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The Enchanted Forest is an amusement park
Amusement park

Amusement park is the generic term for a collection of Amusement ride and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group of people....
 located in Turner
Turner, Oregon

Turner is a city in Marion County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,199 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Salem, Oregon Salem metropolitan area....
 in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
, next to Interstate 5
Interstate 5

Interstate 5 is the main Interstate Highway System on the West Coast of the United States, paralleling the Pacific Ocean from Canada to Mexico and serving some of the largest cities of that part of the U.S., including Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Oregon, Sacramento, San Francisco/Oakland, Los Angeles, and San Diego....
 just south of Salem
Salem, Oregon

Salem is the Capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County, Oregon. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city....
. Creator Roger Tofte opened the park in 1971 after seven years of construction. Today, the Tofte family still owns and operates the park.

The park is divided into various districts. Storybook Lane has attractions inspired by Alice in Wonderland, Mother Goose
Mother Goose

Mother Goose is a well-known figure in the literature of fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Mother Goose is best known in the United States, in the United Kingdom and other English language speaking nations....
, and Grimms' Fairy Tales. Also featured are the English Village and its lighted fountain show, the Tofteville Mining Town, and a food service court featuring Bavarian architecture.






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The Enchanted Forest is an amusement park
Amusement park

Amusement park is the generic term for a collection of Amusement ride and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group of people....
 located in Turner
Turner, Oregon

Turner is a city in Marion County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,199 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Salem, Oregon Salem metropolitan area....
 in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
, next to Interstate 5
Interstate 5

Interstate 5 is the main Interstate Highway System on the West Coast of the United States, paralleling the Pacific Ocean from Canada to Mexico and serving some of the largest cities of that part of the U.S., including Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Oregon, Sacramento, San Francisco/Oakland, Los Angeles, and San Diego....
 just south of Salem
Salem, Oregon

Salem is the Capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County, Oregon. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city....
. Creator Roger Tofte opened the park in 1971 after seven years of construction. Today, the Tofte family still owns and operates the park.

The park is divided into various districts. Storybook Lane has attractions inspired by Alice in Wonderland, Mother Goose
Mother Goose

Mother Goose is a well-known figure in the literature of fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Mother Goose is best known in the United States, in the United Kingdom and other English language speaking nations....
, and Grimms' Fairy Tales. Also featured are the English Village and its lighted fountain show, the Tofteville Mining Town, and a food service court featuring Bavarian architecture. Augmenting the park are attractions such as the Ice Mountain Bobsleds roller coaster, the Haunted House, and the Big Timber Log Ride
Log flume

A log flume is a flume specifically constructed to transport lumber and loggings down mountainous terrain to a sawmill by using flowing water. These watertight trough-like channels could be built to span a long distance across chasms and down steep mountain slopes....
, the largest of its kind in the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America . There are several partially overlapping definitions but the term Pacific Northwest should not be confused with the Northwest Territory or the Northwest Territories of Canada....
. In 2006, Challenge of Mondor was added, an indoor trackless interactive ride featuring dragons and monsters.

The park is open on a seasonal schedule: opening in late March, weekends only in April, daily from May to Labor Day
Labor Day

Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September . The holiday originated in 1882 as the Central Labor Union sought to create "a day off for the working citizens"....
, and then weekends only through September.

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