Comments on: Last Day For Pensacola Beach Observation Wheel

By: Mr. Man

Mr. Man — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:04:38 +0000

@ Molino Jim. I been over to mobile before several times to that cruise ship port. The location is horrible. It’s like an industrial park with no eye appealing sites. It was only a people loading dock for carnival cruise line. Location is a key element for the tourist industry. However if the same was done near the port of Pensacola it would probably be a different story. In mobile it’s like looking at a junk yard as you sail thru mobile bay to get to the Gulf of Mexico to get to your destination in Mexico or the Bahamas. Try that from Pensacola I bet the initial sight seeing from leaving port of Pensacola would be different ie. NAS , Fort Pickens, beautiful white sand beached then out to sea. As they say in the real estate business; it’s all about location. So I still think Pensacola would have a good chance of carrying a cruise ship port and it would succeed unless the city or county government screw it up. Again take a look at the nicer ports. They look nothing like the port or mobile. Molino Jim I do get your point but I think it would work in Pensacola.

By: ????

???? — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:30:34 +0000

I’m confused. Was this supposed to be a temporary attraction or, did they just not make enough money to keep it?

By: Paul Alexander

Paul Alexander — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:04:36 +0000

took diff. family on it twice,great time,thought it should have been downtown tho… even took our disabled neiggbor in it… he was slightly scared at first,but loved it at the top view and would hav rode it the next time we were out

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:51:26 +0000

Knew it wouldn’t last. Next up to fail is the baseball park. Both were complete wastes of money and neither will last.

By: FP

FP — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:17:55 +0000

I wonder how they are going to move it? Probably dismantle it. May DHG knows.

By: molino jim

molino jim — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:11:28 +0000

@Mr Man & Don– take a ride over to Mobile and look at the cruise ship docking port. The City of Mobile dumped a ton of money into the dock, then the cruise line pulled out. The City of Mobile will be years trying to pay off the bonds that were issued for this project. Remember this is Escambia County where we are already in bad financial shape and when the Justice Department makes the county do the up grades for the jail we will be in worse shape.

By: Mr. Man

Mr. Man — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:16:53 +0000

Don you are absolutely right. Starting with hotels being booked full year round, airports getting more passenger wanting to go on a cruise, and building a six story parking garage in the area of the Ecua property with an average of $80 to park per car per cruise. Revenue for the city? And more jobs? I think yes. And you don’t have to travel overseas to Pensacola sister city to see that on the taxpayers tab. Just drive to Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale and other cruise ship ports to get some ideas. Oh!! That makes to much sense for Pensacola thinking and city government.

By: told ya so

told ya so — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:43:05 +0000

WOW Knew that wasnt going to last long….SHOULD HAVE JUST PUT A PARKING GARAGE UP. What a waste. Good call on that one JMQ

By: Bd

Bd — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:25:39 +0000

Good riddance. A complete waste but then again, so is the island “authority”

By: Delta Zelda

Delta Zelda — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:17:35 +0000

The maritime park was the dream of Admiral John Fetterman, Retired. The local movers and shakers were unable to resist the fairy dust Fetterman sprinkled on them. Remember an artist’s rendering of the compledted project in the News-Journal several years ago? See what’s there now: Quint Studer’s ball park. Just another old admiral’s dream of grandeur paid for by the gullable city taxpayers.