- Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin'
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Dixie Landin / Blue Bayou Location Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. Coordinates 30°20′39″N 91°01′35″W / 30.344116°N 91.026465°WCoordinates: 30°20′39″N 91°01′35″W / 30.344116°N 91.026465°W Website http://www.bluebayou.com/ Owner Sam B. Haynes Jr. Opened 1989 Operating season May through August Rides Blue Bayou- 20/ Dixie Landin'- 27 total
- 4 roller coasters
Blue Bayou Waterpark and Dixie Landin’ are adjacent amusement parks in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[1] Blue Bayou is a water park and Dixie Landin' is a more traditional amusement park with thrill rides.
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About Blue Bayou
Blue Bayou has 20 attractions including a lazy river, a behemoth bowl, a wave pool, a proslide tornado, and many other slides. Over the years, Blue Bayou has been adding new attractions. The newest attraction is Voodoo, an enclosed behemoth bowl which opened in 2008. Blue Bayou also refurbished two older slides the same year. Blue Bayou is also known as "The Land of the Giants."
Waterpark Attractions
- Voodoo (World's Largest Dark Behemothbowl)
- Azuka (World's Largest Tornado Slide)
- Racers (World's Largest Water Racer)
- Conja' (Worlds Largest In-Line Water Slide)
- Mad Moccasins
- Pirate's Cove (A Children's Play Area)
- Flyin' Pirogue
- High Water
- Awesome Twosome
- Hurricane Bay (Wave pool)
- Lafitte's Plunge
- Lazy River
About Dixie Landin'
Dixie Landin' was built in 1999. Some of its rides came from the now defunct Family Fun Fair Park which was located on Airline Highway. Dixie Landin' includes rides for all ages, including kiddie rides and thrill seeker rides. Dixie Landin' currently has 27 attractions, including an S&S combo drop tower, a log flume, four roller coasters and a variety of flat rides. The Drop Tower, Hot Shot was originally O2 Tower from the now defunct Miracle Strip Amusement Park. In 2008, Hurricane Gustav destroyed the Coca-Cola concert stage, however, a new stage was built in time for the 2009 season. In the next 4 or 5 years the Army Corps of Engineers will help expand the theme park to make room for additional rides and a campground.
Attractions
- Candie ooh la la
- Barataria Pirate
- Black Widow (spider)
- Over the Rainbow
- Flyin' Tigers
- Gumbo YoYo
- Hot Shot (Combo Drop Tower)
- Sidewider
- Jambayala
- Fouchon Flyer
- The Giant Wheel
- Zydeco Express (Music Express)
- The Splinter
- The Delta Crop Dusters
- Cajun Collision
- Grand Carousel
- Gasoline Alley
- Dixe Landin' Manchac Railroad
- Merry Go Round
- Zoom
- Drums of Fun
- Combination
- Old 99's
Roller Coasters
- Rajun Cajun
- Xtreme-spinning coaster
- Galaxi
- Loco-Loco
Incidents
On June 6, 2006, two-year-old Kobe Carter fell from the Over The Rainbow ride vehicle and sustained moderate injuries.
On July 11, 2010, a Layette women, 21-year-old Lindsay Zeno, fell approximately 30 feet off the Xtreme roller coaster. She died later that same day.
Future Expansion Of Dixie Landin'
Dixie Landin' has plans of expanding. They plan to add a campground, a new roller coaster, and more flat rides. They filed with the U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers. As of September 2011, there has been no news on the future expansion.
Hurricane Gustav
Hurricane Gustav caused major damage to the amusement park. Many trees were snapped/uprooted. The Coca-Cola stage was destroyed. The awnings were blown off the "proslide tornado." A part of the Pirate's Cove roof was blown off and blown a long distance, It landed on a fence a few yards away causing it to fall down. An outbuilding was flipped over and completely obliterated causing debris to be scattered everywhere. Light poles were blown down. The roof of the Musik Express was torn off. Benches were tossed around. Metal roofs from other buildings were torn off and scattered around the amusement park. Windows were also blown out of some buildings. Luckily, when the storm hit, Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin' were at their closing point for the year. The damages were still horrible but they were replaceable things that were up and fixed for the next upcoming summer.
References
- ^ Chris Gautreau (June 4, 2009). "Blue Bayou plans camp site". 2theadvocate.com. http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/business/33619579.html. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
External links
Categories:- Amusement parks in Louisiana
- Buildings and structures in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Visitor attractions in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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