sea_arama Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Hi all, Here is a web site that has pictures of the old Sea-Arama Marineworld Park At 91st St. & Seawall Blvd. It has lots of pictures: www.seaarama.zoomshare.com/ check it out! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Hi all,Here is a web site that has pictures of the old Sea-Arama park in Galveston.It has lots of pictures: www.seaarama.zoomshare.com/check it out!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Thanks those were great. I will see if I can find some of the ones from when I was young and scan them in. Any way here is the direct link Sea Arama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandPrincess2U Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Now your getting my heart giddy with happiness..Miss this place..Thank you for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyDude Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1976 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Wow. I knew it closed, but I had no idea much of it still existed. Is that all there was to the site? I haven't been there since I was a wee lad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.S.O.N. Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 (edited) Photo by Chad Greene Tearing it down Galveston Island’s Sea Arama tourist attraction, behind the seawall on the West End, was being demolished Tuesday. Published September 20, 2006 Edited September 20, 2006 by J.A.S.O.N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1976 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Galveston Island’s Sea Arama tourist attraction, behind the seawall on the West End, was being demolished Tuesday.Ah well, what's going to happen to the site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marty Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 (edited) I went there when i was six years old. 1981, great memories. Edited September 20, 2006 by Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 (edited) Photo by Chad GreeneTearing it downGalveston Island Edited September 20, 2006 by torvald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 I never knew it existed, what caused it's demise in 1990 that forced it to shut down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1976 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 I never knew it existed, what caused it's demise in 1990 that forced it to shut down? Moody Gardens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 (edited) Couldn't generate enough money to keep afloat. No pun intended. I remember one the waterskiers in the show take a bad bad spill right infront of me back in like '77 or '78. He was trying to be all cool, and glide in off the water but his ski dug into the sand and it looked like the $10000 winner of an "AFV" show. Edited September 20, 2006 by TJones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 (edited) Couldn't generate enough money to keep afloat. No pun intended.But you would think after 25 years and the huge surrounding area population that it would have had an established clientel. I know with the oil bust that the Houston population was stagnant, but still, we have plenty of peeps here. There must have been some crazy increase in operating cost, or mismanagment of funds, or lack of maintenance.The first pyramid in Moody Gardens did not operate until 1993. Edited September 20, 2006 by Pumapayam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Thanks for the pictures! It was depressing but nice to see it at least still standing (via FreakyDude's pictures). Then you scroll down a little and J.A.S.O.N ruins it by posting pictures of it being demolished. Now I'm both sad and nostalgic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 But you would think after 25 years and the huge surrounding area population that it would have had an established clientel. I know with the oil bust that the Houston population was stagnant, but still, we have plenty of peeps here. There must have been some crazy increase in operating cost, or mismanagment of funds, or lack of maintenance.The first pyramid in Moody Gardens did not operate until 1993.Puma, if you lived by Sea World would you go every weekend ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.S.O.N. Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 By Laura ElderThe Daily News Published September 21, 2006What slowdown?: Looks like Landry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Sea-rama building demo'd for an RV park. That sucks! Puma, if you lived by Sea World would you go every weekend ? It's working for Moody Gardens now. I think people go, just not every weekend, but at least once or tiwce a year, especially to entertain friends and relatives who visit Houston. We don't have very many attractions that are unique here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Sea-rama building demo'd for an RV park.That sucks! It's working for Moody Gardens now. I think people go, just not every weekend, but at least once or tiwce a year, especially to entertain friends and relatives who visit Houston. We don't have very many attractions that are unique here. Well why would you go to Sea Arama when you have Splashtown in Spring, and Waterworld next to Astroworld? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 (edited) Only because it was south of Houston, and the others were north and central. Edited October 19, 2006 by Pumapayam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 (edited) No, I'm not joking. Edited October 19, 2006 by Montrose1100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 No, I'm not joking. Sorry, I read your entry wrong at the beginning, (for those confused about the post, I changed it to make more sense, which now makes Montrose1100's seem confusing) I was thinking he was refering to a WaterWorld in it's current form (i.e. non-existant) rather than a past tense reference. My bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Those aboned buildings look like they belong in Scooby Doo. Wheres the Mystery Machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Sorry, I read your entry wrong at the beginning, (for those confused about the post, I changed it to make more sense, which now makes Montrose1100's seem confusing)I was thinking he was refering to a WaterWorld in it's current form (i.e. non-existant) rather than a past tense reference. My bad. You kidder you... Back in 90', Waterworld was open. I think... Currently, the only ones we have are the schliderbauhn & splashtown (which is now owned by six flags). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Moody Gardens? No, not Moody Gardens.......it was Sea World in San Antonio! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Just curious. Weren't they supposed to raze the land? I know the remainders of the park were standing for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Just curious. Weren't they supposed to raze the land? I know the remainders of the park were standing for a long time. Seems like a very long time since I heard the phrase Sea Arama. Wonder if anyone remembers going there? Pics would be a trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto250us Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Seems like a very long time since I heard the phrase Sea Arama. Wonder if anyone remembers going there? Pics would be a trip. It can still be seen on Google Maps Satellite photos and they seem to be fairly up to date. Go to the south end of runway 17-35 of Scholes Field and look for the skanky green ponds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Ok, I think I found it. Someone posted some photos on here about a year ago that they took of Sea Arama it stands now and it was so creepy and abandoned looking. Kind of like that place on "Lost" last season, for those who watch. They ought to revive it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Or recreate Gilligan's Island? with skanky lagoon, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastEnd Susan Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Seems like a very long time since I heard the phrase Sea Arama. Wonder if anyone remembers going there? Pics would be a trip. Dad took me there every year for my birthday. We went there right after we ate at Gaidos. I have no pics but here are the salt and pepper shakers I bought on one of the trips. Its a little dark, sorry about the quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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