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Funtown Splashtown USA

Funtown Splashtown USA
Eslogan "Donde la gran familia americana viene a jugar"; "Crea recuerdos que durarán toda la vida.!"
Ubicación
País Bandera de Estados Unidos Estados Unidos
Coordenadas 43°31′38″N 70°25′39″O / 43.5272, -70.4276
Características
Propietario Violet Cormier
Inauguración 1960
Nombres anteriores
  • *Marvel Drive-In
    •  (1960-67)
    • Funtown USA
    •  (1967-82)
    • Cascade Water and Amusements
    •  (1982-96)
Área 25 acres (10,1 ha)
Atracciones
  • 20 toboganes y 2 piscinas atracciones acuáticas

Funtown Splashtown USA (comúnmente conocido simplemente como "Funtown") es un parque de diversiones de propiedad familiar ubicado en Saco, Maine, en los Estados Unidos .

Historia

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En 1960, Ken (8 de octubre de 1932 - 8 de enero de 2013) y Violet Cormier abrieron Marvel Drive-In , un autocine. El cuñado de Ken, Andre Dallaire, abrió un campo de minigolf ese año anterior junto a Marvel Drive-In. En 1963, Andre abrió una pista de karts detrás de su campo de minigolf, y en 1964 Ken agregó jaulas de bateo y un campo de tiro con arco en 1967 detrás de Marvel Drive In. En el transcurso de los años siguientes, Cormier y Dallaire agregaron varias atracciones para niños y estilo carnaval, incluidos SkySlides y Swinging Gyms. También se abrió una tienda de regalos .

En 1967, Cormier y Dallaire formaron una sociedad y nació Funtown USA. En los años siguientes, Funtown agregó un Zipper, autos de choque al aire libre y un Bayern Kurve llamado "Luv Machine".

En 1996, Cormier compró el interés restante de Dallaire en el parque y lo renombró como Funtown Splashtown USA con la adición del parque acuático .

Atracciones destacadas

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El parque cuenta con la montaña rusa de madera más alta y más larga del norte de Nueva Inglaterra, Excalibur, así como con el canal de troncos más largo y más alto de Nueva Inglaterra, Thunder Falls . También tiene una 220 pies (67,1 m) Torre de caída llamada Descenso del Dragón .

Una de las atracciones más populares del parque es la Astrosphere, que es una Scrambler cubierta que presenta un espectáculo de luz y láser de última generación mientras se reproduce " Fire on High " de ELO .[1]

El segmento de Splashtown presenta Pirate's Paradise, un gran parque acuático interactivo que vierte cientos de galones de agua sobre sus visitantes cada pocos minutos. Para la temporada 2007, se construyó una expansión que duplicó el tamaño del parque acuático y agregó dos nuevos toboganes emocionantes, Tornado y Mammoth. Una expansión adicional en 2012 agregó otros 6 emocionantes toboganes a Splashtown.

Atracciones actuales

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Paseos en Funtown EE. UU.

