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Wild Waves Theme Park to close at the end of the 2026 season

Makes sense, the new light rail station finally opened nearby and land values are at an all-time high in that area. The owners were likely just waiting on an insane offer before selling.

I could see the new owners maybe redeveloping the waterpark and building a bunch of shoddy, $2,200 a month 1bdrm, 5-over-1 apartment buildings around it. This is definitely not the announcement I've been waiting for. Good thing I started looking at homes near Carowinds, because the Seattle area will never get a proper park.
 

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Hate to say it...buttttttt..... park was a *dump* when I visited in 2018. Upwards of 15 rides were closed including one of the coasters (mouse) and after just 2 hours we gave up and just left, heading over to the Tacoma zoo and had a much more pleasant afternoon. And honestly, none of the rides are really a major loss, Timberhawk, while it looked pretty, was rather forgettable.
So while it sucks a bunch of people are gonna loose their home park, it wasn't a very good park
 
CanobieFan said:
Hate to say it...buttttttt..... park was a *dump* when I visited in 2018. Upwards of 15 rides were closed including one of the coasters (mouse) and after just 2 hours we gave up and just left, heading over to the Tacoma zoo and had a much more pleasant afternoon. And honestly, none of the rides are really a major loss, Timberhawk, while it looked pretty, was rather forgettable.
So while it sucks a bunch of people are gonna loose their home park, it wasn't a very good park
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I visited at the end of August and had a decent time of it this year. Everything was open and running for me, Timberhawk isn't a world beater but it's a good family coaster and was easily the most popular ride there.

It's not a great park by any means but it is kind of the only park (except when the state fair is just down the road)

Not a big lost to us enthusiasts in general (apart from a rare s&s wooden coaster) but it's a fairly big loss for the locals with sod all else around.
 
That's a shame. That area of the US won't have a lot park-wise without Wild Waves!

Am I right in saying that this will make Falken at Farup Sommerland the world's only remaining S&S wooden coaster?
 
Matt N said:
That's a shame. That area of the US won't have a lot park-wise without Wild Waves!

Am I right in saying that this will make Falken at Farup Sommerland the world's only remaining S&S wooden coaster?
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Nope, we still also have Hell Cat at Clementon Park, whose future is being secured as we speak as some 208 track has been spotted in the car park earlier this year.
 
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