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Located in Arlington, Virginia, originally Marriott's Great America, which opened in 1977. Owned by Carwardine Parks since 1980, although Marriott operated it until 1985.

Areas

  • Americana
  • Carwardine Fair
  • Kids Kountry (introduced in 1989; known as PBS Kids Neighborhood from 2003-2007 and "77 Kids Kountry" from 2009-2010; placed where the Great Southwest area was planned to be placed)
  • Time Harbor
  • Marshy Gras
  • Nintendo Territory

Rides

Coasters

Name Opened Section Notes
American Eagle 1982 Carwardine Fair Intamin wooden dueling coaster, rumored to get RMCed in the near future.

Gained two millennium flyers (one for each side) in 2003.

Bowser's Braincrusher 2004 Nintendo Territory B&M Hyper Coaster.
Catapult 2001 Carwardine Fair Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang.
Darren's Loop 2021 Kids Kountry An IE Park "Loop 370" Coaster, relocated from Wonderland Eurasia.
Fast Forward 1977 Time Harbor Formerly known as Tidal Wave.
Freedom Flight 1980 Carwardine Fair A prototype suspended coaster made by Arrow Dynamics. Exclusive to the DC park. Has been refurbished numerous times. First ride addition under Carwardine ownership, even though this was built before Carwardine even owned it.
Redwall: Fight for Victory 2003 Kids Kountry GCI Wooden Coaster.
Little Bourbon 2017 Marshy Gras Zamperela Family Gravity Coaster, the cars are shaped like NOLA-style beignets.
Turn of the Century 1977 Carwardine Fair Never converted into The Demon, repainted to Green/Gray in 2000.

Flat rides

Name Opened Section Notes
Bourbon Street Arsenal 2002 Marshy Gras A half floored, half floorless Gyro Drop from Intamin.
Buzzy Bee-Rex 1977 Time Harbor Formerly Buzzy Bee.
Carousel Columbia 1977 Americana Double Decker Carousel
Delta Flyer 1977 Marshy Gras Von Roll Skyway (one way)
Demon 1980 Carwardine Fair Huss UFO
Eagle's Flight 1977 Carwardine Fair Von Roll Skyway (one way)
Flying Falcon 2011 Sunset Square Funtime Star Flyer
Great American Railway 1977 Carwardine Fair/Sunset Square Railway, formerly GREAT AMERICA Scenic Railway.
New Old Mill 1989 Kids Kountry A Carwardine manufacturered version of an "Old Mill" ride. The only non-kiddie ride in Kids Kountry.
Northern Cross 1985 Kids Kountry Von Roll Skyway (one way), originally part of the Southern Cross when it was an out-and-back skyway not meant for transportation, became it's own attraction back in 1985.
Space Age Spring 2020 Time Harbor A Carwardine Manufacturing prototype "Bucking Bronco" ride with a rocket ship.
Sky Trek Tower 1978 Americana Sky Tower
Southern Cross 1977 Marshy Gras Von Roll Skyway (one way)
Whirligig 1977 Carwardine Fair Zierer Wave Swinger

Kiddie rides

Name Opened Section Notes
Balloon Race 1989 Kids Kountry Zamperela Balloon Race
Kids Kountry Airways 1989 Zamperla Mini Jet with eagles. Former Known as "AE Air 77" (2009-2010), "Eagle Airport" (2008), "Big Bird's Airport" (2003-2007), and "Jr. Eagles" (1989-2002).
Kiddie Kars 1989 Kids Kountry Kiddie bumper cars

Water Rides

Name Opened Section Notes
Donkey Kong's River Country 1977 Nintendo Territory Formerly Logger's Run
Time Clipper 1977 Time Harbor Formerly Yankee Clipper
Wild Wet: Frontier Flume 1987 Time Harbor Hopkins Shoot-The-Chutes, Replaced "The Lobster"

Great American Lakes

Replaced unused land east of Kids Kountry on the other side of the Northern Cross station.

Waterslides

Name Opened Section Notes
Detroit Downfall 1990 Michigan ProSlide FreeFall.
Erie Falls 1990 Erie Fred Langford Tube Slides.
Firework Launcher 2006 Superior A ProSlide Rocket "Carwardine Model".
Great Canadian Rapids 1991 Ontario ProSlide Mammoth.

Former Rides

Coasters

Name Opened Closed Section Notes
Gulf Rusher 1977 2016 Marshy Gras Closed to make way for the "Little Bourbon" Zamperela Family Gravity Coaster.
Whizzer 1977 1996 Sunset Square Closed when the section was still "Simpsons Square" to make way for "Wild Itchy".
Wild Itchy 1998 2006 Sunset Square Only L&T Wild Mouse 40x20 to exist in North America, relocated to a theme park in Japan.

Flats

Name Opened Closed Section Notes
Ameri-Go-Round 1977 1997 Carwardine Fair Closed due to redundancy with Carousel Columbia, replaced with a water geyser.
Barney Oldfield Speedway 1977 2000 Carwardine Fair Closed to make way for Catapult.
Bottoms Up 1977 1989 Sunset Square Closed to make way for the Simpsons Theatre.
Cajun Cliffhanger 1977 2001 Marshy Gras Closed due to age, replaced with Bourbon Street Arsenal.
Davey Jones Dinghies 1977 2019 Time Harbor Closed to make way for Space Age Spring.
Fiddler's Fling 1977 2020 Carwardine Fair Closed to make way for the rumored RMC Raptor.
High Tide Fall 1983 2010 Sunset Square Closed due to age and lack of parts, replaced with Flying Falcon. Formerly "Edge" from 1983-1993, and "Burns' Nuclear Fall" from 1993-2007.
Lobster 1977 1985 Time Harbor Closed due to not fitting in with the new theme, replaced with Wild Wet.
Orleans Orbit 1977 2007 Marshy Gras Closed due to age, replaced with TBA.
Sky Whirl 1977 1999 Carwardine Fair Closed due to lack of replacement parts, replaced with TBA.
Traffique Jam 1977 1984 Marshy Gras Closed to make way for TBA.
Triple Play 1977 1992 Sunset Square Closed to make way for The Simpsons: Nightmare At Krustyland.
Yukon Yahoo 1977 1991 Nintendo Territory Closed due to being the last leftover from when it was called "Yukon Territory".

Trivia

  • This was Carwardine's second amusement park, and first acquired amusement park, having owned this since August 1980.
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