Southern Adventures

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Southern Adventures
Location Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Opened1998;26 years ago (1998)
Closed2018;6 years ago (2018)
Operating seasonMay (Memorial Day) to September (Labor Day)
Area200 acres (0.81 km2)
Attractions
Roller coasters1

Southern Adventures was an amusement park in Huntsville, Alabama. [1] The amusement park had many rides, such as roller coaster named L'il Renegade, bumper cars, kiddie rides, and an arcade. [2] It also had a water park called Adventure Island Water Park which includes flume slides and kiddie slides.

The park's roller coaster, L'il Renegade, was built by the Allan Herschell Company, and installed in 1999 after being relocated from Sertoma Playland, also in Huntsville. [3] The roller coaster however, closed down with the park in 2018.

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References

  1. "Southern Adventures - Huntsville, Alabama - amusement park and family recreation center". City-data.com. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  2. "Southern Adventures". citydata.com. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. "Southern Adventures - Huntsville, Alabama". Ultimaterollercoaster.com. Retrieved 2011-08-10.

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