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Alabama's Backyard is an amusement & water park located in Trussville, Alabama with a Birmingham mailing address.

History[]

The park opened in 1995.

The park was purchased by Carwardine Parks in 2002.

Areas[]

  • Civil Canyon (formerly known as "Confederate Canyon" [1995-2011])
  • Alvin and The Chipmunks Land
  • Billy Bob's Fun Land (main kiddie land)
  • Redwall Abbey (opened 2003, formerly "PBS Kids Neighborhood" [2003-2007])
  • Land of Minecraft (opened 2012)
  • World of ROBLOX (opened 2017)
  • Wet World

Former areas[]

  • Kids Kornball (split into three [later five] different kiddie lands)

Current rides[]

Roller coasters[]

Name Opening Year Area Description
Billy Bob's Wild Flyers 2022 Billy Bob's Fun Land A Vekoma SFC, relocated from Holy Land Park.
Burns' Nuclear Fallout 1998 Civil Canyon A Morgan Hyper Coaster that's painted red & blue, formerly known as "Confederate Rebel" [1998-2011], originally renamed to "Alabama Rebel" [2012-2021] due to possibly offending people with the original name, yet still retained the "Rebel" part of the name, the color scheme, and the stars on times when the out and back layout switch heights representing the battle flag, until 2022 when it got a Simpsons makeover.
Corkscrew 1995 Civil Canyon An Arrow Dynamics Loop + Corkscrew roller coaster.
Electro-Thunderbolt 1998 Billy Bob's Fun Land A SkyTrak Flying Coaster.
Giga Gush 2016 World of ROBLOX A B&M Giga Coaster.
Minecraft Express 1998 Land of Minecraft A Zamperla family mine train coaster, formerly known as "Kornball Mine Train" [1998-2012]. Originally located in Civil Canyon until 2013.
Redwall: The Mines of Marshank 1995 Redwall Abbey A B&M Floorless coaster with 3 inversions and two tunnel areas, formerly known as “Kornball Highway” [1995-2003] and originally located in Civil Canyon until 2002. Originally had sit down trains from 1995 to 2021.
Roller Skater 1995 Alvin and the Chipmunks Land A Vekoma Roller Skater 207m.
Sagwa's Rickshaw Run 2003 Civil Canyon A BHS/Schwarzkopf Family Looping Coaster with 4 inversions; often dubbed the "cousin" of the Omaha Luna Park version of Sagwa's Rickshaw Run due to both coasters being Schwarzkopf looping coasters that formerly operated on the German fair circuit; had originally run from 1988-1996 as Destroyer on the German fair circuit and from 1997-2001 as Chupacabra at Libertyland in Tennessee, was originally part of PBS Kids Neighborhood but was annexed into Civil Canyon in 2007.
The Secret of NIMH: The Ride 2005 Civil Canyon A Schwarzkopf steel family coaster, considered a milder version of Sagwa's Rickshaw Run due to having no inversions and a lower overall speed, formerly ran as Crazy Coaster at Six Flags Taiwan from 1980-2004, got new SED-Hopkins trains in 2020.
Thunderbolt 1995 Civil Canyon A CCI wooden coaster that goes Into a large slanted helix, main inspiration for Son of Beast, the first airtime hill + turn inspired El Toro as well, it is often considered the grandfather of 21st century wooden roller coasters.
Woosh! 2003 Redwall Abbey An Intamin Prefabricated Wooden Coaster, third-longest roller coaster in the world with part of the track being an out-and-back section that incorporates a highway overpass, formerly known as "Zoom! into Action" [2003-2007], based off the PBS Kids series.

Flat rides[]

  • Bowser's Boatships (2023; A Mack Rides Rocking Boats ride) [Civil Canyon]
  • Carwardine Carousel (2021; a 44-Foot Huss-TechEruo Carousel, replaced the old carousel) [Civil Canyon]
  • The Carwardine River Rapids (2002; A WhiteWater West River Rapids ride) [Wet World]
  • Disco Spinner (2003; A Zamperla Disk'O Coaster, formerly known as "DragonflyTV Halfpipe Simulator" [2003-2007], originally opened in PBS Kids Neighborhood but was relocated within the park for 2008) [Billy Bob's Fun Land]
  • Dropsanity (2021; S&S Spin Shot) [Civil Canyon]
  • Ender Pearl (2014; A Larson Super Loop) [Land of Minecraft]
  • Enterprise (1995; A Huss Enterprise Wheel ride) [Civil Canyon]
  • Marauder (1995; A Huss-TechEruo Pirate Ship ride) [Civil Canyon]
  • Nebula (2024; A Zamperla NebulaZ) [Civil Canyon]
  • Storm Rider 4D (2011; A 4D motion simulator ride) [Civil Canyon]

