Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin'

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Blue Bayou Waterpark and Dixie Landin'
Blue Bayou Water Park logo.svg
Dixie Landin logo.svg
Location18142 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Coordinates 30°20′39″N91°01′35″W / 30.344116°N 91.026465°W / 30.344116; -91.026465 Coordinates: 30°20′39″N91°01′35″W / 30.344116°N 91.026465°W / 30.344116; -91.026465
Opened1989
(c. 1960 as Fun Fair Park) [1]
OwnerSamuel B. Haynes, Jr. [2]
Operating seasonMay 5 through September 3
Attractions
TotalBlue Bayou- 20 total/ Dixie Landin'- 26
Roller coasters3
Website http://www.bluebayou.com/ http://www.dixielandin.com/

Blue Bayou Waterpark and Dixie Landin' are adjacent amusement parks in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [3] Blue Bayou is a water park and Dixie Landin' is a dry amusement park with thrill rides.

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Blue Bayou

Blue Bayou has 20 attractions including a lazy river, a behemoth bowl, a quadruple aqualoop, a wave pool, a ProSlide Tornado, and many other slides. Over the years, it has been adding new attractions. The newest attraction is "Mambo", a quadruple aqualoop which opened in August 2012. For the 2012 season, it also updated its lazy river, bathhouses, food menus, and kids' section. [4] It is marketed as "The Land of the Giants", with the park advertising five of its water slides as the world's largest of their types.[ citation needed ]

Attractions

Dixie Landin'

Dixie Landin' was built in 1999. Some of its rides came from the now defunct Fun Fair Park which was located at the intersection of Florida Boulevard and Airline Highway. It includes rides for all ages, including kiddie rides and thrill seeker rides. It currently has 27 attractions, including an S&S combo drop tower, a log flume, three roller coasters, and a variety of flat rides. The Drop Tower, Hot Shot, was originally the O2 Tower from Panama City Beach, Florida's now defunct Miracle Strip Amusement Park. In 2008, Hurricane Gustav destroyed the Coca-Cola concert stage, however, a new one was built in time for the 2009 season.

Roller coasters

NameYear OpenedManufacturerTypeComments
Ragin' Cajun 2001 Vekoma BoomerangPreviously operated at Hafan y Môr Holiday Park in Pwllheli, Wales, United Kingdom
Gilbeaux's Galaxi2001S.D.C.GalaxiPreviously operated at Pontchartrain Beach in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. and the nearby defunct Fun Fair Park.
Loco-Loco 2001 E&F Miler Industries Family Coaster / 24ft Harvest ExpressPreviously operated at Nut Tree Park in Vacaville, California.

Amusement rides

NameYear OpenedManufacturerType
Jambalaya1999 Eli Bridge Company Scrambler
Flyin’ Tiger1999 Schwarzkopf Enterprise
Over The Rainbow1999 HUSS Rainbow
Side Winder2019 Moser's Rides Sidewinder
The Splinter1999D.P.V. RidesLog Flume
Tilt-A-Whirl1999 Sellner Manufacturing Tilt-A-Whirl
Zydeco Express1999S.D.C.Music Express
Barataria Pirate1999 Morgan Swinging Ship
Cajun Collision1999WGH Transportation EngineeringBumper Cars
Fouchon Flyer1999 Hrubetz Paratrooper
Frog Hopper1999 S&S Power Frog Hopper
Gumbo Yo-Yo1999 Chance Rides Yo-Yo
Space Odyssey1999 Chance Rides Whip
Gasoline Alley1999 Arrow Dynamics Track-car
Grand Carousel1999 Chance Rides Carousel
Manchac Railroad1999 Chance Rides Train ride
Merry-Go-Round1999 Chance Rides Kiddie Carousel
Old 99’s1999 Chance Rides Track Car ride
The Delta Crop Duster1999 Allan Herschell Company Plane Ride
Around Town1999 Zamperla Crazy Bus
Black Widow1999 Eyerly Octopus
Boat Race1999 Allan Herschell Company Boat Ride
Drums Of Fun1999Venture ManufacturingDrum-style tea cups

Incidents

On June 9, 2006, a 2-year-old boy broke his arms and legs after falling at least 25 feet (7.6 m) from the “Over the Rainbow” ride. He was seated next to 3½-year-old sister but about 8 feet (2.4 m) from his mother at the time; his mother says she was told that the other adjacent seat was out of order. [6] [7]

On July 11, 2010, around 4:00 p.m., a woman fell to her death from the now-defunct Xtreme roller coaster. [7]

On August 4, 2011, Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin' was fined $25,295 by the U.S. Department of Labor for numerous labor violations. The park was allowing minors to work more than eight hours a day. 49 minors in the 14- to 15-year-old category were found to be subject to child labor provision violations. [8] [2]

Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Gustav caused moderate damage to both parks on September 1, 2008. Many trees were snapped, blown over, or uprooted. The Coca-Cola stage was destroyed, the awnings were blown off the Azuka, a portion of the Pirate's Cove roof was blown off, and a storage building alongside the Lazy River had its metal chimney knocked down onto the roof (it still remains lying on the roof, and was actually damaged again by Hurricane Isaac in 2012); the storage building contains the Lazy River's water flow pump. Multiple other attractions and buildings were affected. Luckily for Blue Bayou/Dixie Landin', the parks had just ended their season when the storm struck. They reopened in time for the 2009 season.

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References

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  2. 1 2 Quillen, Kimberly (2011-08-04). "Blue Bayou, Dixie Landin' cited for alleged violations of child labor laws". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Chris Gautreau (June 4, 2009). "Blue Bayou plans camp site". 2theadvocate.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Blue Bayou Waterpark / Dixie Landin' Amusement Park". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Blue=Blue Bayou / Dixie Landin'". Archived from the original on July 12, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
  6. ↑ WAFB (2006-06-28). "Dixie Landin' Sued for Boy's Accident". WAFB.
  7. 1 2 WAFB (2010-07-11). "Woman dies after falling from roller coaster ride". WAFB.
  8. ↑ Calder, Chad. "Blue Bayou fined for labor violation". The Advocate. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

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