Funtown Splashtown USA
| Funtown Splashtown USA | |
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| Location | Saco, Maine, U.S. |
| Website | http://www.funtownusa.com |
| Rides | 44 (both parks) total
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| Slogan | Where The Great American Family Comes To Play |
Funtown Splashtown USA (commonly referred to as just "Funtown") is a family-owned amusement park located in Saco, Maine, in the United States.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Featured attractions
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 (67 m) 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.
[edit] Funtown rides
Major & Family Rides
- Excalibur Roller Coaster (CCI Wooden Coaster)
- Dragon's Descent (S&S Turbo Drop)
- Thunder Falls Log Flume (Hopkins Rides)
- Astrosphere (Eli Bridge Scrambler inside a dome with lights and music)
- 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)
- Grand Prix Racers
- Sea Dragon (Chance Morgan)
- Thunder Bolt (Chance Morgan)
- Tilt-A-Whirl (Sellner)
- Tempest in the Tea Cups (Mack)
- Wild Mouse (Maurer Söhne)
Kiddy Rides
- 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Former attractions
- Galaxi Roller Coaster (S. D. C.)—was at FunTown U.S.A. from 1978 until 2008; now replaced by a Maurer Söhne Wild Mouse
- The Luv Machine (Bayern Kurve)
- UFO
- Giant Slide
- Captain Isaiah Cutler's Haunted House—was at FunTown U.S.A.’s MainePlay Amusements area from 1967 until closure in 1996 due to high operational costs
- Paratrooper
- Zipper
- Kartland Go-Kart Track
- Water Bugs Bumper Boats
- Balloon Flight
- Ferris Wheel
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Coordinates: 43°31′38″N 70°25′40″W / 43.52725°N 70.42764°W
