Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin' facts for kids
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| Location | 18142 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States |
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| Coordinates | 30°20′39″N 91°01′35″W / 30.344116°N 91.026465°W |
| Opened | 1989 (c. 1960 as Fun Fair Park) |
| Owner | Samuel B. Haynes, Jr. |
| Operating season | May 5 through September 3 |
| Attractions | |
| Total | Blue Bayou- 20 total/ Dixie Landin'- 26 |
| Roller coasters | 3 |
| Website | http://www.bluebayou.com/ http://www.dixielandin.com/ |
Blue Bayou Waterpark and Dixie Landin' are two exciting theme parks. They are located right next to each other in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Blue Bayou is a fantastic water park. It is perfect for cooling off with thrilling slides and pools. Dixie Landin' is a dry amusement park. It is packed with fun rides for everyone. Together, they offer a huge variety of entertainment for all ages!
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Blue Bayou Waterpark
Blue Bayou Waterpark has 20 amazing water attractions. These include a relaxing lazy river and a giant wave pool. You can also find a huge bowl slide and a quadruple aqualoop. The park also has many other exciting water slides.
Over the years, Blue Bayou has kept adding new attractions. "Mambo" is the newest ride. It is a quadruple aqualoop that opened in August 2012. For the 2012 season, the park also updated its lazy river. They improved the bathhouses and food menus. The kids' section was also made better. The park calls itself "The Land of the Giants." It says five of its water slides are the world's largest of their kind.
Awesome Water Rides
Here are some of the cool attractions you can find at Blue Bayou:
- Mambo (World's Largest Aqualoop)
- Voodoo (World's Largest Dark Behemothbowl)
- Azuka (World's Largest Tornado Slide)
- Racers (World's Largest Water Racer)
- Conja' (World's Largest In-Line Water Slide)
- Mad Moccasins
- Pirate's Cove (A fun play area for kids)
- Flyin' Pirogue
- High Water
- Awesome Twosome
- Hurricane Bay (A big wave pool)
- Lafitte's Plunge (A 90-foot free fall slide)
- Atchafalaya Run (This used to be called Lazy River)
Dixie Landin' Amusement Park
Dixie Landin' was built in 1999. Some of its rides came from an older park called Fun Fair Park. That park used to be in a different part of Baton Rouge. Dixie Landin' has rides for all ages. This includes gentle rides for little kids and thrilling rides for older adventurers.
The park currently has 27 attractions. These include a tall drop tower and a log flume. There are also three exciting roller coasters. You can find many other fun rides too. The Drop Tower, called Hot Shot, was once at another park. It came from the Miracle Strip Amusement Park in Panama City Beach, Florida. In 2008, a big storm called Hurricane Gustav damaged the concert stage. But a new one was built in time for the 2009 season.
Thrilling Roller Coasters
Here are the roller coasters at Dixie Landin':
| Name | Year Opened | Manufacturer | Type | Fun Fact |
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| Ragin' Cajun | 2001 | Vekoma | Boomerang | This coaster used to be in Wales, United Kingdom. |
| Gilbeaux's Galaxi | 2001 | S.D.C. | Galaxi | This ride was at other parks in Louisiana before coming here. |
| Loco-Loco | 2001 | E&F Miler Industries | Family Coaster / 24ft Harvest Express | This ride used to be at Nut Tree Park in California. |
Fun Amusement Rides
Here are some of the other exciting rides at Dixie Landin':
| Name | Year Opened | Manufacturer | Type |
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| Jambalaya | 1999 | Eli Bridge Company | Scrambler |
| Flyin’ Tiger | 1999 | Schwarzkopf | Enterprise |
| Over The Rainbow | 1999 | HUSS | Rainbow |
| Side Winder | 2019 | Moser's Rides | Sidewinder |
| The Splinter | 1999 | D.P.V. Rides | Log Flume |
| Tilt-A-Whirl | 1999 | Sellner Manufacturing | Tilt-A-Whirl |
| Zydeco Express | 1999 | S.D.C. | Music Express |
| Barataria Pirate | 1999 | Morgan | Swinging Ship |
| Cajun Collision | 1999 | WGH Transportation Engineering | Bumper Cars |
| Fouchon Flyer | 1999 | Hrubetz | Paratrooper |
| Frog Hopper | 1999 | S&S Power | Frog Hopper |
| Gumbo Yo-Yo | 1999 | Chance Rides | Yo-Yo |
| Space Odyssey | 1999 | Chance Rides | Whip |
| Gasoline Alley | 1999 | Arrow Dynamics | Track-car |
| Grand Carousel | 1999 | Chance Rides | Carousel |
| Manchac Railroad | 1999 | Chance Rides | Train ride |
| Merry-Go-Round | 1999 | Chance Rides | Kiddie Carousel |
| Old 99’s | 1999 | Chance Rides | Track Car ride |
| The Delta Crop Duster | 1999 | Allan Herschell Company | Plane Ride |
| Around Town | 1999 | Zamperla | Crazy Bus |
| Black Widow | 1999 | Eyerly | Octopus |
| Boat Race | 1999 | Allan Herschell Company | Boat Ride |
| Drums Of Fun | 1999 | Venture Manufacturing | Drum-style tea cups |
Park Safety and Operations
Parks always work to keep visitors safe. On June 9, 2006, a young child was hurt after falling from the “Over the Rainbow” ride. The park also had to make some changes to how it managed its younger employees to follow rules.
Hurricane Impact
Hurricane Gustav caused some damage to both parks on September 1, 2008. Many trees were broken or blown over. The Coca-Cola concert stage was destroyed. Parts of some buildings and attractions were also damaged. Luckily for Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin', the storm hit right after their season ended. This gave them time to fix things. The parks were ready to reopen for the 2009 season.
