A group of former Weeki Wachee mermaids got their wish granted this weekend—returning to the springs where they once ...

Click here for the mermaid audition Facebook event. Located about an hour north of Tampa at the crossroads of U.S. 19 and State Road 50, Weeki Wachee is more than just a mark on a roadmap.

Weeki Wachee Springs State Park will hold auditions Jan. 13 for its world-famous mermaid squad. There are currently 17 performing mermaids and three princes.

But being a mermaid isn’t all flips, tricks and fun; it’s hard work and takes months of training, according to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park marketing and PR manager John Athanason.

Mermaids have long captured the imaginations of humans, first appearing in Greek mythology more than 3,000 years ago. Though humans haven’t necessarily visited Weeki Wachee Springs for that long ...

There’s something about a mermaid that makes a guy a little bit nervous. That much is obvious if you linger for a few minutes next to the pavilion where the mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs ...

Weeki Wachee Springs State Park In the past, visitors have watched Weeki Wachee mermaids perform classic stories, including "Alice in Wonderland," "Snow White," "Peter Pan," and "The Wizard of Oz." ...

Mermaids have long captured the imaginations of humans, first appearing in Greek mythology more than 3,000 years ago. Although humans haven’t necessarily visited Weeki Wachee Springs for that ...

Weeki Wachee Springs initially benefited when Walt Disney World opened an hour away in Orlando in 1971. Tourists looking for other diversions drove over to see the mermaids and live animal shows.

If you go Weeki Wachee Springs State Park is open daily 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at 6131 Commercial Way in Spring Hill, at the intersection of State Road 50 and State Road 19.

Mermaids make Weeki Wachee Springs an attraction of, well, mythical proportions. The finned and floating women have put on shows in their submerged theater since 1949 — so long that the ...