Post #215604 by Tangaroa on Sat, Feb 18, 2006 2:31 PM

On 2006-02-18 04:27, TikiTikiTavi wrote:

Sea World and Marineland always seemed so much larger when I was a kid.

I remember going to Marineland of the Pacific as a kid and think back upon how sterile it seemed. Concrete and painted concrete made it look like some sort of water treatment facility by today's standards.

Well, Pereira & Luckman designed it - pretty famous moderinist architects! However, I used to feel the same way about the designs of Marineland - then Charles Phoenix showed me the error of my ways....! The more I look at the building, the more I love the stark, modernist design... All a matter of taste I guess!

On 2006-02-18 04:27, TikiTikiTavi wrote:
I heard they used it as the fort in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie?

Well, yes and no. They built sections of the fort on the bluffs that used to house the amusement park...
Cynfulcynner posted this link to an aerial photo taken during the Pirates shoot on the earlier Marineland thread:
http://www.californiacoastline.org/cgi-bin/image.cgi?image=4461&mode=sequential&flags=0&year=2002