Mississippi's Backyard

Mississippi's Backyard (formerly known as TechEruo's Blazing Bayou from 1997-1999) and Blazing Bayou (2000) is an amusement and water park in Jackson, Mississippi owned by Carwardine Parks.

History
TechEruo, after the success of Blazing Acres, was about to build a second theme park resort, several locations were considered, but a location in Jackson, Mississippi was chosen due to the lack of coasters in the state (the only one being a children's coaster), after two years of work, Blazing Bayou was opened on March 22nd, 1997 by a delegation from the Mississippi governor's office. Up until 2000, when Mississippi Springs (Six Flags Mississippi Springs from 2002-2007) opened in, it was the only theme park in the state (not counting the children's coaster at the annual Exchange Fair).

In 1999, Mississippi Splash Waterpark opened.

In 2000, the park was sold from TechEruo to Carwardine Parks along with sister park Blazing Acres.

In 2004, the first phase of Nick Central opened with the rethemed rides and buildings.

In 2015, Gator Chase: Second Hunt opened, being the first new attraction in the Magnolia Highway land since 2001, Magnolia Highway was not allowed to be expanded, as the designer of the original Gator Chase, Leland Johns, would terminate his contract with Carwardine Parks if they would expand the area, as it would remove the mystery of Gator Chase. However, he was fine with doing an RMC conversion, and even consulted on the project.

Areas

 * Magnolia Highway
 * Route 65½
 * Thrillzopolis
 * Kids Kountry (formerly Blazing Funland from 1997-1999, Kiddie Bayou from 2000-2002, and PBS Kids Neighborhood from 2003-2007)
 * Nick Central (formerly Crash Canyon from 1997-2003)

Roller coasters

 * Avatar Airbender Rush (2005; a Intamin Accelerator Coaster) [Nick Central]
 * Gator Chase: Second Hunt (2015; a RMC I-Box Coaster; formerly the CCI wooden coaster "Gator Chase" from 1997-2014) [Magnolia Highway]
 * Fear Gravity (1997; A TOGO Looping coaster, retracked by Huss-TechEruo in 2010 and given new Vekoma trains that same year) [Route 65½]
 * Gold Rush (2001; A Morgan Mine Train coaster) [Magnolia Highway]
 * Hang Glider (1997; A B&M Inverted coaster) [Route 65½]
 * LazyTown SkyChasers (2005; a Intamin MotorBike Coaster and one of two prototypes for the model (the other being the "original" at Arizona's Backyard); previously part of Nick Central before being annexed into Thrillzopolis in 2011 due to Nick no longer holding the broadcasting rights to the show) [Thrillzopolis]
 * Maggie Simpson's Adventure (2022; a Zierer Force Two) [Kids Kountry]
 * Mild Ride (1999; E&F Miler Family coaster, formerly known as "TechEruo's Mild Ride" from 1997-1999 and "Grover's Vapor Trail" from 2003-2007) [Kids Kountry]
 * Rainbow Brite's Star Chase (2003; a Vekoma Junior Flying Dutchman) [Thrillzopolis]
 * Redwall: Force of Nature (2004; a B&M Giga Coaster that rises to 309 ft., the first B&M Giga ever built) [Kids Kountry]
 * Sagwa's Rickshaw Run (1997; a Schwarzkopf Silver Arrow Coaster; formerly known as "Blazing Arrow" from 1997-2003, previously at Sapporo Wonderworld in Sapporo, Japan) [Kids Kountry]
 * SpongeBob SquarePants Krabby Patty Chase (1997/2003; a RCCA wooden coaster, formerly "Wooden Warrior" from 1997-2003, retracked by GCI in 2020) [Nick Central]
 * Star Trek: Conquest (2019; an enclosed Vekoma launched inverted coaster) [Thrillzopolis]
 * Yoshi's Ricochet (1997; A Vekoma Boomerang coaster, formerly known as "Bayou Boomerang" from 1997-1999, given new trains from Sunkid in 2019) [Magnolia Highway]

Flat rides

 * Danny Phantom's Ecto Blaster (2005; a HUSS Enterprise and the last built by the original HUSS, features "Specter Blasting" technology [essentially laser tag on a flat ride]) [Nick Central]
 * Disco Spinner (2003; A Zamperla Disk'O Coaster, formerly known as "DragonflyTV Halfpipe Simulator" [2003-2007]) [Kids Kountry]
 * Falcon (2000; A Zamperla Hawk 24 ride) [Route 65½]
 * Nick Express (2007; a MSC Incorporated Train Circuit, formerly known as "Wubbzy's Very Kooky Choo-Choo Train" [2007-2014]) [Nick Central]
 * Jimmy Neutron's Blast Tower (2005; a Intamin Giant Drop tower) [Nick Central]
 * Magnolia Carousel (1997; a carousel manufactured by D.H. Morgan) [Magnolia Highway]
 * Ren & Stimpy: Swinging Eediots (2003; a KMG Afterburner) [Nick Central]
 * Rocko's Road Roundup (1997; a MSC Incorporated bumper cars/dodgems ride, formerly known as "Bump Around" [1997-2003]) [Nick Central]
 * TUFF Planes (2012; a Zamperla Air Race) [Nick Central]

Kiddie rides

 * All Grown Up! Tommy's Grand Prix (2005; a Zamperla Speedway ride) [Nick Central]
 * Crazy Bus (2003; A Zamperla Crazy Bus ride, formerly known as "D.W's Crazy Bus" [2003-2007]) [Kids Kountry]
 * Convoy (2003; A Zamperla Convoy ride, formerly known as "Oscar's Sloppy Jalopies" [2003-2007]) [Kids Kountry]
 * Dora's Balloon Race (2003; a Zamperla Balloon Race) [Nick Central]
 * Fire Chief (1997; A Hampton Rides umbrella ride with fire truck-themed vehicles, formerly known as "Crazy Fire Truck" [1997-2002] and "Barney's Fire Department" [2003-2007]) [Kids Kountry]
 * Paw Patrol Playhouse (2005; a playground area, formerly "Ziggy's Candy Factory" [2005-2008] and "Wubbzy's Wubb Club" [2008-2014]) [Nick Central]
 * Red Barons (2003; A Zamperla Mini Jet ride, formerly "Jay Jay's Big Jet Race" [2003-2007]) [Kids Kountry]
 * Zak and Wheezie's Dragon Flyers (2003; a Zamperla Flying Tigers with dragons) [Kids Kountry]

Up-charge rides

 * Bratz Cool Carz (2005; a slot car ride) [Route 65½]
 * The Mario Kart Experience Express (2001; A Go-Kart track) [Thrillzopolis]

Other

 * The New Rock-afire Explosion (2001)

Mississippi Splash Waterpark
Added in 1999.


 * Hightide (1999; A wave pool)
 * Mario's Pipelines (2002; Three ProSlide PipeLines)
 * Mississippi Mammoth (1999; A ProSlide Mammoth)
 * Mississippi River (1999; A lazy river)
 * Tidal Tornado (2006; A ProSlide Tornado, custom layout)

Former roller coasters

 * Gator Chase (1997-2014; a CCI wooden coaster that mimics The Beast at Six Flags Kings Island with several unique changes) [Magnolia Highway]

Former other

 * Hank Hill's Hole in One Mini Golf (2001-2002; a Mini Golf course, razed to make way for the PBS Kids Neighborhood expansion)