Silverwood
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Silverwood Theme Park is an amusement park
located in northern Idaho
, United States
, near the town of Coeur d'Alene
, and just 47 miles from Spokane, Washington
on U.S. Route 95
. Owner Gary Norton opened the park in June 1988 and originally included a few carnival rides, a main street with shops, and an authentic steam train that traveled in a 30-minute loop around the owner's property.
As the years went by, Silverwood has grown in size and popularity. In 2003, an adjacent waterpark named Boulder Beach opened and is included with admission to Silverwood. In 2009 Silverwood began an annual Halloween event during the month of October called Scarywood.
Garfield
is the official mascot of Silverwood Theme Park.
Today Silverwood is the largest theme and water park in the American Northwest on 216 acres (874,121.8 m²) and boasting more than 65 rides, slides, shows and attractions.
Amusement park
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located in northern Idaho
Idaho
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, United States
United States
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, near the town of Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Coeur d'Alene is the largest city and county seat of Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is the principal city of the Coeur d'Alene Metropolitan Statistical Area. Coeur d'Alene has the second largest metropolitan area in the state of Idaho. As of the 2010 census the population of Coeur...
, and just 47 miles from Spokane, Washington
Spokane, Washington
Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...
on U.S. Route 95
U.S. Route 95 in Idaho
In the U.S. state of Idaho, U.S. Route 95 is a north–south highway near the western border of the state, stretching from Oregon to British Columbia for over .-Route description:...
. Owner Gary Norton opened the park in June 1988 and originally included a few carnival rides, a main street with shops, and an authentic steam train that traveled in a 30-minute loop around the owner's property.
As the years went by, Silverwood has grown in size and popularity. In 2003, an adjacent waterpark named Boulder Beach opened and is included with admission to Silverwood. In 2009 Silverwood began an annual Halloween event during the month of October called Scarywood.
Garfield
Garfield
Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis. Published since June 19, 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character, the cat Garfield ; his owner, Jon Arbuckle; and Arbuckle's dog, Odie...
is the official mascot of Silverwood Theme Park.
Today Silverwood is the largest theme and water park in the American Northwest on 216 acres (874,121.8 m²) and boasting more than 65 rides, slides, shows and attractions.
Timeline
| Year | Addition |
|---|---|
| 1988 | Silverwood opens to the public with the Silverwood Central Railroad, Main Street shops, and Country Carnival, which includes a small assortment of carnival rides |
| 1990 | Roaring Creek Log Flume |
| 1991 | Corkscrew (relocated from Knott's Berry Farm Knott's Berry Farm Knott's Berry Farm is a theme park in Buena Park, California, now owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, and a line of jams, jellies, preserves, and other specialty food, now part of The J. M. Smucker Company based in Placentia, California.... ) |
| 1993 | Thunder Canyon |
| 1996 | Timber Terror (originally named Grizzly) |
| 1999 | Tremors |
| 2003 | Boulder Beach Water Park opens including Elkhorn Creek lazy river, Wave Pool, Rumble Falls tube slides, and Polliwog Park children's area |
| 2004 | Boulder Beach expansion including Velocity Peak speed slides |
| 2005 | Trabant and new Sky Diver |
| 2006 | Panic Plunge |
| 2007 | Boulder Beach expansion including second Wave Pool, Avalanche Mountain, and Toddler Springs children's area |
| 2008 | Aftershock (relocated from Six Flags Great America Six Flags Great America Six Flags Great America is a Six Flags theme park in the Chicago metropolitan area, located in Gurnee, Illinois. It first opened in 1976 as Marriott's Great America. Six Flags purchased the park from the Marriott Corporation in 1984, making it the seventh park in the chain... ) |
| 2009 | Scarywood debut |
| 2011 | Boulder Beach expansion including Ricochet Rapids; theme park addition of Frog Hopper and Butterflyer |
Scarywood Haunted Nights
In 2009, Silverwood opened Scarywood Haunted Nights, a nighttime fright fest filled with scare zones and mazes. In 2010, Scarywood returned on a larger, grander scale with more to do. The main attractions for Scarywood are the Terror Canyon Trail, a maze and walkthrough built in the Thunder Canyon ride flume; Blood Bayou, an indoor haunted attraction; the Zombiewood Express, the park's train ride transformed into a haunt and show in the woods where Nick Norton and Elvis hunt zombies; as well as the Timber Terror: Backwards.Current Rides
| Ride | Description |
|---|---|
| Aftershock | Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang (Relocated from Six Flags Great America Six Flags Great America Six Flags Great America is a Six Flags theme park in the Chicago metropolitan area, located in Gurnee, Illinois. It first opened in 1976 as Marriott's Great America. Six Flags purchased the park from the Marriott Corporation in 1984, making it the seventh park in the chain... ) |
| Antique Cars | Track based car ride |
| Big Eli Ferris Wheel | Eli Bridge Co. Ferris Wheel |
| Bumper Boats | Bumper Boats |
| Carousel | Allen Herschell Carousel |
| Corkscrew Corkscrew (Silverwood) Corkscrew is the name of an Arrow Dynamics roller coaster formerly located at Knott's Berry Farm and currently located at Silverwood. Developed by Ron Toomer of Arrow Dynamics, a Utah based design firm, the "Corkscrew" was the first steel inverting roller coaster open to the public.Many identical... |
Arrow Dynamics Corkscrew (Relocated from Knott's Berry Farm Knott's Berry Farm Knott's Berry Farm is a theme park in Buena Park, California, now owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, and a line of jams, jellies, preserves, and other specialty food, now part of The J. M. Smucker Company based in Placentia, California.... ) |
| Elephants | Children's elephant ride |
| Helicopters | Children's helicopter ride |
| Kiddie Wheel | Children's ferris wheel |
| Krazy Kars | Bumper Cars |
| Panic Plunge | A.R.M. / Larson International Drop Tower |
| Paratrooper | Paratrooper ride |
| Red Baron | Children's airplane ride |
| Roaring Creek Log Flume | Arrow Dynamics Log Ride |
| Scrambler | Eli Bridge Co. Scrambler |
| Sky Diver | Chance Rides Sky Diver |
| Silverwood Central Railway | 30 minute steam engine-pulled train ride around park property |
| Super Roundup | Roundup ride |
| Thunder Canyon | Hopkins white water raft ride |
| Tilt-a-Whirl | Classic tilt-a-whirl ride |
| Timber Terror Timber Terror Timber Terror is a wooden roller coaster located at Silverwood Theme Park. Originally, the ride had been called Grizzly, but the park had to change the name to Timber Terror to avoid confusion with wooden roller coasters of the same name at California's Great America and Kings Dominion.-Timber... |
Custom Coasters International out and back wooden roller coaster |
| Tiny Toot | Zamperla Mini Mine Train kiddie coaster |
| Trabant | Chance Rides Trabant |
| Tremors Tremors (roller coaster) Tremors is a wooden roller coaster located at Silverwood Theme Park. It features four underground tunnels, the first of which goes under the ride's gift shop. It is semi-related to the film of the same name.... |
Custom Coasters International twister wooden roller coaster |
Defunct Rides and Attractions
| Ride | Description |
|---|---|
| Coaster | Molina & Son's kiddie coaster (Replaced by Tiny Toot) |
| Monster | Eyerly Monster (Replaced by Trabant) |
| Sky Diver | Chance Rides Sky Diver (Replaced by Sky Diver II) |
External links
- Silverwoodthemepark.com Official Site
- Roller Coaster Alley Unofficial site with message boards, park information, a Silverwood Wiki, and more.