Funtown Splashtown USA (commonly referred to as just "Funtown") is a family-owned amusement park located in Saco, Maine
, in the United States
.
History
In 1959, Ken and Violet Cormier opened "Marvel Drive In", a
drive-in restaurant. Ken’s brother-in-law,
Andre Dellaire opened a
mini-golf course
that previous year next to Marvel Drive-In. In 1963, Andre opened a
go-kart track behind his mini golf course,
and in 1964 Ken added
batting cages and
an
archery range in 1967 behind Marvel Drive
In. Over the course of the next few years, Cormier and Dellaire
added several kiddie and
carnival-style
rides including SkySlides and Swinging Gyms. A
gift shop was also opened.
In 1967, Cormier and Dellaire formed a
partnership and Funtown U.S.A. was born. Over
the next few years, Funtown added a
Zipper, outdoor
bumper
cars, and a Bayern Kurve named “Luv Machine”.
In 1996, Cormier bought out the remaining Dellaire interest at the
park and renamed it to Funtown Splashtown U.S.A. with the addition
of the
waterpark.
Featured Attractions
A car from the park's Galaxi Roller
Coaster returning from the unload platform to be reloaded
The park
features Maine's only wooden
roller coaster, Excalibur
, as well as New England's longest and tallest
log flume, Thunder
Falls. It also has a 220-foot tall
Drop Tower called
Dragon's
Descent. One of the park's most popular rides is the
Astrosphere, which is an indoor
Scrambler which features a state-of-the-art
laser and light show while playing
ELO's
Fire
on High.
The Splashtown segment features
Pirate's Paradise, a large
interactive waterpark playground which dumps hundreds of gallons of
water onto its guests every few minutes. For the 2007 season, an
expansion was built that doubled the size of the waterpark and
added two new
thrill slides, Tornado and
Mammoth.
Funtown Rides
- Excalibur Roller Coaster (CCI Wooden Coaster)
- Dragon's Descent (S&S Turbo Drop)
- Thunder Falls Log Flume (OD Hopkins)
- Astrosphere (Eli Bridge)
- Antique Cars
- Balloon Race (Ferris wheel)
- Barney Oldfield Roadsters
- Bumper Boats
- Bumper Cars
- Casino (Chance Morgan Trabant)
- Classic Carousel (Chance Morgan)
- Flying Trapeze (Chance
Morgan)
- Galaxi Roller Coaster (S. D. C.) to be
replaced in 2009 by a Maurer Söhne Wild Mouse
- Grand Prix Racers
- Sea Dragon (Chance
Morgan)
- Thunder Bolt (Chance Morgan)
- Tilt-A-Whirl (Selner)
- Tempest in the Tea Cups (Mack)
- Umbrella Cars (Hampton)
- Merry-Go-Round (Allan Hershell)
- Helicopters (Allan Hershell)
- Kiddie Swings
- Kiddie Boats
- Frog Hopper (S&S)
- Red Baron Planes (Allan Hershell)
- Cactus Canoes (Kiddie Canoe Ride)
- Kiddie Bumper Boats
- Kiddie Train
Splashtown Water Slides and Pools
- Mammoth- tube slide (Proslide)
- Tornado- tube slide (Proslide)
- Portland Pirates Paradise - 8 water slides (WhiteWater West)
(rebranded in 2007 in partnership with the Portland Pirates, the
local AHL affiliate)
- Corkscrew- mat slide
- Liquid Lightning- tube slide (WhiteWater West)
- Speed Slides- twin racing slides
- Splish & Splash- enclosed tube slides, one in complete
darkness
- Fun Lagoon - Kiddie Pool
- Mushroom Pool - Wading Pool
See also
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