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The park remained closed for the 1992 and 1993 seasons. In 1993, Funtime Parks, owner of Geauga Lake Park and Darien Lake Park, among other parks, became Barberino's management partner. The existing rides were repaired, several new rides were added, and waterslides were constructed on the beach and lake areas. The park reopened for the 1994 season.
In 1983, they acquired Idlewild Park from the MacDonald family, who had owned it since acquiring it from the Mellons in 1952. In 1989, they opened Sandcastle Waterpark just a few miles from Kennywood. They acquired Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut, in 1996, and Story Land in Glen, New Hampshire in 2007.
The ride cost $6 million and was built into the side of a mountain at Lake Compounce. [3] [4] In the four years prior to the ride's opening, Lake Compounce's owners had spent $40 million on improving the park. The opening of Boulder Dash helped increase attendance at Lake Compounce, which had suffered from declining attendance in prior years. [3]
Parques Reunidos (meaning "Reunited Parks") is an international entertainment operator based in Madrid, Spain.The group operates over 60 parks in about dozen countries. Parques Reunidos operates theme and amusement parks, zoos, water parks, family entertainment centers, and cable c
Lake Compounce Carousel is located on the southern portion of the amusement park grounds, separated from the northern shore of Lake Compounce by a water slide and the Starlight Theater. The carousel is housed in a 12-sided wooden structure topped by a scallop-shingled roof with a monitor center and a central cupola. The roof is supported by ...
Zoomerang is a steel shuttle roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. A Boomerang model manufactured by Vekoma, it contains a cobra roll and a vertical loop. Zoomerang was the first boomerang coaster to receive a Vekoma-designed train. [1] Earlier models used trains designed by Arrow Dynamics. In September 2007, due to ...
Wildcat is a wooden roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut.It was built in 1927 and is the 14th oldest operating roller coaster in the world. [1] It greatly resembles the now-defunct Wildcat roller coaster at Elitch Gardens Theme Park in Denver. [2]
Green Dragon was a wooden roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. [1] It opened in 1914, and operated for 13 years. [2] It was the first electrically powered roller coaster at the nation's oldest continuously operating amusement park. [3] Green Dragon was demolished in 1927 to make way for Wildcat.