IMAX premiered at the Fuji Pavilion, EXPO ’70 in Osaka, Japan. The first permanent IMAX® projection system was installed at Ontario Place’s Cinesphere in Toronto in 1971. IMAX® Dome technology debuted at the Reuben H. Fleet Space Theatre in San Diego in 1973. The IMAX® Dome theater at MOSI opened in Tampa on July 1, 1995. To date more than 510 million people have had an IMAX® experience since it premiered in 1970 with more than 65 million customers worldwide in 1996 alone. There are 125 films in the medium's film library. Educational and entertaining, these films take viewers where they are unable to go: to explore the hidden secrets of natural wonders like the Grand Canyon, the inside of an atom, or the magic of space. In 1997 IMAX® Corporation won an Oscar™, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' highest honor, for scientific and technical achievement
Adventure Island is a water park located northeast of Tampa, Florida across the street from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. The park features 30 acres of water rides, dining, and other attractions. The park opened on June 7, 1980, and is part of SeaWorld Entertainment, a division of Blackstone Group.