Aquafair

Aquafair was an animal theme park and tourist attraction in, what was at the time, unincorporated Miami-Dade County, near what used to be Ojus, Florida, that ran from 1956 to 1961.

[1] In both tourist attractions, Hamid presented a popular horse diving act.When visitors first entered the park, a baby chimp named Jay J. was there to greet them.

[4] Also presented were trained porpoises, alligator wrestling, displays of flamingos, monkeys, macaws, and sea cows, and a "lion-killing baboon who dances".

[6] When business was declining in the latter 1950s, everyone 12 and under had free admission with their parents entering for half price on Saturday and Sunday, January 31 and February 1, 1959.

Members of Jim Dooley's Fishing Club got free admission with their parents paying half price on Saturday and Sunday, July 12 and 13, 1957.

The diving horse act popularized by Hamid as seen in Steel Pier.