Crystal-clear blue water. Abundant wildlife. Natural Florida beauty. Weeki Wachee Springs is one of the most magical experiences you can have in Florida. "The experience of kayaking on the Weeki ...

HERE’S a packing dilemma for you: What should a grown woman bring for a weekend of playing “mermaid”—besides a swimsuit, sunscreen and proof of her own sanity? The good people at Florida’s Weeki ...

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WEEKI WACHEE GARDENS, Fla. — Is the Florida Department of Environmental Protection doing enough to preserve the Weeki Wachee State Park portion of the Weeki Wachee River? A recently filed complaint ...

Past and present Weeki Wachee mermaids teach the ways of Old Florida sirens. Gabrielle Calise is a culture reporter who covers music, nostalgia and offbeat Florida trends. Reach her at ...

An hour’s drive from Tampa, Florida, there's a spring so deep that no one has ever found the bottom. And in that spring, beautiful women with intricate fishtails swim through the 74-degree water that ...

From Weeki Wachee State Park, Mermaid Amanda talks to visitors at the Sea Life Orlando Aquarium, Friday, September 28, 2018. The world-famous mermaids are making their first-ever field trip to Orlando ...

Appearing in Disney’s animated film and on Starbucks coffee cups, mermaids are way more real than you might think. And if you want to be one, we’ll tell you how to make that happen. I’m staring into ...

Less than an hour’s drive from Tampa is a gushing first-magnitude freshwater spring with water so clear it’s like liquid glass. But that’s not the only sight to behold at Weeki Wachee Springs. Here ...

Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in Florida is hiring mermaids for its underwater theatre. Auditions are "rigorous and challenging," a state spokeswoman told Insider. Weeki Wachee mermaids are required ...

In a rare trip away from the Weeki Wachee park, the mermaid team will make the trip to the S.C. Aquarium for a weeklong stint featuring an interactive family-friendly program and underwater ...

WEEKI WACHEE — The water is cold, but I’m too nervous to shiver. Instead, I propel my arms forward and think graceful thoughts. Flashes of purple and blue tails from my siren sisters flicker nearby.