I’m not quite sure what possessed someone living in Niagara Falls; a city certainly located on water, being that the Niagara River connects two Great Lakes, but it’s fresh water, not salt; to open an amusement park featuring whales, seals and dolphins, clearly not indigenous to the local waters. But they did, and, for some reason, it works.
My cousin’s children had seen the commercials for Marineland at home on TV, and when they heard they would be in Niagara Falls, that was first on their list of places to visit. My gang, consisting of our kids, my two nephews and myself, met them in the parking lot at 10:30am to begin our ocean adventure.
We saw the sea lions, seals, belugas, orcas, dolphins and walruses. Plus an exciting aquatic acrobatic performance with seals, dolphins, and a walrus.
The creator(s) of Marineland felt it necessary to round out the marine experience with deer, buffalo, elk, and bears. The kids were able to feed the deer and bears (the deer up close; the bears not so close…)
Apart from Jean Francois’ intermittent queasy stomach, everyone had a great time seeing both the marine and land animals and riding the rides.
In the evening, my girlfriend, from way-before-elementary-school, came with her children for a short visit and a dip in the river. We were so glad they could squeeze in a brief visit with us.
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