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, and
 * The Utah Twister, a TOGO Ultra Twister coaster. It operated until park's first closure in 1995.

The park's other attractions on opening day were:


 * 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,
 * Wowser’s Rocking Ship, which was a Chance Rides Pharaoh's Fury ride, now renamed Sea Dragon,
 * 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 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.

Areas

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

Restaurants and food stands
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Live shows & meet-and-greets
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Kiddie rides
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Other

 * Wowser’s House (1990-1995; a walkthrough and Meet & Greet attraction features real-size Wowser & Professor’s House. [Wowser Land]
 * Beatrice’s House (1990-1995; a walkthrough and Meet & Greet attraction features real-size Beatrice’s House. [Wowser Land]
 * Linda Lovely’s House (1990-1995; a walkthrough and Meet & Greet attraction features real-size Linda’s House. [Wowser Land]

Incidents
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Trivia
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