{"id":10224,"date":"2011-09-14T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T19:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/?p=10224"},"modified":"2011-09-13T12:38:23","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T16:38:23","slug":"marineland-orcakiller-whales-and-topple-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/14\/marineland-orcakiller-whales-and-topple-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Marineland – Orca\/Killer Whales and Topple Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of unrelated thoughts from Marineland<\/a>…<\/p>\n

I’ve been to Marineland<\/a> a few times this year, and we’ve spent a lot of time at Friendship Cove where the Orca whales are kept. We watched the splash show a couple of weeks ago, and the last time we were there we went to the underwater viewing area.<\/p>\n

Seeing the crowd watch the splash show reminded me of how important the killer whales are to Marineland. The people loved it. Kids were enthralled; parents were smiling with their kids, and people were getting really wet. If Marineland ends up losing Ikaika, Kiska dies, and they are left with no killer whales, I think it would really hurt their business.<\/p>\n

When we were in the underwater viewing area, Ikaika was alone in the tank and spent a lot of time in front of the glass. It made for some nice pictures.<\/p>\n

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If you follow any of the comments on my YouTube videos, you know that one of the most popular videos is one of Topple Tower<\/a>. So far it has almost 200,000 views! Recently someone left a comment as follows:<\/p>\n

update: this ride will never operate again in niagara falls, RIP, structural CRACK
\ntsiemens 1 week ago<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, I find it hard to believe that they won’t get it fixed. However, the sign at Marineland also doesn’t tell you the whole story. Temporarily means 3 months and counting…
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