Saltair-World

Saltair-World is an amusement park located in West Jordan, Utah. It was eventually saved by Carwardine Parks from demolition.

Development
After the success of their first amusement park, Memphisworld, in 1986, Memphis Entertainment Company immediately began making plans to build their second amusement park, which was rumored to also be the company's first out-of-state theme park. In 1987, plans were announced to build a new amusement park in Utah, that paid tribute to the nearby Saltair resort in Salt Lake City. In 1988, construction of the new park began. After only one year of planning, and two years of construction, the park finally opened to the public on May 11th, 1990.

Operation under MEC (1990-1995)
When it opened in 1990, Saltair-World featured only two roller coasters:


 * The Utah Hurricane, a Vekoma Hurricane coaster that was later renamed to The Jester in honor of the one at Louisiana Jazzland, operated until 2012,
 * The Utah Twister, a TOGO Ultra Twister coaster. It operated until park's first closure in 1995, and
 * The Space Mouse, a Edwards & Robinson Large Size Wild Mouse coaster, it operated until park's first closure in 1995.

The park's other attractions on opening day were:

In 1992, Wowser Land opened.
 * Saltair's Tower, which was an Intamin Parachute Tower ride,
 * Saltair Flume, which was an Intamin Log Flume ride,
 * Merry-Go-Round, which was a Chance Rides Carousel ride,
 * Haunted House, which was a Funni Frite Tracked Dark Ride, and
 * Saltair Drop, which was an Intamin 1st Gen Freefall ride that operated until 2015.

Abandoned era (1996-1997)
When the M.E Company went bankrupt in early 1996, the park was subsequently abandoned as a result, not opening at all for that year. In the Summer of 1996, the city of West Jordan announced plans to tear down the park in the near future to make room for more housing.

Carwardine Parks era (1997-present)
In January 1997, Carwardine Parks purchased the abandoned Saltair-World park for $15 million. It reopened to the public on May 9, 1997.

In the same year, Mindbender opened.

In 1998, Flitzer was moved to Space World and renamed "Space Hawk".

In 1999, Utah Twister was demolished, with parts being sent to Six Flags AstroWorld for their Ultra Twister.

In 2000, Crazy Mouse opened, along with Cosmic Orbit and XtremeLoop.

In 2001, Space Hawk closed down.

In 2002, Space Nightmare opened.

In 2003, PBS Kids Neighborhood and Rainbow Brite's Star Chase opened.

In 2004, SpongeBob SquarePants: Flying Dutchman's Ghost Coaster opened, along with Chaos.

In 2005, Fireball opened.

In 2006, Saltair-Waters opened.

In 2011, Cannonball opened.

In 2013, Psych-Out and Runaway Mine Train opened.

In 2018, King Kobra opened.

In 2021, Earthquake opened.

In 2022, New Saltair Beast opened.

Areas

 * Entrance
 * Space World
 * Animal World (formerly Wowser Land from 1992-1995)
 * Carnival World
 * Kiddie World
 * Adventure World (formerly PBS Kids Neighborhood from 2003-2007)

Restaurants and food stands

 * Subway
 * Yum! Showcase: KFC, Pizza Hut & Taco Bell

Live shows & meet-and-greets
TBA

Kiddie rides
TBA

Other

 * Beatrice’s House (1992-1995; a walkthrough and meet & greet attraction features a real-size version of Beatrice’s house. Demolished in 1997, the area stood vacant until 2007 when Saltair Beast was built on it's spot. [Wowser Land]
 * Linda Lovely’s House (1992-1995; a walkthrough and meet & greet attraction features a real-size version of Linda’s house. Demolished in 1997, the area stood vacant until 2022 when New Saltair Beast was built on it's spot. [Wowser Land]
 * Wowser’s House (1992-1995; a walkthrough and meet & greet attraction features a real-size version of Wowser and the Professor’s house. Demolished in 1997, the area stood vacant until 2000 when Crazy Mouse was built on it's spot. [Wowser Land]

Incidents
TBA

Trivia

 * When Superturbo 500 was relocated to Saltair-World after Desertworld Theme & Water Park closed this ride down in 2005, it was left in storage for a year until they started construction during the late 2007 off-season. They renamed this ride The Challenger for the 2008 season.