Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure

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Alabama Adventure Amusement Park & Splash Adventure Water Park
Previously known as
List
    • VisionLand (1998–2005)
    • Alabama Adventure (2006–2011)
    • Splash Adventure (2012–2013)
    • Alabama Splash Adventure (2014–2018)
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Location Bessemer, Alabama, U.S.
Coordinates 33°22′48″N86°59′55″W / 33.3800°N 86.9987°W / 33.3800; -86.9987
StatusOperating
OpenedMay 23, 1998;26 years ago (1998-05-23)
OwnerKoch Family Parks
Operating seasonMay through September
Area89 acres (0.36 km2) [1]
(formerly 200 acres (0.81 km2))
Attractions
Total28
Roller coasters2
Water rides9
Website https://alabamaadventure.com/

Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure (previously known as VisionLand, Alabama Adventure, Splash Adventure and Alabama Splash Adventure) is a water park and amusement park in Bessemer, Alabama. It is owned by Koch Family Parks, which consists of members of the family who formerly had minority ownership in Holiday World & Splashin' Safari. [2]

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History

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Wordmark Alabama Adventure logo used from 2006 to 2011
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Alabama Splash Adventure logo from 2014 until 2018

Originally known as VisionLand, the park was built largely as a result of efforts by Fairfield mayor Larry Langford. Eleven cities came together to form the West Jefferson Amusement and Public Park Authority and with help from the Alabama Legislature, the group borrowed $60 million to build the park. Construction began in March 1997, and the park opened for business on May 23, 1998. The park opened with four major areas, including Celebration City Theme Park, Steel Waters Water Park, a children's area called Marvel City, and a shopping/dining area known as Main Street.

In 1999, the park expanded, adding Wilde River Gorge, a river rapids attraction. Dino Domain, a dinosaur-themed walk through exhibit featuring animatronic dinosaurs, was built in the woods behind Main Street but closed after the season.

In 2001, Wild River Gorge reopened with minor adjustments along with Stratosfear Screamer, an S&S Power twin tower attraction.

The park filed Chapter 9 bankruptcy in 2002, and only operated Steel Waters. Themeparks LLC, an amusement park operator known for their success with Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky, made a bid to buy VisionLand, but withdrew it when the price for the park became too high. The park was then purchased by Southland Entertainment Group for $5.25 million, a loss of approximately $26 million in public funds.

In 2003, Visionland (uncapitalizing the "L") reopened with Magic Adventure Theme Park, Splash Beach Water Park, Marvel City, and Celebration Street. Magic Adventure received a scrambler attraction called Wild Scrambler and Splash Beach received a wave pool named Kahuna Waves and a nine-story-tall free fall slide called Acapulco Drop. Starting that season park guests had the option to buy tickets to either the amusement park or the water park or a combo ticket to both parks.

Splash Beach received a new water attraction called Splashdown!, a toilet bowl-style ride in 2004.

In 2005, Magic Adventure opened the first new roller coaster since the park's opening named Zoomerang, a Vekoma Boomerang roller coaster relocated from Sydney, Australia. The park also re-opened one of the former attractions named Cahaba Falls, a log flume attraction. It was later known as Woodchuck Run. The park held naming contests for both attractions on its website. The theme park was visited by approximately 345,000 people, making the park Alabama's second-most popular tourist destination according to the Bureau of Tourism and Travel and trailing only the Birmingham Zoo.[ citation needed ]

Southland announced in 2006, the rebranding of the park under the Alabama Adventure name, along with major expansion plans, including a hotel with an indoor water park, an RV park, and other amenities. Magic Adventure was renamed Magic City USA to reflect the new theming strategy. The park also announced plans for a summer concert series, featuring popular musical acts and artists. The number of visitors to Alabama Adventure rose to more than 388,000. It was the winner of Alabama's "2007 Attraction of the Year". [3]

In 2007, the park added two new attractions, including Vertigo, one of the original attractions of VisionLand, which had been removed in 2003, and Salamander Bay, a re-themed children's play area at Splash Beach formerly known as Quarry Bay. The summer concert series returned to the park and became an annual event.

Southland Entertainment sold the park to Adrenaline Family Entertainment, a group of former executives of Six Flags in 2008. [4] Southland concentrated on developing the remaining acreage that it owns adjacent to the park, with plans for hotels, an RV park, and other amenities. [5]

In 2009, the park announced the first major expansion since 2005, and the first to Splash Beach since 2004. The expansion included a new attraction from WhiteWater West called "UpSurge!", a 216-foot flume slide with a vertical half pipe ending in a 25,000-gallon splash pool. [6] The park also combined both parks into one ticket price.

The park began promoting a casting call for new "indoor theatrical entertainment" called "Beat Street" that premiered in the brand new Star Theater in 2010. The park also relaunched its website, branding the park as Alabama Adventure Water and Theme Park.

