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Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom
Queensbury, New York

This amusement park was founded by Charles Wood in 1954. It was based on Mother Goose fairy tales and was called Storytown USA. While elements of this original theming still exist, the park has been expanded to include activities geared toward grown-ups. Its name changed to the Great Escape Fun Park in 1983, and the Splashwater Kingdom water park opened in 1995. Premier Parks, later renamed Six Flags, purchased the properties in 1996. While Six Flags currently manages Great Escape, they have not officially changed the park's name to Six Flags Great Escape. The theme park, water park, and adjacent Great Escape Lodge & Indoor Water Park are located extremely close to Lake George, New York.

Three coasters have left Great Escape:

Italian Roller Coaster (1971-1988) was a Zyklon or Galaxi model most likely built by Pinfari.
Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon (1999-2006) is an indoor Schwarzkopf. It has been sitting dormant at Great Escape since the 2006 season. (Click picture below for details.)
A Vekoma SLC was moved here when Six Flags AstroWorld closed, but it just sat from 2005 to 2009 and never was assembled. It was sent to Montreal and opened in 2010 as Ednör - L'Attaque at La Ronde.

Alpine Bobsled

Boomerang Coast to Coaster

Canyon Blaster

Comet

Frankie's Mine Train (Formerly Road Runner Express)

Steamin' Demon

Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon