Alabama's Splash Adventure Looks into 2015-2016 and Future!

[TTD03]

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Happy news to report from Alabama Splash Adventure - the park is seeing a 30% increase in attendance so far during the 2015 season. A big part of that gain has come from the reopening of Rampage, a large Custom Coasters wood ride that was built in 1998. The park spent plenty of time and funds to bring the ride back to peak operating condition, including new uplift track steel and total train refurbishment. According to the park, that has Rampage running both faster and smoother than ever before.

Another part of the attendance lift is from the family oriented atmosphere of the park - thanks to members of the Koch family that purchased the park in 2014. The group has added free perks like parking, drinks and sunscreen. After many rocky years of operations by different owners, guests are slowly coming back and liking what they see.

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However, there's plenty of open space to see in the former amusement park area. After the park closed under the former owners nearly all the rides were sold off, which means there's plenty of room for development. It sounds like there are plans to bring the ride side of the park back but also expand the water park even further - on a bit of an alternating year basis according to the article. Hard to tell, but rides may be the focus in 2016, though plans aren't yet ready to be revealed. The five year plan includes multiple expansions, and the faster the attendance base grows the faster the plans will come to life. Sounds like a great success story so far!
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I am ecstatic to see all these smaller, less popular parks in the US finally gaining the strength to compete against the larger chain parks. It is a welcome sign, not just as an enthusiast, but as a US citizen, and brings me hope that the economy and country may finally be on the flipside of one of the worst economic struggles this country has seen since the great depression.

A real feel-good story for any enthusiast. Whenever attendance is high, good things happen, and I'm sure the future is bright for this park

I think I need to go to this park in the future

In case some of you didn't know, The owners of ASA, are the former owners of Holiday World. (Prior to the lawsuit for control of the park.) I have no doubt in my mind Dan Koch can really take this park to the next level.

[Paradox]

I was really happy to hear about Rampage. It is one of my favorite CCI's and I hate seeing a lot of their better layouts go away.

RIP Villain.

However Rampage is considered alive! It's up and doing! Happy to hear that news!

[Dirk_Ermen]

Great to hear that Rampage is up and running again. When I rode it, it was a good and fun ride. Now I'm actually curious how much it has improved after it's closure.

[TTD03]

^ Probably significantly. A refurbish like that means great results usually!

[Paradox]

Yea Rampage has a really good layout and it's great that tit's running better.