Enchanted Parks

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Enchanted Parks is the official name of Wild Waves/Enchanted Village, an amusement park in Federal Way, Washington. Opened in 1977^[1], the park is a very popular summer destination in the Pacific Northwest and is the biggest of its kind in the area.

The park is currently owned by Six Flags, but on January 11, 2007, Six Flags announced that it would be selling the park, along with six other properties. Enchanted Parks will be sold to Orlando-based real-estate investment trust CNL Income Properties Inc., which will then lease the park to PARC 7F-Operations Corp., which will operate the park.

In 1984, Wild Waves Waterpark was built adjacent to Enchanted Village^[2]; the combined amusement complex became known as Enchanted Parks. In 1992 park chief executive Jeff Stock paid $8 million for Enchanted Parks. Late in 2000 Six Flags purchased the park for $19.3 million.^[3] The initial 12-acre Enchanted Parks site held only half-dozen rides. In 2000 the park had grown to over 70-acres, with more than 20 rides, and was the Northwest's largest waterpark.^[1] In 2002 the adult ticket price was $27.99 and approximately 1000 seasonal workers were employed.^[4]

1 General Attractions
2 General Rides
3 Existing Coasters
4 References
5 External links

[edit] General Attractions

Several waterslides
Konga River Ride (1200-feet long^[1])
Two roofed video arcade areas
Kiddie Pool
I-5 Sky Dive (Added in 1999, includes a 125-foot free fall^[1])
Paddle Boats
Amphitheater (overlooking the water)
Wave Pool
Hooks Lagoon
Zooma Falls
Arrowhead Speadslides

[edit] General Rides

Ferris Wheel
Merry Go Round
Paratrooper
Scrambler
Tip Top
Magic Carpet
Dodgems
Timberaxe
LumberJack Falls
Gambler

[edit] Existing Coasters

Kiddie Coaster: Added in 1997. It was made by Zamperla, and is a Tornado model.
Klondike Gold Rusher: Added in 2002. It was made by Zamperla, and is a Zig Zag Coaster model.
Timberhawk: Ride Of Prey: Added in 2003. It is a wooden roller coaster built by S&S Power.
Wild Thing: Added in 1997. It was purchased on April 16, 1996 from the auction of Rocky Point Amusement Park in Warwick, Rhode Island. It was built by Arrow Dynamics, and is a Loop & Corkscrew model.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Washington State's Enchanted Parks Announces Plans to Add Two World-Class Roller Coasters by 2003. PR Newswire. 5 October 2000.
^ ThrillNetwork.com - Wild Waves/Enchanted Village page
^ Six Flags buys Enchanted Parks. Associated Press Newswires. 8 December 2000.
^ Six Flags to Add 10 New Rides at Federal Way, Wash., Amusement Park. KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: Tacoma News Tribune. 22 February 2002