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Height Requirements Ride Name Ride Type Manufacturer Year Opened Notes
Antique Cars Antique Taxi Cars Arrow Dynamics 1982 Rail-tracked vintage Tin Lizzys chug along a center-railed paved track.
Astrosphere Scrambler Eli Bridge 1976 The Astrosphere is an indoor dark Scrambler ride (inside a dome) with a choreographed music and lights show; theme song is Fire On High (The Astrosphere Mix) by ELO.[2]​ In 2019, the Astrosphere attraction was outfitted with a new dome made out of concrete. The light and sound show was also upgraded to include new video projectors that brought back many of the original photo slides.[3]
Balloon Race 8-arm single axle family Ferris Wheel Zamperla 1994 A small-fry family sized Ferris wheel with 8 balloon seats gently go around up-and-down.
Barney Oldfield Roadsters Rail-tracked vintage Sportscars 1993 Vintage roadsters ride along on a railed paved track through the section.
48-in to ride alone*⁵ Adult Bumper Boats Adult size bumper boats 1993 Families rock and bump along on full sized bumper ring boats in a pool inside a pavilion.
Casino Trabant Chance Morgan 1987 This Trabant ride looks like a roulette wheel, taking its riders on a wild spinning, rising, and dipping journey.
Less than 48-inches Cactus Canyon Canoes Junior canoe water tracked ride 1982 Cactus Canyon takes riders in mini canoes along a water-filled trough track, and through a teepee.
Classic Carousel Fairground model carousel Chance Rides 1982
Dragon's Descent Turbo Drop tower ride S&S 2001 A drop tower ride that stands 220 pies (67,1 m) tall. Following a brief freefall, the ride uses hydraulics to bounce riders back up and down until the carriage eventually returns to ground level.
Excalibur Roller Coaster Wooden tracked roller coaster CCI 1998 The Excalibur is Maine's first wooden roller coaster since 1948. Named for King Arthur's sword.
Flying Trapeze Yo-Yo flying swings ride Chance Rides 1988 The Flying Trapeze takes riders up high and around.
Between 36-inches and 48-inches tall*¹ Frog Hopper Junior Tower Drop S&S 2001 This junior-sized version of a drop tower ride.
Grand Prix Racers Individually driven go-karts Johnson 1993 The Grand Prix Racers are gas-powered go-karts that race along a winding paved track. An enforced limit of 2 trips per rider on this attraction is in place.
Haunted Hotel Dark Ride Sally Dark Rides 2023
Less than 48-in*⁴ Helicopters Junior flying helicopter roundabout 1972 These mini copters go up-and-down by controlling the handlebars.
Less than 48-inches tall*² Kiddie Boats Junior sized motorboat roundabout 1976 This ride takes junior riders in small motorboats slowly around within a water-filled ring trough, with a mini lighthouse as its centerpiece.
Less than 42-in Kiddie Bumper Boats Junior sized bumper ring boats 1993 A junior sized bumper boats ride for younger junior riders.
Less than 48-in Kiddie Cars Auto Umbrella junior roundabout Hampton 1972 A kiddy ride consisting of mini cars, trucks, buses and bikes.
Less than 48-in*³ Kiddie Swings Junior flying swings ride 1972 A small fry swings ride.
Less than 48-inches Kiddie Train Junior tracked mini train ride 1987 This junior train ride goes through a mini town.
Merry-Go-Round Fairground model carousel 1967 The original Merry-Go-Round had its place near the Auto Umbrella and Sock-It-To-'Em bumper cars for many years, and was enjoyed by its many fans, who were sad to see it leave after the 2012 season (as part of the Mount Olympus Water Slides expansion); the Auto Umbrella was then moved closer to the Kiddie Swings and Kiddie Copters.
Less than 48-in Red Baron Planes Junior biplane roundabout 1976 These biplanes look like mini replicas of warplanes, and go up-and-down by controlling the handlebars.
Sea Dragon Pendulum swinging pirate ship Chance Morgan 1987 The Sea Dragon pirate ship ride swings its riders fore and aft.
Sock-It-To-'Em Bumper Cars Traditional style bumper cars Soli 1975 This is the ride that replaced the original outdoors Hydrobumpers ride (see below—Former Attractions). Familiar bumper cars inside a steel floored building with a central bumper median strip often bump-and-sock into each other.
Tempest In The Tea Cups Spinning tea cups platform ride Zamperla 1987 Large tea cup cars (3 on each bull plate roundel) spin riders around inside a gazebo tea house.
Thunderbolt Flying Bobs Chance Morgan 1988 This ride has swinging shuttle podkarts that race forwards—then backwards while pop music is playing.
Thunder Falls Log Flume water tracked ride Hopkins 1984 Thunder Falls is Maine's first log flume ride—race through Snake Canyon and Hopkins Rapids on the longest and tallest log flume ride in Maine.
Tilt-A-Whirl Tilt-A-Whirl Sellner Manufacturing 1976 A ride where its riders are inside domed tipkarts that are spinning very fast, while the platform races along an invisible inner track.
Wild Mouse Roller Coaster Wild Mouse steel compact family roller coaster Maurer Söhne 2009 The Wild Mouse is a steel compact coaster that winds its riders up-and-down through hairpin turns and fast drops. (Replaced the Galaxi Coaster which is now in Ecuador according to some staff at the park.)

