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| Manufacturer | Theel Brothers Manufacturing | ||||||||||
| Product | Kiddie Boats | ||||||||||
| Capacity | 20 per cycle | ||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 320 | ||||||||||
| Area | 20 metres × 20 metres | ||||||||||
Safari River Journey was a Roundabout built by US manufacturer Theel Brothers Manufacturing previously located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California, USA.
History:
The ride originally opened at Six Flags AstroWorld when the park opened in 1968. It was originally located in the park's Children's World section at opening. By 1980, the Children's World area was rethemed to The Magical World of Marvel McFey and the ride was named Frieda's Boats after the Marvel McFey character, Frieda Frog.[1][2][3] In 1984, the Children's World area was closed to make room for XLR-8 and all of the children's rides were relocated to a plot of land vacated adjacent to the European Village area on the former Le Taxis site. A new children's area opened, known as Enchanted Kingdom featuring all these children's rides.[4] As a result, Frieda's Boats was renamed to Speedy Boats after the character Speedy Gonzales some point around 1985 when the Marvel McFey characters were replaced by the Looney Tunes characters following Six Flags acquisition of the rights from Marriott upon acquiring Six Flags Great America in 1984.[5] By 1995, the Enchanted Kingdom area was renamed to Bugs Bunny World and Speedy Boats was renamed to Ye Old Moat Ride.[6] In 1996, Bugs Bunny World was renamed to Looney Tunes Town and the ride was renamed to Bugs Bunny's Harbor.[7][8] It would continue to operate until Six Flags AstroWorld closed on October 30, 2005.[9]
Six Flags would relocate many of the park's rides to other properties, including the children rides in Looney Tunes Town. Bugs Bunny's Harbor was relocated to Six Flags Marine World in 2006. It was installed in the Tava's Jungleland children area and was renamed Safari River Journey.[10] It would operate there until 2009 when it was removed from the park due to lack of ridership and popularity. It was subsequently scrapped.
- ↑ "Shane's Amusement Attic". Theme Park Review. 2007-12-23. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
- ↑ "Marvel McFey". Flickr.
- ↑ "Shane's Amusement Attic". Theme Park Review.
- ↑ "AstroWorld". Theme Park Timelines.
- ↑ "Shane's Amusement Attic". Theme Park Review.
- ↑ "Shane's Amusement Attic". Theme Park Review.
- ↑ "Shane's Amusement Attic". Theme Park Review.
- ↑ "Shane's Amusement Attic". Theme Park Review.
- ↑ ""For AstroWorld, the ride is over"". Chron.
- ↑ "Kids' Rides: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom". Wayback Machine.
