Tropical Wonderland

Tropical Wonderland was an amusement park in Titusville, Florida at the intersection of US Highway 1 and Florida [State Road 50] that operated from 1959 until 1973. It had numerous animal exhibits including monkeys and an elephant, an old west and Native American village, a train ride, and other attractions. The park was plagued with multiple animal escapes. One escape resulted in the death of the park’s elephant when it was struck by a truck on US 1 in 1966.

Name Change

The park changed its name from Florida Wonderland to Tropical Wonderland in 1971 when it received an endorsement from Johnny Weissmuller, the movie actor who played Tarzan. This began a three-year period where the park saw renewed interest before the park closed among a cloud of animal mistreatment, unpaid bills, and the loss of the endorsement of Weissmuller. The last owner of the attraction was a Titusville developer, Ben Whitehorse.