The new and improved Marine World opened to visitors in 1986, and remained under control of the non-profit Marine World Foundation until the park defaulted on its debt to the City of Vallejo, and thus became owned by the city, in 1996.
The new and improved Marine World opened to visitors in 1986. The new and improved Marine World remained under control of the non-profit Marine World Foundation. The park defaulted on its debt to the City of Vallejo. The new and improved Marine World became owned by the city. This was in 1996.