Boblo Island Amusement Park (fictional post-1993)

Boblo Island Amusement Park is an amusement & water park resort which opened in 1898. It is owned by Carwardine Parks since 1993.

The park is located on,. It lies just above the mouth of the Detroit River. The people of Detroit, Michigan characterize it as that city's Coney Island.

Some minor land reclamation has helped Boblo Island expand, however, the reclamation for the island is not allowed to interfere with the Detroit River or connect with the mainland.

History
In 1998, the 100th anniversary celebration happened, titled Bob-100-sland.

In 1999, Excalibur opened, which was a relocated Arrow Mine Train from AstroWorld.

In 2000, the Possum Lake area was added.

Areas

 * Old Boblo Island
 * Boblo Midway
 * Possum Lake (themed after the Ontario town of the same name from The Red Green Show)
 * Barney's Place
 * Redwall Abbey
 * Toad Hollow
 * Warriors Woods
 * Thomas Town (formerly "Kids Kountry" [1994-2003; 2007-2018] and "PBS Kids Neighborhood" [2003-2007]; portions split into Toad Hollow for the 2004 season, Barney's Place and Redwall Abbey for the 2008 season, and Warriors Woods for the 2016 season)

Roller coasters

 * Barney's Stu-Pendous Coaster (2003; a MSC Incorporated Junior Wild Mouse Coaster) [Barney's Place]
 * Boblo Island Beast (2004; a BAMECO Slingshot Coaster) [Old Boblo Island]
 * Canadian Coaster (1993; A Vekoma Junior Coaster 335m) [Boblo Midway]
 * Century Cyclone (1998; A GCI Coney Island Cyclone Clone, fully retracked in 2018 by GCI and got Millennium Flyers that same year) [Boblo Midway]
 * Excalibur (1999; An Arrow Mine Train, relocated from AstroWorld, built partially over water and if the train gets stuck you have to walk down a causeway back to the island) [Old Boblo Island]
 * Firestar's Chase (2005; a Sanoyas Hishino Meisho Sitdown Looper Coaster, formerly known as "Zoom! Away" [2005-2007] and "Lightning" [2007-2016], formerly Thunderbolt at Dreamworld from 1982-2003) [Warriors Woods]
 * Lasso (1995; a Vekoma SLC 689m) [Boblo Midway]
 * Lil' Excalibur (2004; a Allan Herschell Junior Oval Coaster; relocated from Omaha Luna Park where it was known as "Children's Coaster") [Thomas Town]
 * Redwall: Fight for Victory (2000; a TOGO Sit Down Coaster, last roller coaster ever built by TOGO in North America, retracked by S&S Sansei in 2003) [Redwall Abbey]
 * Redwall: Matthias' Sparra Race (2008; a MSC Incorporated hypercoaster) [Redwall Abbey]
 * Simpsons' Road Trip Coaster (2022; a Zierer Force 281) [Boblo Midway]
 * Skyfighter (1993; A B&M inverted roller coaster, first custom model B&M Invert) [Old Boblo Island]
 * The Secret of NIMH: The Ride (2004; a Zierer NIMH Clone) [Boblo Midway]
 * Through the Woods (2016; a Vekoma Flying Dutchman 2.0 coaster) [Warriors Woods]
 * Toad Patrol: Scramble! (2004; a MSC Incorporated wood-steel hybrid coaster, the only coaster to have VR, which was originally free, but due to the hard upkeep, now costs $5 per person and $10 total if you have three people) [Toad Hollow]

Flat rides

 * Bratz Cool Carz (2005; MSC Slot Car Ride) [Boblo Midway]
 * Carousel (1993; A 44-Foot Fabricon Carousel) [Old Boblo Island]
 * Carwardine's River Rapids (1994; Hopkins River Rapids) [Old Boblo Island]
 * Fear Swat (2022; An S&S Screamin' Swing) [Boblo Midway]
 * Ferris Wheel (1998; A Chance Ferris Wheel) [Old Boblo Island]
 * Log Flume (1971; A Sansei Technologies Log Flume ride, underwent a massive refurbishment from Hopkins in 1995) [Old Boblo Island]
 * Mario's Wingflyer (1997; An upcharge Funtime Skycoaster, opened June 28th) [Boblo Midway]
 * Monster Rock Concert On Tour (2011; A Sally Corporation dark ride using the old thematical elements from the "Monstars of Rock" ride at Freestyle Adventure City, located inside the former Nightmare roller coaster building) [Old Boblo Island]
 * Quasar (1987; A Reverchon Explorer ride) [Old Boblo Island]
 * Pirate Ship (1980; A Huss Pirate Ship ride) [Old Boblo Island]
 * Rainbow Brite's Star Streak (1984; A Chance Rides Falling Star, formerly known as "Falling Star" [1984-2002]) [Boblo Midway]
 * Scream Tower (2005; An Intamin Gyro Drop ride) [Boblo Midway]
 * Stewie's Chamber of Punishment (2005; Wisdom Rides Gravitron) [Boblo Midway]
 * Twister (1998; An Eli Scrambler ride) [Boblo Midway]

