Great Escape (fictional)

The Great Escape Resort (better known as just Great Escape) is an amusement and water park complex owned and operated by Carwardine Parks. It is located approximately 60 miles (97 km) north of Albany, in Queensbury, New York.

History
The park opened in 1954 as Storytown USA, a theme park themed to fairy tales.

During their bankruptcy, Six Flags sold it to Carwardine Parks as part of a two park package deal with Darien Lake.

In 2022, Great Escape added new kiddie land to complement the existing Kids Kountry area called World of Sesame Street.

Areas

 * Fest Area
 * Ghost Town
 * Kids Kountry
 * Story Town
 * World of Sesame Street

Roller coasters

 * Adirondack Timber Twister (2015; A Gerstlauer 420/4 extended spinning roller coaster)
 * Boomerang (1997; a Vekoma Boomerang roller coaster, formerly known as "Boomerang: Coast To Coaster" [1997-2006])
 * Canyon Blaster (2004; an Arrow Dynamics mine train roller coaster, previously operated at as "Rock & Roller Coaster" and "Timber Topper", originally going to be named the same name at the new park, but Disney threatened to sue Six Flags.)
 * Comet (1994; a wooden roller coaster, currently an ACE Classic)
 * Krusty Krab Mission (2023; a Vekoma Suspended Family Coaster)
 * Maggie Simpson's Adventure (2005; A Zamperla family gravity coaster, formerly known as "Roadrunner Express" [2005-2006] and "Mini Miner" [2007-2021])
 * Steamin' Demon (1984; An Arrow Dynamics Loop + Corkscrew roller coaster, every Hauntoberfest [weekends in late September and October] since 2008, the car is flipped backwards)

Flat Rides

 * Air Delfino (2007; A Zamperla Telecombat)
 * Hyrule Horse Race (2007; A Zamperla Carousel)
 * Sonic's Spin (2007; A Zamperla Disk'O)
 * Thwomp Wheel (2007; A Zamperla Fiesta Ferris Wheel)
 * Yoshi's Scrambled Eggs (2008; A Sellner Tilt a Whirl)

Kiddie Rides

 * Big Bird's Flight School (2007; A Zamperla Aero Top Jet ride, formerly known as "Air Garfield" [2007-2021]) [World of Sesame Street]
 * Bob-omb Balloons (2007; A Zamperla Samba Balloon) [Kids Kountry]
 * Convoy (1987; A Zamperla Convoy ride) [Fest Area]
 * Cookie Monster Twister (2007; A Zamperla Midi Tea Cups ride, formerly known as "Barrel Roller" [2007-2021]) [World of Sesame Street]
 * Kids Kountry Rowdy RV (2007; A Zamperla Crazy Bus ride themed to an RV)
 * Oscar's Disaster Master (2007; a water play area, formerly known as "Squirtle Squad" [2007-2021]) [World of Sesame Street]

Splashwater Kingdom

 * Big Barrel Blasters (A Zamperla Watermania ride)
 * Big Waves (1997; a 500,000-gal wave pool, formerly known as "Lumberjack Splash" [1997-2006])
 * Cannonball
 * Carwardine River (1995; a lazy river, formerly known as "Capt'n Hook's Adventure River" [1995-2006])
 * Fort Carwardine (1997; A treehouse featuring spraying water, 5 body slides, and a 500-gal water bucket that drenches the area every 8 minutes, formerly known as "Paul Bunyan's Bucket Brigade" [1997-2006])
 * Hurricane Twins
 * Kraken Racing (2012; a ProSlide KrakenRacer)
 * Pirate Beach
 * Pod Drop (2012; a ProSlide trapdoor body slide, attached to the Kraken Racing complex)
 * Shipwreck Junction
 * Tornado (2007; a ProSlide Tornado)
 * Tube Fall
 * Turbo Tubes (1995; Tube slide complex, formerly known as "Kingdom Cascades" [1995-2006])
 * Twisty Twisters
 * Typhoon

Hotel Waterpark

 * Adult Tub (An adults-only hot tub)
 * Cliff Falls
 * FlowRider (A FlowRider)
 * Fort Nick (A treehouse featuring spraying water, body slides, and a tipping water bucket)
 * Junior Beach
 * Little Tunnels of Doom
 * Nintendo River (A lazy river, the inner tubes were later redesigned to feature Nintendo characters on them from game series like Mario, Kirby and Pokemon)
 * Tunnel of Doom (An enclosed ProSlide Mammoth)

Water Slide World
This waterpark originally opened in 1979 as an independent, family-owned water park, located in Lake George roughly 10 miles north of The Great Escape. In 2004, Carwardine bought the park from the original owners and continued to operate it as an independent water park, but in 2007 it was integrated as part of the Great Escape resort after Carwardine bought it from Six Flags.

The park is also referred to as "Carwardine's Water Slide World", but only on some of it's marketing for the park.


 * Carwardine Waves (1984; a wave pool, the first wave pool to open in New York state)
 * Dark Freefall (two enclosed body slides)
 * Double Freefall (two body slides)
 * Helix (a speed body slide with a helix)
 * Rampage River (a lazy river)
 * Tubesters (tube slides)

Restaurants and food stands

 * Burger King (located in the Outback section near Boomerang, has several elements from the Hungry Jack's Australian burger chain)
 * Dairy Queen & Orange Julius
 * Dippin’ Dots
 * Dunkin' Donuts (formerly Tim Hortons)
 * Pizza Hut Express
 * Steamin' Smokehouse
 * Subway

Roller coasters

 * Alpine Bobsled (1998-2014; An Intamin bobsled roller coaster, blown up during "GECarwardineCon VII", replaced with Adirondack Timber Twister)
 * Nightmare at Crackaxle Canyon (1999-2006; An indoor Schwarzkopf Jet Star roller coaster, Relocated to FairCon, building demolished)

Calendar
Average schedule, except COVID-19, 9/11, special events, maintenance and/or bad weather. Also, in the off-season, weekends are closed.

Theme Park

 * April 11-May 1 - 10:00 am-8:00 pm
 * May 2-May 22 - 9:30 am-8:30 pm
 * May 23-June 21 - 9:00 am-9:00 pm
 * June 22-July 3 - 9:00 am-9:30 pm
 * July 4 - 9:00 am-10:00 pm
 * July 5-August 31 - 9:00 am-9:30 pm

Hauntoberfest

 * September 1-September 22 - 9:30 am-9:30 pm
 * September 23-November 4 - 10:00 am-9:30 pm

Water Park

 * Memorial Day-June 21 - 12:00 pm-7:30 pm
 * June 22-July 3 - 12:00 pm-8:00 pm
 * July 4 - 12:00 pm-8:30 pm
 * July 5-Labor Day - 12:00 pm-8:00 pm

Trivia

 * Six Flags In Real Life (IRL) never sold this during bankruptcy. In the real world, they still own The Great Escape.
 * In the 2020 season, to compensate for COVID-19, the park removed it's off season, meaning November 5-April 10 are now open, with the calendar time of 10:30 am-7:30 pm.
 * However, only half the rides are open between the time period, the list follows -
 * Air Delfino
 * Bob-omb Balloons
 * Canyon Blaster
 * Hyrule Horse Race
 * Maggie Simpson's Adventure
 * Thwomp Wheel
 * Rides that are open for ERT during GECarwardineCon:
 * Adirondack Timber Twister
 * Big Barrel Blasters (water disabled during ERT times)
 * Boomerang
 * Comet
 * Sonic's Spin
 * Steamin' Demon (limited capacity; front, second to front and back cars only)
 * Yoshi's Scrambled Eggs