Carwardine Colony/Colony Coast

Colony Coast is a waterpark located next to Carwardine Colony. Colony Coast was added to the park in 1989. It is located near the park and can be accessed via a bridge from the main park. It is separate charge. Colony Coast received a slight makeover in 2007 with a new restroom/changing room building, a new cabana area, and new attractions. In 2018, it became free for all Gold Passholders or higher.

History
In June 1988, planning started for the new park, which would be a water park to compete with Water Country USA, which Christopher R. Carwardine called "a fad" four years prior when that opened. Construction began in September 1988, and went smoothly for the most part, except for the construction of the speed slides. It was rumored that Fred Langford couldn't fit speed slides into the compact rectangular space Carwardine reserved for him, but the real reason was that Fred Langford was facing a material shortage of speed slide parts, due to so many of them being installed at the time, resulting in construction delays before Fred Langford was exchanged with ProSlide Technology to build the speed slides.

At the time of construction in late 1988, ProSlide Technology only had built a few slides in Canada and Wild World in Maryland, so they were still a new company, after Chris heard about Kings Island hiring ProSlide, he didn't want Kings Dominion to also hire ProSlide as well and asked them to build the speed slides for their park, while Fred Langford still would build the other slides, ProSlide accepted, but by then, time was running out in order to meet the Memorial Day deadline. By February 1989, while Fred Langford's slide complexes were being topped off, vertical construction had only just started on ProSlide's speed slide complex next to the Interstate.

On March 4th, 1989, Carwardine Parks confirmed the park would open on May 29th, 1989, minus the Speed Slide complex, which would instead open June of 1989, but however, ProSlide, not wanting Carwardine to open with an empty park, and face the possibility of bad press from IAAPA attendees, and with their work at Kings Island completed, to rush out the Speed Slide complex, containing two slides - Fast Track and Max Track, as soon as possible, this would be done by outsourcing some of it's steel fabrication to Meisho Amusement Machines in Japan. The complex was able to open with the park on Memorial Day 1989.

When the park opened on Memorial Day 1989, the park got glowing reviews, with many praising it's slide lineup, it's wave pool, the high amount of family-friendly activities, and the proximity to Carwardine Colony. However, the main downside was that all the rides, even the kiddie ones, had long lines, so for the 1990 season, Carwardine would have to make an attraction that would have an extraordinary capacity...

On Labor Day 1989, on the final day of operation, Amaya Carwardine unveiled Hurricane Hill, eight tube slides built by Texan company New Wave Products, the slides have a theoretical capacity of 3,200 riders per hour, with all eight slides having four-person inline toboggans, and would have hurricane theming, with busted signs and ripped grass, some of the busted signs and scenery came straight from the Carwardine boneyard in North Carolina.

After it's debut in 1990, Hurricane Hill was found to only carry around 1,500-2,000 riders per hour, due to a combination of a strict 600-pounds-when-combined weight limit, more than expected number of single riders, and slow dispatches. In response, Carwardine would only allow single riders on the Andrea, Barry, Dexter and Imelda starting August 1990, and would ban single riders all together starting in the 1991 season. This would have a negative effect on the slide, so the single rider limit was excised permanently for the 1992 season, but at the cost of the ride transitioning from it's unique yellow inline rafts with the specific hurricane names on them, to using regular slide tubes that had a maximum capacity of two people denoted by color, as well as only four slides (six on Summer weekends) being operational at a time, this, ironically made an attraction meant to have a high capacity have pretty much the same capacity as most of the other slides.

In 1993, the Speed Slide complex would gain a third slide, named "Lightning Track", also built by ProSlide, it was similar to "Fast Track", but it would be even closer to the Interstate, would dive under the pier that situates the Speed Slide complex, along with a few other attractions, and would use ProSlide's newer, material conserving V-shaped flume design. The drop would be 25 feet taller and the ride would be 10 mph faster.

In 1994, not much happened, but in 1995, the Tarzan Swing would permanently close, with many reasons cited. It'd be replaced with a dry basketball court in 1996.

The next addition would come in 1998, with the addition of Billy Bob's Beach Party, a swim-up animatronic show featuring a custom five-character version of the Rock-Afire Explosion mini stage (a variant originally designed for smaller Showbiz Pizza Place locations that only featured Billy Bob, Looney Bird, Fatz and Mitzi). This was the brainchild of Jimmy Barrera, who told Aaron Fetcher and Christopher R. Carwardine that the concept came to him in a dream.

In 2000, the Bumper Boats permanently closed, and were relocated to Pirates' Cove at Pirates' World, the reason for it's closure was initially cited as "staffing issues", but on August 2001, Carwardine announced the addition of "Twin Tsunamis", a ProSlide ProBowl and the ProSlide CannonBowl, in it's place, but due to the post-9/11 budget cuts, Carwardine sold the plans to one of their key operators at the time, AlfaSmart Parks (later Palace Entertainment), for Sandcastle Waterpark in Pennsylvania.

By 2006, the park had been stagnant for a while, with not a whole lot of new rides and attractions coming in, but all of the sudden, three attractions would close permanently, but that was for a reason...

In 2007, Colony Coast gained a slight makeover, as the original park was deemed too "Walmart-like", so, a new cabana area, a new restroom/changing room building and tons of new attractions were added (including the Slime Geyser from the former Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios Florida), along with the addition of palm trees and artificial sand to the Tidal Wave Pool.

On August 1, 2021, the generator that powered the Slime Geyser exploded, luckily, no one was seriously injured (though a Carnie and a guest standing close to the Geyser were treated for minor burns at a nearby hospital), but it had to be disabled for the rest of the season, and it was temporarily removed so the maintenance shop could rebuild it (replacement parts of the structure were either custom fabricated or 3D-printed on site by the maintenance shop crew). This is speculated due to the original generator, which it debuted with in it's original home in Florida, only being able to have a service life of around 30 years. It returned to display in March 2022.

