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The Wave Maker (Sea World Education)

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This book reveals how he created Sea World, Wet'N Wild and Magic Mountain. What a deal maker and career breaker. It was a wild ride. Hilarious tales of boom, bust and triumph. Read about the peacock's infamous flight. Twists and turns follow George building two aquatic empires. I woke my wife up from laughing so hard while reading it in bed. I couldn't put it down. Get the story from the ultimate insider of amusement parks.

George Millay launched two successful amusement industries almost single-handedly: Marine-life Parks and Water Slide Parks. He seems to have made a bigger splash than Shamu. Millions still are entertained in the wake of his creations: Sea Worlds, Wet `n Wilds and Magic Mountain. Wave Maker is a big splash!

The Wave maker is the story of theme park pioneer George Millay and the creation of SeaWorld, Magic Mountain and Wet'n Wild.

It's a great book about a spirited man that loved the ocean and fun. He really created a life for himself and all his undertakings were original. He lived life by theme and on that note he did it as well as anyone.

There is a lot of outside the box thinking and his life did seem to have a good balance. George was 100 percent winner of the American dream. In fact I would not bet against him under any circumstances yet I find that a lot of his success was uniquely USA. Very enjoyable read that I suggest you put on your night stand soon.

John Halloran
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George Millay died on February 6, 2006 but his legacy lives on. Millions have visited Sea World and Wet and Wild. What sparked these two theme parks was George's experiences in the restaurant business. You'll have to read the book to see how he made the leap.

The book describes how George went to various them parks to get ideas, such as the wave generation machine for Wet and Wild.

Sea World was the first to use an ozone purification system. When the Marine Mammal Protection Act was enacted in 1972, Sea World started a captive breeding program to replenish its stock of animals.

George was a visionary and a problem solver; however, even these were not enough. Sometimes he had to depend on luck. On more than one occasion, George came to the brink of financial disaster.

Once I picked up the book, I couldn't put it down. Highly recommended reading even it you're not considering opening a theme park.