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Park News - NOW CLOSED - Cypress Gardens is no more... all future news updates have been moved to our Legoland Florida page.
    (12/17/09) The local news seems to think that some news may be forthcoming about the future of Cypress Gardens, claiming that an announcement will be made sometime within the next two weeks.  I have to admit my own sources indicated to me that something was afoot about a month ago, but no one was sure of exactly what at the time. The article goes off on a long story about the Legoland rumor we broke over the summer as well, but I would hope that Merlin was smart enough to pick a much better location close enough to lure in the kids from Mickey’s back yard than out-of-the-way Cypress Gardens.
    (9/29/09) Last Wednesday, Cypress Gardens closed it’s doors once again and posted a public notice on their website. They mention that they are in talks with possible buyers to take over all or some of the property, though their intentions and purpose for the property is unknown. Of course we went through this all a year ago when the park closed down for the winter and announced that they would be closing and intended to sell off all of the park’s rides to focus on just being the old style Garden park. The fact that this tactic didn’t work, does not surprise me one bit.  Now we get to wait to find out what the fate of the park will be… though no matter what anyone tries to do with it, no one will be able to overcome the park’s biggest shortcoming over the years… a very poor location too far away from the tourists on the freeway that will forever pass it by on their way to see Spiderman, Mickey Mouse and Shamu.
    (9/22/09) A new rumor is starting to make the rounds claiming that Cypress Gardens may be preparing to close down once again, possibly before the end of October. It isn’t known if this is another more seasonal closure, where they will reopen in the Spring, but some believe this could be the final straw for the current owners who may be out of funds and ready to pull the plug. Adding some credit to these rumors is the fact that the park’s online eTicket Store is no longer functional, there is no longer any news in the “Latest News” window on the right and there are no longer any future special events listed either. The park’s current operational schedule is hidden, but if the rumors are true, I would bet that it would most likely close down following the last scheduled day of operations for the waterpark on October 18th. Anyone know more?