Desertworld Theme Park

Desertworld Theme and Water Park is an amusement park in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is owned and operated by Carwardine Parks. It opened in 1999.

History
On September 4th, 1995, the original Desertworld closed after the 1995 season but it didn't reopen for the 1996 season.

In late 1996, Carwardine Parks tried to save the park by purchasing the park, but it was too late. The park was about to be gone for good.

After failing to purchase the old park, Carwardine had plans to build a new park based on the Desertworld name instead. They decided that the park at the new Desertworld's location would be called Desertworld Theme and Water Park.

In early 1998, construction of the new park began.

On May 22nd, 1999, the new park had its grand opening.

After delays in construction, on Memorial Day 2000, Lightnin' Twins opened.

For the 2001 season, Lightnin' Twins was reprofiled in order to prevent it from valleying and also to conserve electricity. The white track's inverting top hat was lowered from 139 feet to only 115 feet; although, if you look closely, the original track still exists and is visible through some supports. In addition, a power backup generator was purchased from a closed-down Sears store, solely to be used for the coaster, in order to allow the ride to duel as intended.

On August 24, 2001, a Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang called Twin Towers was announced to open in 2002. However, following the 9/11 attacks less than 3 weeks later, the park swiftly announced that the coaster would be named Insanity instead.

In 2003, The park announced that Fun Fair World would be rethemed and renamed to Disaster World.

In 2004, Desert Storm opened. That same year, it was announced that Cobra would permanently close on July 30th due to multiple maintenance issues, complaints of roughness, and an overall very low ridership. The ride would be scrapped, with parts sent to TOGO's other looping coasters around the world.

In 2005, Super Cobra opened on Cobra's former spot.

In the same year, it was announced that K'Nex World would be rethemed and renamed to WOOHP Universe after Carwardine Parks purchased the rights to Totally Spies for the parks.

In 2023, Tumbleweed opened to the public.

Areas

 * Entrance
 * WOOHP Universe (formerly known as “K'Nex World” [1999-2005])
 * Action World
 * USA World
 * Animal World
 * Disaster World (formerly known as “Fun Fair World” [1999-2003])
 * Coney Island World

Desertworld Water Park
Opened on Memorial Day 1999. The water park was located right next to Desertworld Theme Park.

Restaurants and food stands

 * Dairy Queen & Orange Julius [USA World]
 * Dippin’ Dots [USA World]
 * KFC [USA World]
 * Krispy Kreme [USA World]
 * McDonald's [USA World]
 * Pizza Hut Express [USA World]
 * Subway [USA World]
 * Taco Bell Express [USA World]

Gift shops and game stands

 * Coney Island Arcade [Coney Island World] (Added 1999)

Live shows & meet-and-greets

 * The Amazing Spiez! Meet-and-Greets [WOOHP Universe] (Added 2010)
 * Mario & Friends Meet-and-Greets [Coney Island World) (Added 1999)
 * Totally Spies Meet-and-Greets [WOOHP Universe] (Added 2006)

Flat rides
TBA

Kiddie rides
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Other
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Map
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Gallery
see Desertworld Theme Park/Gallery

Incidents
TBA

Trivia

 * Thundereagle Jr. II is the only coaster that was relocated from the original Desertworld park as Thundereagle Jr.

Commercials
See Desertworld Theme Park/Commercials