Atracciones anteriores

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Un automóvil de la montaña rusa Galaxi del parque que regresa de la plataforma de descarga para recargarse
Photo Ride Name Ride Type Year Opened Year Closed Notes
Balloon Flight Flying balloons roundabout 1984 1986 The Balloon Flight took its riders flying up-and-down for 3 years. Removed after the 1986 season to make room for the Casino Wheel (Trabant).
Captain Isaiah Cutler's Haunted House Indoor walk-through haunted fun house with mechanical props and tricks 1967 1995 This famous haunted fun house was a long-time fixture at the old MainePlay Amusements area (now the SplashTown water park section) for its first 30 years. It featured 3 to 6 live actors in costume, various mechanical props (ghosts, witches, and monsters), and mechanical tricks (moving shuffle bridge, spinning dizzy tunnel, amongst others) in a mainly darkened house building. This house was closed—and removed—after the 1995 season due to high operational costs.
Ferris Wheel #8 Ferris Wheel (Big Eli) 1975 2000 This 8-seater classic Ferris wheel was removed after the 2002 season in favor of the Frog Hopper.
Galaxi Roller Coaster Family compact steel figure-8 roller coaster (S.D.C.) 1978 2008 The Galaxi was Maine's first-ever roller coaster in an amusement park. It had 7 autocar style coaster cars that went through an undulating figure-8 steel compact track. This mainstay ride lasted for 31 years, and was removed after the 2008 season to make room for the Wild Mouse.
Giant Slide Fiberglass grooved amusement slide ride 1972 1986 Riders walked up the long stairway to the top station of the Giant Slide, then—slid down in burlap bags. Another mainstay during FunTown's earlier years.
Hydrobumpers Flying saucer bumper ring cars 1967 1974 This was the original outdoors hydro bumper ring cars ride with the headlight post at its center, and pennant streamers emanating from it. It was at FunTown U.S.A. for 8 seasons, after which the Hydrobumpers—along with the Zipper—were removed. The area is now occupied by the building which houses the Sock-It-To-'Em traditional bumper cars.
Hydrofighter Water gun fight tower ride 1988 2000 Riders climbed aboard bibbed seats, and rose high, then—squirted each other with on-board water guns. It got removed after the 2000 season to make room for Dragon's Descent.
Kartland Go-Karts Individually driven gas-powered go-karts (Johnson) 1967 2000 Kartland was MainePlay's original go-kart track that served FunTown U.S.A. for 36 years. During the earlier years, this attraction was a pay-per-ride owned by MainePlay; in 1993—after the merger with FunTown U.S.A. proper—the ticket booth closed down, and operated on a 2-trips-per-rider policy. The Kartland Track was enjoyed by its fans for so long, until it retired at the close of the 2002 season. The area then became a picnic area for 9 years. It's now the home for the new Apollo's Water Slides Area, which opened in 2012.
Noah Zark Ark themed junior play area 1982 2000 Noah Zark (a corruption of Noah's Ark) was a kiddy play area that looked like an ark boat.
Paratrooper Rise-and-fall seated roundabout 1982 1987 Another classic spinning ride that was enjoyed by fans for 6 seasons; got removed at the close of the 1987 season.
The Luv Machine Bayern Kurve 1975 1981 The Luv Machine was a groovy psychedelic themed Bayern Kurve bobsled tracked platform ride that speeded its riders up-and-down along its grooved inner track; got removed after the 1981 season to make room for the Antique Cars.
UFO Rise-and-fall spinning platform ride 1972 1981 The UFO Ride was a one-of-a-kind spinning platform ride; part Round-Up, and part Enterprise! UFO was removed from FunTown U.S.A. after the 1981 season to make room for eventual expansions.
Water Bugs Bumper Boats Family sized bumper ring boats 1984 1992 This was a bumper boats attraction housed in a pavilion behind the Sock-It-To-'Em bumper cars. After 1995, the boats were removed, the water was drained, and the pool was filled in with white gravel. It's now part of a picnic area.
Zipper Zipper 1967 1974 The classic Zipper ride was at FunTown U.S.A. for only the first 8 seasons, and was—afterwards—removed. It stood where the Cash Cube game does now.

Véase también

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  • Lista de parques de atracciones en Nueva Inglaterra
  • Atracción de feria
  • Palacio de juegos

Referencias

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  1. «Funtown FAQ's». Archivado desde el original el 26 de febrero de 2017. 
  2. «Home». 
  3. «HISTORY < Funtown Splashtown USA». Funtown Splashtown USA. Archivado desde el original el 13 de diciembre de 2021. Consultado el 17 de abril de 2021. 

enlaces externos

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notas

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  1. Los pasajeros de más de 48 pulgadas pueden sentarse en el asiento central cuando acompañan a un invitado de menos de 48 pulgadas.
  2. Los invitados de más de 48 pulgadas pueden viajar cuando acompañan a un invitado de menos de 48 pulgadas de alto.
  3. Para montar tus pies no pueden. tocar el suelo mientras está sentado.
  4. Los invitados de más de 48 pulgadas de altura pueden viajar cuando acompañan a un invitado de menos de 48 pulgadas de altura.