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On August 29, 2019, Six Flags Darien Lake announced that Splashtown will be rebranded as Six Flags Hurricane Harbor for the 2020 season, along with an expansion with the water park. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Due to the growing concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic , Six Flags announced a suspension of operations across the company on March 13, 2020.
The amusement park had all its rides removed, with the new owners installing a water park with several water slides. Much of the park's Victorian buildings, street lights and landscaping remained. [2] Splashtown USA opened to the public shortly after. In the 1990s, the park changed owners twice: first to the Morris Family in 1994, and then to ...
In 1999, Six Flags St. Louis was the first Six Flags park to construct its own intra-park water attractions section. [2] As Six Flags acquired and rebranded parks in the 2000s, some existing water parks within these theme parks were later upgraded and rebranded as Hurricane Harbor.
Splashtown is a name used by the following water parks in the United States: Splashtown at Darien Lake, a water park at Six Flags Darien Lake in Darien, New York now operating as Six Flags Hurricane Harbor; SplashTown Houston, a water park in Spring, Texas now operating as Six Flags Hurricane Harbor SplashTown
The park was sold to private investors and the SplashTown USA water park was built in its place; the water park was sold again to Bryant Morris, then to Six Flags which purchased it in 1999. After initially not wanting to brand and call it "a member of the Six Flags family," Six Flags eventually decided to re-brand it as Six Flags SplashTown.
Admission to the water park is only $35 ($30 if bought online) for all ages (though you must pick a 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or 3 p.m.-7 p.m. window or buy two tickets) though kids two and under are free ...
The water park opened the 2020 season on June 12, the first Six Flags water park to do so with new rules and regulations. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] By June 29, the state government made an order that water parks that were currently operating in the state, had to close again due to the uprising in COVID-19 cases in the state.
1995 — Great Escape opens its water park, Splashwater Kingdom. 1996 — Acquisition by Premier Parks , which later bought and changed its name to Six Flags . 2005 — Debut of Looney Tunes National Park: a Looney Tunes themed children's area which included eight new children's rides, including Road Runner Express , the park's seventh roller ...