Buzzsaw Falls, a SkyTrans Manufacturing Shoot the Chutes ride was added in 2011, but only lasted for one summer. It was located between the parks Celebration Street and Stratos Fear Screamer tower ride. [7] This ride was purchased by Schlitterbahn in Corpus Christi, Texas where it was renamed "Padre Plunge". [8]

Adrenaline Family Entertainment sold the park on January 5, 2012, to General Attractions LLC, a company created by the former owners of the park who previously sold the park in 2008. It was announced on April 5, 2012 that the amusement park section would be closed, leaving only water rides. The park was renamed Splash Adventure for its 2012 opening season. [9] Also for 2012, three new attractions were added to the water park. One of their new attractions was called the "Mist-ical Maze" where in this attraction you go through a maze that has trigger water chutes and many other surprises. The second new attraction was a wipeout designed ride from WhiteWater West called "Wipeout Adventure Course" and the third new attraction was a zip-line that goes around the waterpark. There was a "Dive-In Movie" at Kahuna Waves every Friday night from Memorial Day weekend to the end of July.

In March 2014, Koch Family Parks, founded by former Holiday World & Splashin' Safari CEO Dan Koch and his sister Natalie, purchased the park. New additions to the park included five new kids rides consisting of a new kids roller coaster, a train, two boat rides, mini helicopters and a laser maze. [10]

In 2015 Rampage, the park's signature wooden roller coaster, reopened after a complete restoration.

In 2018, the park added new attractions including a rocking tugboat, scrambler, a fast-spinning ride, a yo-yo swing ride, a miniature children's train ride, and a children's water slide complex. They also introduced a weekend autumn festival in October of that same year. [11] A year later, for the 2019 season, the park introduced three new attractions; Freefall, a 75 foot tall tall water slide; Galleon, a pirate ship ride; and Twister, a body slide located by Freefall. [12]

On Christmas Day (December 25, 2020), following a month-long teaser campaign, Alabama Adventure announced a new addition for the 2021 season; Rocket Racer, a new six-lane mat racer water slide, which would stand more than 50 feet (15 m) tall and represent their largest waterpark expansion to date. [13] [14]

For 2022, this amusement park introduced "Cheddar Chase", a wild mouse roller coaster ride previously from Lake Winnepesaukah in Georgia and Self Powered Bikes for kids to replace "Crank and Roll". In addition, its water park attraction "Castaway Island" was renamed "Cocoa Island".

Incidents and accidents

Current attractions

Water attractions/rides

NameOpenedManufacturerDescription
Cocoa Island2022A multi-level colorful water play area for children with slides, geysers, and other water features. It was previously Castaway Island.
Splash Kahuna Waves2003An 800,000 gallon wave pool with 4 ft (1.2 m) waves. Formerly had a real sand beach but now is concrete.
Mist-ical Maze2012A booby-trapped labyrinth with trigger water chutes.
Neptune's Plunge (formerly Mineshaft)1998 WhiteWater West Four enclosed tube slides.
Salamander Bay (formerly Quarry Bay)1998WhiteWater WestA water play area for smaller children. Re-themed, including new slides and other features, in 2007.
Splash Island2018 Proslide Technology Kids area with five mini water slides.
UpSurge!2009A 216-foot flume that takes riders up and down a vertical half pipe and end in a 25,000-gallon pool of water.
Warrior River1998A relaxing "lazy river" style ride.
Wipeout Adventure Course2012A water-filled obstacle course.
Free-Fall2019An aquatic speeding drop slide.
Twister2019WhiteWater WestA rotating aquatic drop slide.
Rocket Racer2021WhiteWater WestA gigantic matt racer slide. It is next to the Rampage roller coaster. This water slide was previously known as "Twisted Six" at Hydro Adventures in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
Slidewinder2024Proslide TechnologyA four-person raft slide that measures nearly 500 feet in length and stands close to 50 feet tall. [18]

Dry rides

NameOpenedManufacturerDescription
Scrambler2018Eli BridgeA traditional Eli Bridge scrambler. This spinning ride is across from Rockin' Tug.
Yo-Yo 2018 Chance Rides A Yo-yo swing ride. Its location is next to Rockin' Tug near the Rampage roller coaster.
Drop Zone2016 Zamperla A Thirty-foot tall drop tower ride.
Teacups 2016 Zamperla A super-sized ride with six rotating teacups.
Tilt-A-Whirl 2018LarsonA fast-spinning ride. It is across from Yo-Yo.
Centi-Speed2014FajumeWacky Worm style roller coaster. Its previous location was at Gillians Wonderland Pier.
Little Bumpers2014Electric Kiddie Bumper Boats.
Rockin' Tug 2018 Zamperla A whimsical tug boat ride that features rocking and spinning motions. Its location is next to Yo-Yo near the Rampage roller coaster.
Little Harbor2014 Allen Herschell Classic boat ride dating to 1949.
Splash Express2014 Zamperla A Rio Grande Train Ride.
Jump Around2014ZamperlaA Jump Around with frog themed cars.
Royal Express2018A gentle train ride that goes off the rails.
Crank and Roll2014Alter EnterprisesIndividual hand crank cars reintroduced in their original location of this park.
"The Vault" laser maze challenge2014Music, sound and lighting effects come to life, immersing you in the adrenaline-packed experience.
Rampage 1998/2015 Custom Coasters International A wooden out-and-back roller coaster. Re-opened in 2015 after a 3-year absence.
Galleon2019 Zamperla A swinging pirate ship purchased from Bowcraft Amusement Park.
Cheddar Chase2022 L&T Systems Single car trains. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 4 riders per car.

