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Crystal Palace Amusement Park

Coordinates: 46°05′56″N 64°45′47″W / 46.098814°N 64.763095°W / 46.098814; -64.763095
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Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace in 2014
LocationDieppe, New Brunswick, Canada
Coordinates46°05′56″N 64°45′47″W / 46.098814°N 64.763095°W / 46.098814; -64.763095
StatusDefunct
OpenedFebruary 15, 1990
ClosedSeptember 1, 2014
OwnerCadillac Fairview
Attractions
Total15
Websitewww.crystalpalace.ca

Crystal Palace (Template:Lang-fr) was an indoor amusement park inside the Crystal Palace Complex adjacent to the Champlain Place shopping mall in the city of Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada near Moncton.

On July 31, 2014, Cadillac Fairview announced that Crystal Palace will be permanently closing on September 1, 2014 to make way for New Brunswick's first Bass Pro Shops store.[1]

The Bullet roller coaster
The Wave Swinger
The Crazy Submarine

Information

The park was opened on February 15, 1990. In 1998 the Park was purchased by Cadillac Fairview.[2] The Crystal Palace was considered to be one of the largest amusements that indoors in the Canadian Provinces. This amusement park was also in the same building as Cineplex Cinemas, the Chapters bookstore, the Starbucks Café and the Ramada Plaza Hotel. This amusement park included 14 rides and an arcade. This amusement park was located on 499 Paul Street Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada.[3] In 2015 the Bullet roller coaster was relocated to the Shining Waters amusement park in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.[4] Several other rides were relocated to Moncton's Magic Mountain water park.[5]

Attractions

The Crystal Palace Amusement Park included 14 rides that included:

  • Carousel
  • Sky Flyer
  • Pirate's Cove Mini Golf
  • Wave Swinger
  • Convoy
  • Jumpin' Star
  • Tree House
  • Crazy Submarine
  • Climbing Wall
  • Rio Grande
  • Red Baron
  • Krazy Kars
  • Bullet
  • Lazer Runner[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Champlain Place to welcome New Brunswick's first Bass Pro Shops store". Cadillac Fairview. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. ^ "When a theme park's thrill is gone, developers find new uses". Globe and Mail.
  3. ^ "Information". Crystal Palace. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Shining Waters Roller-coaster is originally from Moncton".
  5. ^ "Magic Mountain expansion to bring more rides and games year round".
  6. ^ "Rides". Crystal Palace. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
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