Kiddie rides[]

  • Alvin's Adventure (2000; A Sally Corporation dark ride themed to Alvin and the Chipmunks) [Alvin and The Chipmunks Land]
  • Billy Bob's Bumper Bash (1995; A kiddie bumper cars ride) [Billy Bob's Fun Land]
  • Critter Chase (1995; A Zamperla Mini Jet ride with various animals) [Billy Bob's Fun Land]
  • Frog Hopper (1995; A Huss-TechEruo Junior Jump ride with a frog theme) [Billy Bob's Fun Land]
  • Lolli Swing (1995; A Zamperla Lolli Swing ride) [Billy Bob's Fun Land]
  • ROBLOX Go Round (1995; A Zamperla mini carousel, formerly known as “Mini-Carousel” [1995-2016]) [World of ROBLOX]
  • Samba Twist (1995; A Zamperla Samba Balloons ride) [Billy Bob's Fun Land]
  • Tiny Tubs (1995; An Intamin kiddie river rapids ride) [Billy Bob's Fun Land]

Restaurants and food stands[]

  • Auntie Anne’s/Cinnabon (Civil Canyon)
  • Chick-Fil-A (Civil Canyon)
  • Dippin’ Dots (Many Locations)
  • Pizza Hut Express (Civil Canyon)
  • Subway (Civil Canyon)

Splash of the South (water park)[]

  • Auburn Abduction (2018; ProSlide SkyBox trapdoor slide)
  • Birmingham Bronco (1995; ProSlide Pipeline)
  • Cleveland Cannon (2002; ProSlide CannonBowl)
  • Coosa River (1995; Lazy river)
  • Dothan Deluge (2015; ProSlide TornadoWave 45)
  • Fort Payne Flyer (2004; WhiteWater Master Blaster)
  • Gulf Shore Bay (1995; 450,000-gal wave pool)
  • Gulf Shore Racers (2010; ProSlide OctopusRacer)
  • Huntsville Hurricane (2000; ProSlide ProBowl)
  • Mobile Malice (1995; ProSlide Freefall)
  • Montgomery Burner (1995; ProSlide MultiBump)
  • Tuscaloosa Twister (2005; ProSlide Tornado, custom layout)

Former Rides[]

Coasters[]

  • Stander Upper (1996-2011; a TOGO Standup Coaster, demolished in 2012 due to age and lack of spare parts, replaced with Giga Gush)

Flat rides[]

  • Carousel (1995-2020; formerly known as “Confederate Carousel” [1995-2010], relocated from Confederate Memorial Park where it operated from 1933-1994, since 2008, it had 4 warnings about the artwork containing Confederate flags and how it doesn't represent the brand's modern views, relocated to a Civil War museum)

Controversies[]

MarioGate[]

In 2003, an employee who was intoxicated from the alcohol located in the employee lounge dressed up like Mario was caught stripping out of the costume and running around naked screaming "Look at me, i'm a birdie!", afterwards, the employee was banned and alcoholic drinks in all places in the park were perminately banned.

Confederate display controversies thru the years[]

In 2017, shortly after the Unite the Right rally, protesters came to the park to protest the inclusion of the Confederate flag on several of the carousel artworks. Some attempted to vandalize the nearly century old art, but were tasered by park security and their fingerprint was no longer valid for entering the park. Out of fear, any person wearing any politically charged-attire, whether it be left or right-leaning, are refused admission until they go back home and change their shirt. Chris Carwardine permanently banned the words "KKK", "Confederate" and the combined word "Hate Speech" from c/Alabamas_Backyard on Carwardine Forums.

Map[]

https://www.scribblemaps.com/create/#/id=Gp3nLbLh_Y&lat=33.66535198&lng=-86.61654664&z=14&t=hybrid

Trivia[]

  • The 2003 PBS Kids music video for "Imagination is the Key", directed by Andy Bödecker, was filmed in the Redwall Abbey area while it was still named PBS Kids Neighborhood.
  • Woosh! is one of only two coasters in operation to go above a major highway (the other being Ravine Flyer II), and the only to go above an Interstate.
  • After being replaced with floorless ones, one of Redwall's old sit down trains was put on display in the ride's queue line, while the other was put in storage where it currently remains.
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