Kiddie rides

 * Baby Bop and BJ's Dino-Soars (2003; A Zamperla Mini Jet ride with dinosaurs) [Barney's Place]
 * Bertie the Bus (1993; A Zamperla Crazy Bus ride, formerly known as "Crazy Bus" [1993-2018]) [Thomas Town]
 * Flynn's Fire Rescue (1956; A carousel style kiddie ride with fire trucks, formerly known as "Fire Patrol" [1956-2018]) [Thomas Town]
 * Possum Lake Carousel (2000; a "run down & breaking down"-themed Huss-TechEruo Classic Carousel) [Possum Lake]
 * Swing Time with Barney (2003; A Zamperla Loli Swing) [Barney's Place]
 * Thomas the Tank Engine (1993; A Zamperla Rio Grande ride, formerly known as "Kiddie Train" [1993-2018], Thomas & Friends retheming was done by MSC Incorporated and Garner Holt Productions) [Thomas Town]

Other attractions

 * Boblo’s Scootaboats (1994; extra charge bumper boats, formerly known as “The New Boblo’s Scootaboats” [1994-1996]) [Old Boblo Island]
 * Hank Hill's Hole in One Mini Golf (2000; mini golf course) [Boblo Midway]
 * The Rock-afire Explosion (1996) [Boblo Midway]
 * The Wolf Pack 5 (1980/2022; originally operated from 1980-1992, restored from 2019-2021 and returned in 2022) [Old Boblo Island]

Boblo Waters

 * Body Trio (1993; Three speed body slides by Fred Langford, a multi-bump, and two freefalls, one of the freefalls got a trapdoor in 2013)
 * Catapult (2007; A ProSlide Rocket "Carwardine Model-001", first one to replace the conveyor belts with LIMs, even though the last uphill section at Arizona's Backyard tested it while the other 4 hills at that location still used conveyors)
 * Fort Boblo (2017; A WhiteWater West RainFortress)
 * Hurricane Hill (1993; Four Fred Langford Tube Slides, out of insensitivity, only Pacific Hurricane Names are used)
 * Hurricane Darby (An enclosed slide with lights)
 * Hurricane Frank (An enclosed slide entirely in the dark)
 * Hurricane Georgette (An open slide with "bobsleigh" sections)
 * Hurricane Javier (An entirely open slide)
 * World's Biggest Raft Ride (2015; a ProSlide RaftSplosion, a raft slide that can handle 16 passengers, due to the size of the slide, this is the only slide in the park to use steel beams as supports instead of line shaped steel supports or A-shaped wood supports)

In-House

 * Feast Hall [Redwall Abbey]

Non-Pop

 * A&W
 * Dippin’ Dots (1994; first international Dippin’ Dots franchisee)
 * McDonald's
 * Subway (2007)
 * Tim Hortons (1998; originally a Dunkin' Donuts, but changed to a Tim Hortons due to an exclusivity contract that expired in 2018)

Other

 * Boblo Boats (ferries to and from the park)

Boblo Island

 * Big Wheel (????-1994; A Ferris wheel, demolished for Lasso)
 * Carousel (1906-1990; a Mangels-Illions Carousel that was the park's first ride; was sold at auction in 1990 before Carwardine gained ownership of the park)
 * C.P. Huntington (1956-1992; A mini railway, demolished for more walkways)
 * Dangler
 * Dodg'em
 * Flying Dutchman
 * Kirby's Daring Dash (1994-1997; An Intamin Flight Trainer, demolished and replaced with Twister)
 * Nightmare (1987-1993; A Vekoma MK-700 coaster, relocated to AstroWorld)
 * Octopus
 * Screamer (1985-1993; A Vekoma MK-1200 Corkscrew with Bayerncurve coaster, relocated to Playland)
 * Sky Diver
 * Sky Streak (1973-1993; A Sansei Technologies sitdown coaster, relocated to Selva Mágica)

Boblo Waters

 * Rainbow Tower (1999-2015; formerly known as “Color Tower” [1999-2001], an SCS Interactive water play structure with WhiteWater West slides, the tipping bucket and other tower related features were relocated to Billings' Wild Kingdom after the 2015 season to make way for a new kiddie play structure in 2016, however, the slides would recieve new fabricated parts from WhiteWater West during the move due to corrosions over several cold winters, floods and storms over the slides' lifespan, making the original slides unrelocatable, and thus, were sold for scrap; replaced with Fort Boblo)

Trivia

 * The Possum Lake area was created in time for the 2000 season as an attempt to cash in on the popularity of The Red Green Show among Americans & Canadians alike as well as to replicate the success of the theme parks in the United Kingdom.
 * This is the only park in the chain to get VR installed on a coaster. Originally the VR was installed onto Excalibur, but it was removed after a single month and instead planted on Toad Patrol: Scramble!
 * Century Cyclone is the last coaster to open at a Carwardine Park before Carwardine got sold from DreamWorks to the Mills Corporation.
 * Also to note, one of the side-rail supports is shaped like the DreamWorks boy in full color, in 1999, this was painted over in brown, and after a retrack in 2001 to higher up the first turn on Century Cyclone to reduce whiplash, it was obscured and can only be seen if you look closely at the old track still being present, in 2002, the moon with the boy was entirely removed.
 * The park's jingle since 1994 was performed by Jacek Fiedorowicz and composed & written by Fiedorowicz, Jake Popelin, Tim Palazzi, C.J. Valentine and Marv Simpleton.
 * The park is one of the most expensive in the chain to operate, due to both the ferry transportation and the bridge from the mainland to Bois Blanc Island needing to pay both American and Canadian taxes.
 * The park was considered to be sold off in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, only to be saved due to a surprisingly successful Halloween season in October 2001.
 * Vekoma helped re-assemble Excalibur at Boblo Island.

Gallery
See Boblo Island/Gallery