Reino Aventura was an amusement park

Amusement park

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 located in Tlalpan

Tlalpan

Tlalpan is one of the sixteen administrative boroughs of the Federal District of Mexico City. It is the largest borough, with over eighty percent under conservation as forest and other ecologically sensitive area. The rest, almost all of it on the northern edge, has been urban since the mid 20th...

 in the south-western part of Mexico City

Mexico City

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. It opened to the public in March 1982 as the biggest amusement park in Latin America

Latin America

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History

The park was closed to the public during part of 1992 while it underwent major reconstruction and improvements. Keiko

Keiko (orca)

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, the orca

Orca

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 that would later play the lead role in the motion picture Free Willy

Free Willy

Free Willy is a 1993 family film directed by Simon Wincer, and released by Warner Bros. under its Family Entertainment label. The film stars Jason James Richter as a young boy who befriends an orca whale, named "Willy."...

, was purchased from Marineland

Marineland (Ontario)

Marineland is a themed amusement and animal exhibition park in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada...

 in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

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, and was one of the new attractions aimed to improve the park. On July 3, 1992 the park was reopened to the public under the new name El Nuevo Reino Aventura ("The New Adventure Kingdom"). In 1995 the park changed management and the name was also changed back to the original Reino Aventura. Shortly thereafter, Keiko left the amusement park to be rehabilitated and eventually released into the wild. Thousands of people gathered at the amusement park to say goodbye to Keiko

Keiko (orca)

Keiko was a male orca / actor who starred in the film Free Willy and was perhaps the most famous of captive orcas.- History :...

 , who was airlifted by UPS

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 to his new home at the Oregon Coast Aquarium

Oregon Coast Aquarium

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 in Newport, Oregon

Newport, Oregon

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, United States

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 on January 7, 1996 ending an era for the amusement park.

Sale to Six Flags

In March 1999, Premier Parks, the holding company

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 for all the Six Flags

Six Flags

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 theme parks, announced the purchase of Reino Aventura for an estimated $59 million. The park then underwent a major reconstruction, which cost approximately $40 million and was reopened to the public on April 14, 2000 as Six Flags México

Six Flags México

Six Flags México is an amusement park owned by Six Flags Inc. and the only Six Flags park operating in Latin America. It is located in the Tlalpan forest and borough, on the southern edge of Mexico City, Mexico. Six Flags México has become one of the most important theme parks in Mexico and the...

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