Former attractions

NameYear OpenedYear ClosedTypeDescription
Typhoon19981999A polyp style ride.Replaced by two upcharge attractions in 1999. The Scrambler opened in this location in 2003.
Loc-O-Motion19982003A children's hand truck style ride.The Convoy was relocated to this spot in 2005, however in 2014, Loc-O-Motion was introduced in this location as Crank and Roll.
Patriot20032006A Round Up ride.Replaced the Voyager. For the 2007 season Patriot was removed and the Voyager was re-installed and renamed the Vertigo.
Rockwall/Venturer19992000Two up-charge attractions.Rockwall was a portable rockwall guests could climb and Venturer was a small motion simulator. Replaced Typhoon. The Scrambler opened in this location in 2003.
StratosFear Screamer20012011 S&S Power FreeFallIt featured Launch (A Space Shot) and Re-Entry (A Turbo Drop). When the owners filed bankruptcy, Southland had then bought the park in 2002 and removed the Turbo Drop half because they couldn't afford to keep it running, and they kept the Space Shot side (thus renaming it to Space Shot, then reverted to StratosFear Screamer in 2009), which was removed after the 2011 season and relocated to Six Flags Darien Lake in 2013 as Blast Off. S&S regained ownership of the Turbo Drop and sold it to Lake Compounce, where it then reopened in 2004 as Down Time.
Barnstormer19982011 Zamperla Mini Jet
Marvel City Speedway19982011 Zamperla Speedway
Adventure Express19982011 Zamperla Rio Grande Train
Ballon Wheel19982011 Zamperla Midi Wheel
Motorcross19982011Hampton Motorcycle Jump
Convoy19982011Sartori Convoy TrucksMoved to former Loc-O-Motion location in 2005
Bump-A-Round19982011 Bertazzon Kiddie Bumper cars
Buzzsaw Falls20112011SkyTrans Manufacturing Shoot the Chute Sold to Schlitterbahn. Opened in May 2017 as "Padre Plunge" at Schlitterbahn Corpus Christi. [8] This ride was heavily damaged by Hurricane Harvey three months later. It was demolished in March 2020. [19]
Woodchuck Run (formerly Cahaba Falls)19982011 Arrow Dynamics log flume The log boats from this ride were sold to various Six Flags Theme Parks as extra log boats for other passengers of particular log flume rides. Operated from 1998 to 2011;In storage 2003–2004
Wild River Gorge19992011FAB river rapids ride Operated briefly in 1999; Reopened in 2001
Giant Wheel19982011Mondial Ferris wheel
Hurricane19982011 Bertazzon Musik Express Moved to Sylvan Beach Amusement Park where it operates as Himalaya.
Scrambler20032011 Eli Bridge Scrambler Reopened in 2018.
Vertigo19982011 Huss Enterprise Operated from 1998 to 2011; In storage 2003–2006
Mind Spinner19982011Fabbri Crazy Dance
Fender Bender19982011 Bertazzon Bumper cars
Tidal Wave19982011 Zierer Wave Swinger
Pirate Ship19982011 Huss Pirate Ship
Midway Carousel19982011 Chance Rides Carousel
Helicopter Heroes20142015Zamperla Mini Enterprise
Acapulco Drop20032015 Speed slide The slide was retired after the 2015 season due to its poor condition and rough ride experience, and replaced by the more modern Freefall in 2019.
Splashdown20042018 Body bowl slide Splashdown was removed after the 2018 season due to concerns over many guests being unable to swim in the dropout pool and thus increasing pressure on staff. The attraction was immediately replaced by the Twister body slide.
Marvel Mania19982011An E&F Miler Industries steel family roller coasterRelocated to Elitch Gardens in 2013 and currently operates as Blazin' Buckaroo.
Zoomerang 20052011A Vekoma Boomerang roller coasterRelocated from the defunct Wonderland in Sydney, Australia. Removed in 2013 and sold to Wonderla in India where it currently operates as Recoil.
Zipline20122013 Zipline Portable zip line. Removed and sold prior to the 2014 season.

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