General Park News - Nothing to report at this time.
 2008 - Nothing New - (4/17/08) According to the local news Alabama Adventures has a new GM this season, Mike Oswald. Unfortunately they also confirm that the park will not be adding any new attractions this season, instead they will focus on fixing up existing rides and internal improvements. They also claim that they’re still in talks to make that indoor waterpark resort project a reality, it’s all a matter of working with the state to see if they can get the right incentive package to make it all work.
???? - Hotel and Indoor Waterpark - LIMBO - (1/22/08) A deal to bring a 280 room hotel with an indoor waterpark to the grounds outside the Alabama Adventure theme park has fallen through after the park’s owners and the city and state could not come to terms on an incentive package. In the fallout, another deal to sell the nearby Outlet Center to a new owner who would double it in size also fell through since that deal was contingent on the hotel deal going through.
(9/25/06) The local Bessemer City Council has approved the park’s plans to build a hotel, indoor waterpark and campground. Groundbreaking is scheduled to begin in April. The campground will be completed sometime in 2007, but the other two big projects wont be ready until the start of the 2008 season.
(8/14/06) The park owners are planning to move ahead with plans for a 280 room hotel with an 52,000 square-foot indoor waterpark. They are also planning to build the 320 site campground and RV park as well, with the price of both projects set around $70 million. They are in discussions with the city for a development deal. If an agreement happens soon, they could start work on the projects in about six months.
(3/30/06) When the park changed it’s name from Visionland to Alabama Adventures, the owners listed several future projects they would like to undertake. These plans included a 280 room hotel w/ an indoor water park, an animal park, a camping / RV park and an athletic park with baseball and soccer fields. They plan on talking with big name hotel operators on a deal to build an indoor waterpark resort on site that could be open by 2008.
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