Marquette Woods Park

History
The park opened in 1920. The only ride still open from it's original opening is the Carousel.

In 1927, The Whip opened.

In 1940, the Flying Skooters opened.

In 1945, the Tilt-A-Whirl opened.

In 1968, Serpent opened, which is the oldest coaster still operating at the park.

In 1979, Old Michigan Turnpike opened.

In 1980, Dune Buggies was added.

In 1987, Wave Swinger was added.

In 1992, Carwardine Parks bought the park.

In 1994, Michigan Monster opened.

In 1996, Coastergeist opened, replacing several old flat rides.

In 2004, Wildcat closed.

In 2005, Nick Central opened.

Areas

 * Supernatural Zone
 * Mid-Century
 * Great North
 * Michigan Desert
 * Redwall Woods
 * Springfield, U.S.A.
 * Turn of the Century
 * Comic Land
 * Nick Central
 * Marquette Waterpark

Roller coasters

 * All Grown Up!: Escape from Jim Jr. (2005; A Vekoma Junior Coaster 207m) [Nick Central]
 * Coastergeist (1996; A Vekoma SLC with Helix, first of it's kind model) [Supernatural Zone]
 * Danny Phantom's Mini Coastergeist (2005; A Vekoma Suspended Family Coaster) [Nick Central]
 * Hot Rod (2000; A Maurer Wild Mouse "Right" Model) [Mid-Century]
 * Michigan Monster (1994; A CCI wooden coaster, retracked by GCI in 2018) [Supernatural Zone]
 * Moose Run Express (2002; a SED-Hopkins steel coaster with two loops and a barrel roll, was initially started by Hopkins Rides before they went bankrupt and the roller coaster division was bought by Schwarzkopf Engineering Development) [Great North]
 * My Life As A Teenage Robot: Jenny's RoboCoaster (2005; A Zamperla Powered Coaster) [Nick Central]
 * Mystery Express (2006; a Cyclone Unlimited Dark Ride Style Wooden Coaster) [Supernatural Zone]
 * Redwall: Flight for Victory (2004; A Zamperla Volare coaster) [Redwall Woods]
 * Serpent (1968; An Arrow Mini Mine Train) [Michigan Desert]

Flat rides

 * Avatar's Airbender (2005; A Zamperla Kite Flyer) [Nick Central]
 * Bart's Skater Ride (2022; A Zamperla Surf's Up Ride) [Springfield, U.S.A.]
 * Carousel (1920; A PTC antique carousel) [Mid-Century]
 * ChalkZone: Rudy's Logs (2005; A Hopkins Log Flume) [Nick Central]
 * Invader Zim Bumpers (2005; A Bertazzon bumper cars ride) [Nick Central]
 * Jimmy Neutron's Blast Off! (2005; An S&S Space Shot) [Nick Central]
 * LazyTown: Sportacus' Jets (2005; A Dumbo-style ride with jets) [Nick Central]
 * Marquette Wheel (1977; A Chance Ferris Wheel ride) [Turn of the Century]
 * Old Michigan Turnpike (1979; An Arrow Antique Car ride, rerouted in 1996 to make way for Coastergeist) [Turn of the Century]
 * Scrambler (1960; An Eli Scrambler ride) [Mid-Century]
 * Tilt-A-Whirl (1945; A Sellner Tilt-A-Whirl ride) [Mid-Century]
 * Wave Swinger (1987; A Zierer Wave Swinger) [Turn of the Century]
 * The Whip (1927; A W.F. Mangels Whip ride) [Mid-Century]

Kiddie rides

 * Backyardigans Mini Carousel (2005; A kiddie carousel) [Nick Central]
 * Blue's Skidoo (2005; A Zamperla Mini Jet ride) [Nick Central]
 * CatDog Speedway (2005; A Zamperla Speedway) [Nick Central]
 * Dune Buggies (1980; A Hampton Rides umbrella kiddie ride with dune buggies) [Michigan Desert]
 * Face's Big Wheel (2005; A Zamperla Mini Ferris Wheel) [Nick Central]
 * Fairly OddRide (2005; A Zamperla Loli Swing) [Nick Central]
 * Garfield's Pounce and Bounce (1999; A Zamperla Jumpin' Star ride) [Comic Land]
 * Ginger's School Bus (2005; A Zamperla Crazy Bus) [Nick Central]
 * Grumpy Old Troll's Bridge Passers (2005; A Zamperla Convoy ride) [Nick Central]
 * Rugrats Reptarcopters (2005; A Caripro Monorail ride themed to reptars) [Nick Central]
 * SpongeBob's Boating School (2005; A kiddie go-karts ride in the vein of the former Rugrats Toonpike at Six Flags Kings Dominion) [Nick Central]
 * Swiper's Sweeper (2005; A kiddie whip ride) [Nick Central]

Marquette Waterpark
Opened in 1999.


 * Fast Lane Racer (1999; a ProSlide ProRacer mat racer slide)
 * Lake Superior Wave Pool (1999; a wave pool)
 * Lil’ Lake Superior (1999; a zero depth water play area with water jets and tipping buckets)
 * Michigan Tornado (2007; a ProSlide Tornado "Rattler" slide)
 * Rainbow Tower (1999; an SCS Interactive water play tower with WhiteWater West slides, formerly known as “Color Tower”)
 * Triple Tuber (1999; three WhiteWater West tube slides)

Former rides

 * Flying Skooters (1940-1995; A Bisch-Rocco Flying Skooters ride, relocated to Arizona's Backyard, replaced with Coastergeist)
 * Kirby's Daring Dash (1994-1998; An Intamin Flight Trainer, demolished due to high maintenance and replaced with Marquette Waterpark)
 * Rotor (1969-1995; A Chance Rotor, replaced with Coastergeist)
 * Wildcat (1975-2004; A Schwarzkopf Wildcat coaster, scrapped for parts donors for other installations, replaced with Nick Central)