  3. Rainbow Springs State Park - Wikipedia

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    To compete with the "glass bottom boats" of nearby Silver Springs, Florida, submarine tours were given of the springs. As for some other Florida springs, such as Weeki Wachee Springs, "mermaid shows" were an attraction in the 1950s. The tourist attraction was forced to close in the 1970s at Rainbow Springs but still goes on daily at Weeki ...

  4. Rainbow Springs - Wikipedia

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    To compete with the "glass bottom boats" of nearby Silver Springs, Florida, submarine tours were given of the springs. As for some other Florida springs, such as Weeki Wachee Springs, "mermaid shows" were an attraction in the 1950s. The tourist attraction was forced to close in the 1970s at Rainbow Springs but still goes on daily at Weeki ...

  5. Silver Springs State Park - Wikipedia

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    The Silver Springs glass-bottom boats at the headspring area in 2017 The oldest operational glass bottom boat in Florida. Glass-bottom boats are located within the park and are based at the site of the former Silver Springs Nature Theme Park. Other activities include bicycling, canoeing, kayaking, camping, and wildlife viewing.

  6. Silver Springs (attraction) - Wikipedia

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    They incorporated improvements for the tour boats, adding gasoline engines in 1925. Ross Allen, a noted herpetologist, opened the "Ross Allen Reptile Institute" on some of the land near the head of the Springs. It attracted thousands of tourists to the site for many decades. In 1932 the glass-bottom boats were equipped with electric motors.

  7. John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park - Wikipedia

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    The reefs may be viewed from glass-bottom boats, snorkeling, and scuba diving above the coral formations. [4] Other activities available in the park are canoeing, kayaking, fishing, hiking, swimming and wildlife viewing. The park offers tropical hammocks and a picnic area with available grills. [4] Full-facility and youth/group campgrounds are ...

  8. Weeki Wachee Preserve - Wikipedia

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    Weeki Wachee Preserve (also given as Weekiwachee Preserve) is an 11,206 acre preserve in Hernando County, Florida. The preserve is located at 2345 Osowaw Boulevard in Spring Hill, Florida . The preserve offers recreational opportunities including hiking and bike trails, fishing, birding, hunting and boating for hand-launched non-gasoline engine ...

  9. ABC Scenic and Wildlife Attractions - Wikipedia

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    ABC Scenic and Wildlife Attractions, Inc., also known as ABC Attractions, was a business segment of the American Broadcasting Company which focused on amusement parks.. The division owned and operated Silver Springs, Weeki Wachee Springs, and Wild Waters in Florida, Smithville in New Jersey, The Wildlife Preserve in Maryland, and Seven Seas Marine Life Park in Te