Wild Adventures

Wild Adventures

Location	Valdosta, Georgia, USA
Status	Operating
Opened	May 1996
Owner	Herschend Family Entertainment
Previous names	Liberty Farms Animal Park
Website	http://wildadventures.com
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Wild Adventures is an amusement park in Valdosta, Georgia, USA. It has been operating since 1996.

History

The park first opened in May 1996 as Liberty Farms Animal Park. In 1998, the name was changed to Wild Adventures and the park's first roller coaster, Boomerang, was added.

The park was purchased at auction by Herschend Family Entertainment on September 25, 2007 for $34.5 million.

Roller coasters

Present

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Boomerang	Vekoma	Shuttle	1998	Operating
Marsh Mayhem	Maurer AG	Wild Mouse	2000	Operating
Outpost Express	Vekoma	Kiddie	2000	Operating
Swamp Thing	Vekoma	Inverted	2003	Operating
Swampwater Snake	Zamperla	Kiddie	2019	Operating
Twisted Typhoon	Vekoma	Inverted	1999	Operating

Past

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Cheetah	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	Wooden	June 16, 2001	March 15, 2020	Scrapped
Fiesta Express	Zamperla	Kiddie	January 1, 2003	2010 - 2011	Storage (later reopened as Swampwater Snake)
Gold Rush	Chance Rides	Kiddie	1999	2009	Unknown
Tiger Terror	Wisdom Rides	Kiddie	1998	2008	Relocated to Lowry Park Zoo
Viking Voyage	E&F Miler Industries	Thrill	2010	2018	Relocated to Old Town

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
American Flyers	Larson International	Flying Scooters	2010
Aviator	Chance Rides/Larson International	Aviator	1998
Blazer Blast Off	S&S Worldwide	Drop Tower	1999
Century Wheel	Chance Rides	Ferris Wheel	1998
Crunch's Caboose	Zamperla	Junior Railway	2008
Geronimo	Sky Fun 1 Inc.	Skycoaster	1999
Hoppin' Gators	S&S Worldwide	Junior Drop Tower	1998
Island Falls	Hopkins	Shoot The Chute	1999
Okefenokee Friends	Zamperla	Jump Around	2002
Pharaoh's Fury	Chance Rides	Pirate Ship	1998
Rattler	Moser's Rides	Frisbee	2008
Safari Train	Unknown	Miniature Railway	2023 or earlier
Sidewinder	Chance Rides	Trabant/Satellite	1999
Smash Attack	Preston & Barbieri	Dodgems	1999
Swingin' Safari	Chance Rides	Matterhorn	1998
TailSpin	Zamperla	Disk'O	2013
Tasmanian River Rapids	HAFEMA Water Rides	River Rapids	2000
Trail Trackers	Zamperla	Track Ride	2023
Turtle Twist	Sellner Manufacturing	Tilt-A-Whirl	1998
Wacky Wheels	Zamperla	Junior Teacups	2013
Whirling Wildcats	Eli Bridge Company	Scrambler	2010
Yo-Yo	Chance Rides	Waveswinger	1998

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Chaos	Chance Rides	Chaos	1998	2000s	Unknown
Gauntlet	S&S Worldwide	Screamin' Swing	2005	2007	Relocated to Fun Spot America (Kissimmee)
Gauntlet	S&S Worldwide	Screamin' Swing	2005	2007	Relocated to Fun Spot America (Orlando)
Inverter	Chance Rides	Inverter	1999	2000s	Unknown
Jungle Rumble	Zierer	Flying Carpet	2015	Unknown	Unknown
Power Surge	Zamperla	Power Surge	2000	2007 or later	Unknown

External links

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  Wild Adventures on the Roller Coaster DataBase.