Legoland owner buys Cypress Gardens

[samiam]

What ever happened to this guy

http://www.mooneyhan.com/

[samiam]

I noticed the web sight is dated 2010 so he is still updating it

[I-10east]

In speaking of theme parks, the proposed South Georgia theme park "Steamboat City" sounds like it's dead.

http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2010-01-17/story/glynn_theme_park_idea_never_got_rolling

[samiam]

Boy Mister Mooneyhan has some grandiose plans for jacksonville.

[brapt]

Boy Mister Mooneyhan has some grandiose plans for jacksonville.

He sure does, 5 years of development no less.

Not sure I'm feverishly awaiting the release of "The Last Manatee" but if it means production studios in the greater JAX area I can probably choke through it...

[samiam]

I wonder if Mister Mooneyhan has spoken with Russel Crowe he's a fan of Jacksonville and if memory serves me correctly he mentioned the film history of Jacksonville when he came here for his rugby thing.

[heights unknown]

I am so glad that someone bought Cypress Gardens, hopefully it will continue its notoriety, success, and reputation as a Central Florida tourist and entertainment attraction.  Yea Cypress Gardens!

"HU"

[samiam]

I hope this is real and not some pie in the sky dream or with his case moon in the sky.

[brapt]

I am so glad that someone bought Cypress Gardens, hopefully it will continue its notoriety, success, and reputation as a Central Florida tourist and entertainment attraction.  Yea Cypress Gardens!

Me too, "HU."  My grandmother took me there just about every summer when I'd go to visit her and I loved it.  I hope they bring back the water skiing shows, this time with creepy LEGO people!  One can dream...

[brapt]

I wonder if Mister Mooneyhan has spoken with Russel Crowe he's a fan of Jacksonville and if memory serves me correctly he mentioned the film history of Jacksonville when he came here for his rugby thing.

I never heard any of this, interesting.  It couldn't hurt to have a "big name" actor lacking reservations working here.  Thanks for the info samiam.

I hope this is real and not some pie in the sky dream or with his case moon in the sky.

Only time will tell.  Seems pretty lofty for it to not be serious (or at least serious in his mind).  If he's hoping to get City funds for any of this he picked a bad year to bark up the wrong tree.

[Overstreet]

Samiam,

Mooneyhan Entertainment Group is registered to a house at the beach. It has annual revenue around $43,000 and one person works there.

http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_ch78zk

If you do a little Google action you'll come up with a super big project in Tennessee that was to take the place of Opryland that closed in 1997.  Note how lofty it sounds. Note too how it sounds like the Jacksonville Beach project.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117488229.html?categoryid=18&cs=1

They even hired an architect, 11-9-98, but after all these years the architect has not posted a picture of the completed project.

http://www.bastienarchitects.com/11-09-98_nashville.htm

All those companies listed under the Mooneyhan Entertainment Group were once listed in Tn. They are all now closed.

http://tnbear.tn.gov/ECommerce/FilingSearch.aspx

I wouldn’t expect too much from the Mooneyhan Entertainment Group.  

[Wacca Pilatka]

I wonder if Mister Mooneyhan has spoken with Russel Crowe he's a fan of Jacksonville and if memory serves me correctly he mentioned the film history of Jacksonville when he came here for his rugby thing.

If accurate, I wonder if he's a potential backer for the Norman Studios preservation/museum/film exhibition project.  In "The First Hollywood," the book that came out last year on the silent film industry in Jacksonville, there's an extensive discussion about how Norman preservationists had tried and failed to get a Hollywood name behind their work.  Bill Cosby was approached because of his admiration for the Bill Pickett films that were produced at Norman, but he declined.

[samiam]

The actress Laura Dern has several links to jacksonville films as well as Russel Crowe


http://feedingamerica.org/partners/entertainment-council/laura-dern.aspx

[Jason]

^ There is a laundry list of Hollywood names that have ties to this area... everyone from the Murray Bros. to John Travolta and a plethora or big money sports stars in the PGA and NFL.

We don't need actors/actresses, we need producers.  The actors follow the production companies.

Just a tidbit I found on Jacksonville's film history..
http://www.theinsider.com/news/1167622_Before_there_was_Hollywood_there_was_Jacksonville

A cool list of famous people from Jax.... almost all are NFL players?!
http://www.famouswhy.com/Born_Where/Location/Jacksonville/1/1.html

[Sportmotor]

I love legos!
I wish I still had some. I needa go to Lego land and get me a bunch to keep me occupied when bored. XD