Prior to Disney moving into Orlando, the biggest tourist attraction in Florida was the Weeki Wachie Mermaid Show. Near Crystal River, Florida, the mermaid show still goes on at the Weeki Wachie State Park. A state park like this I have never seen. Can you imagine someone asking your occupation and you reply, "I'm a mermaid at the state park."? Kitchy as all heck, the mermaid show was pure 1950's style entertainment. The show is given in a large natural spring which is open to the air. As an added bonus, fish swim by, a turtle, swam by, and a anhinga swam by during the show. The girls all had air hoses to suck in extra breaths as they swam and turned circles and danced in the water with their hair floating around their faces. A narrator commented as the girls pretended to talk to us. Kids and adults all loved the show. I am glad we stopped by. After the show we went on a 20 minute river cruise where we saw turtles, limpkins and anhingas.
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