Crystal Pier

Just a short walk from Mission Beach is Crystal Pier. These cottages over the ocean is a unique vacation spot for the traveler. Built in the late 1920's these little cottages were christened the July 4 weekend of 1927, the 950-foot-long pier opened as the “Crystal Pleasure Pier Ballroom and Joy Zone,” an opening heralded in both the San Diego and Los Angeles areas. The main attraction was the towered ballroom that sat out at the end of the pier. The ballroom was built in a sort of 1920s Aztec architecture and featured a cork-cushioned dance floor and a crystal ball, high up above the dance floor, which gave the pier its name. The dance floor was not a success however, given the rocking nature of the floor dancers complained of sea sickness and it was converted to the fishing pier.

Mission Bay

Cocoa and Luna decided it was time to pay a visit to one of the largest man-made aquatic parks in the country, Mission Bay At one time the approximately half the park was tide lands. During the 1940's it was decided the city of San Diego decided develop the area into a tourist and recreational area. Now the area is home to Sea World, a wildlife refuge area, beaches and a small amusement park complete with a wooden roller coaster, carousel. There are numerous shops, restaurants, a boardwalk to stroll on and of course the beach.