On May 31, 2023, the Freefall+ complex opened.

Rides, Slides & Attractions

 * Billy Bob's Beach Party (1998; a RAE Custom Mini-Stage [only featuring Billy Bob, Looney Bird, Fatz, Beach Bear and Mitzi] themed similarly to the traveling Bear-a-Dice show)
 * Bumper Boogie (2007; a bumper boat ride)
 * Catapult (2007; A ProSlide Rocket "Carwardine Parks Layout-001", 2nd of the 5 with the layout)
 * Double Trouble FlowRider (2015; A WhiteWater West FlowRider Double)
 * Freefall+ (2023; A ProSlide Freefall complex consisting of two open body slides and two trapdoor body slides)
 * Hurricane Halfpipe (2007; A Water Fun Products halfpipe water slide)
 * Hurricane Hill (1990; 8 New Wave Products Tube Slides, some of the slides were repainted and had their names updated in 2023)
 * Hurricane Andrea (An open tube slide with enclosed sections, formerly known as "Hurricane Allison" [1990-2022]) [Pink Tubes]
 * Hurricane Barry (An open tube slide) [Yellow Tubes]
 * Hurricane Chantal (An entirely enclosed slide that's transparent, transparent sections fabricated by WhiteWater West) [Orange Tubes]
 * Hurricane Dexter (An entirely enclosed slide with lights, formerly known as "Hurricane Dean" [1990-2022]) [Green Tubes]
 * Hurricane Gabrielle (An entirely dark enclosed slide with an open drop) [Blue Tubes]
 * Hurricane Humberto (An entirely enclosed slide completely in the dark, formerly known as "Hurricane Hugo" [1990-2022]) [Purple Tubes]
 * Hurricane Imelda (An enclosed slide with an open drop, formerly known as "Hurricane Iris" [1990-2022]) [Brown Tubes]
 * Hurricane Karen (An enclosed slide with open sections) [Red Tubes]
 * Kids Pond (1989; A Fred Langford Kids Slide Complex)
 * King Cobra (2013; a Polin King Cobra slide, currently sponsored by Mountain Dew Code Red)
 * Luge Cruise (1989; A Fred Langford Mat Slide)
 * Mastodon Mountain (2007; A ProSlide Mammoth slide)
 * Nickelodeon Slime Geyser Beach (2007; A WhiteWater West kiddie slide complex, located next to the Slime Geyser)
 * Quad Sliders (1989; A Fred Langford Tube Slide Complex, Several clones of the complex came up, including 'Cuda Falls, TBA and a mirrored version at New Roseland Park) [White, Alternate Yellow, Alternate White and Alternate Green Tube Designs respectively]
 * Slideboard Central (2016; a WhiteWater West Slideboarding complex)
 * Slime Geyser (2007; a fountain that shoots slime, relocated from Nickelodeon Studios Orlando, rebuilt in late-2021/early-2022 after an incident in August 2021 where its generator exploded)
 * Splashin' Rapids (2007; A lazy river)
 * Tidal Wave Pool (1989; A wave pool, currently sponsored by LifeSavers candy)
 * Tornado (2007; A ProSlide Tornado, repainted in 2017)
 * Turbo Twister (2007; Two ProSlide TurboTwisters, due to the rotting structure thanks to several hurricanes, age, lack of maintenance and the fact ProSlide doesn't support that model of TurboTwisters anymore, it turned from transparent to dark with a few light patches, the track was entirely replaced by ProSlide, the ride was now made opaque with a few lights, the entrance and exit were heavily tweaked and even some of the supports were redone.)

Former

 * Basketball Court (1996-2012; Basketball court, removed to make way for King Cobra, court donated to an elementary school in West Virginia)
 * Bumper (1989-2022; A ProSlide MultiBump, formerly known as "Max Track" [1989-2006], replaced with the newer FreeFall+ complex)
 * Bumper Boats (1989-2000; Bumper boats, relocated to Pirates Cove at Pirates World, new bumper boats would come seven years later to Colony Coast, replaced with Tornado)
 * Freefall (1989-2022; A ProSlide Freefall, formerly known as "Fast Track" [1989-2006], replaced with the newer Freefall+ complex)
 * Dive In Slides (1989-2006; Fred Langford Body Slides that dive into a deep pool, demolished for Hurricane Halfpipe)
 * High Dive Zone (1989-2006; Diving boards, demolished for Catapult and Bumper Boogie)
 * New Faithful (1989-2006; A geyser, replaced with the Slime Geyser, relocated to the atrium of Carwardine Colony's visitors center)
 * Tarzan Swing (1989-1995; A rope you can hold onto and jump into the pool below, removed due to safety issues and rights issues with Action Park (which Carwardine didn't own at the time) the pool was filled in with concrete and turned into a basketball court until 2012, when that, in turn, was demolished for King Cobra)
 * Volleyball Court (1989-2014; Volleyball court with sand and private cabanas for relaxing, paved over for Double Trouble FlowRider, private cabanas were relocated and rebuilt at the Tidal Wave Pool, which gained a smaller volleyball court)

Food stands and stations

 * Beachcombers (A quick service food stand)
 * Dippin’ Dots (also offers the Solar Freeze beverage; one of the stands in the park to offer such, the other being the one in Time Machine; this is also among the larger Dippin’ Dots stands; thus, bottled beverages and pre-packaged frozen novelties are sold here)
 * Slush Puppie (connected to Beachcombers)
 * Vending Machines (three containing drinks and two containing chips/snacks/candy/snack cakes)