A tradition dating to the 1940s will end this month as Legoland Florida Resort packs up its water skis. The Winter Haven attraction will stage the final performance of Brickbeard’s Watersport Stunt ...

Winter Haven is about to lose an 80-year-old, globally-recognized tradition: the Water Ski Show at Legoland Florida Resort. It started in the 1940s when the theme park was known as Cypress Gardens. In ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Legoland Florida theme park is discontinuing its current water-skiing show, which has significant roots in the state’s tourism history. The final performance of “Brickbeard’s ...

Cypress Gardens, Florida's first theme park, was opened by Dick Pope in 1936 on former swampland. The park featured botanical gardens, water ski shows, and thousands of plant varieties from around the ...