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The Great Escape was opened in 1954 as Storytown USA, a Mother Goose themed amusement park by businessman Charles Wood who bought the land with his wife for $75,000. [ 2 ] : 47 In 1957, realizing that the park was geared only toward small children, the park opened its Ghost Town area, the first of many themed areas opened in the park's history.
Splish Splash was opened in Calverton, New York in May 1991 [3] by Tony Gentile and Chip Cleary, who also own New York's Adventureland. [1] It opened with three body slides, two-speed slides, two kiddie pools, two tube slides, a lazy river and a restaurant. [4] The park has been owned and operated by Palace Entertainment since 1999. [1]
Legoland California Resort is a theme park, miniature park, and aquarium [4] in Carlsbad, California, based on the Lego toy brand. Opening on March 20, 1999, it was the first Legoland park to open outside of Europe. [1] The park is currently owned by Merlin Entertainments, which took a controlling interest in 2005. [5]
Home to four major world-class theme or amusement parks, the Los Angeles area offers plenty of inventive ways to get soaked. From Disneyland to Knott's and beyond, we rank SoCal's water rides.
The park opened to the public in 1985, and was the largest water park in Northern California. [17] On September 6, 2023, it was announced via Raging Waters San Jose's social media that the park would not be reopening for the 2024 season. [18] On May 10, 2024, it was announced that the water park will reopen as CaliBunga Waterpark. [19]
California's Great America is an 112-acre (45 ha) amusement park [1] located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation , it originally opened in 1976 as one of two parks built by the Marriott Corporation .
Splash Kingdom Waterpark (formerly known as Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom) was a water park, trampoline park, minigolf course, arcade and concert venue located in Redlands, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The 17-acre property was opened in 1996 by James Braswell, seeking to diversify from his family’s chain of senior care facilities.
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