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DARIEN LAKE
Buffalo, New York (Abbreviation: DL)
Known as Six Flags Darien Lake (1999 to 2006)
PARC Management
 Park News - (6/30/10) PARC Management (with the help of MacroView Labs) has launched two new iPhone apps for two of their parks: Darien Lake and Elitch Gardens. The new free Apps give users access to park information pages, maps, weather updates, concert info and more. Android, Blackberry and many other smart-phone users can also access the mobile web web for the parks at the following links: Darien Lake and Elitch Gardens.
(6/17/10) Darien Lake has launched a new option for guests to purchase pre-paid value wristbands that are waterproof and can be used in most locations throughout the park.
(5/14/10) A new construction update from Darien Lake can be found at The Fun Country.
(5/11/10) The new Darien Lake Blog has posted a couple of pictures from this past weekend showing off the start of construction for the new waterpark expansion.
(5/10/10) Darien Lake opened for the 2010 this past weekend, but it seems luck was not on their side. The weather just did not cooperate as I’m told that the area suffered from high winds, temperatures down into the 30’s on top of rain and hail on Saturday. Things didn’t improve on Sunday as the area even got a little snow apparently early that morning, so the park close down early at 3pm on Sunday, but did keep the Season Pass processing center open until about 7pm.
(5/3/10) Darien Lake has repainted Viper this season… and painted it entirely Black. Yep… Viper is ‘Back In Black’ this season, returning the coaster to the original color it was when it opened back in 1982. The track wasn’t painted green until sometime in the 1990’s. You can see the park’s Back In Black video over at Facebook.
(4/21/10) Darien Lake Online tells us that the new show coming to the park will be Sea Lion Splash, which has also been confirmed on the show’s online schedule for May 29th through September 6th.
(4/8/10) It’s been confirmed that Darien Lake did indeed purchase the PTC trains from Voyage for Predator this season. You can find a good picture of one here and compare it to a Voyage train here.
(4/6/10) Good news for Predator this season, as the wooden coaster is rumored to have received brand new trains this season. Well... possibly not brand new, more like lightly used. If the rumor mill is correct, Predator may have inherited the former PTC trains from Holiday World’s Voyage, which were retired after last season with the purchase of the first set of Gravity Group’s Timberliner trains. Anyone have photos of the new trains on Predator or a confirmation that they are from Voyage?
2010 - SplashTown (Waterpark Expansion) - (5/22/10) New construction pictures of Splashtown can be found over at The Fun Country blog.
(4/16/10) New construction pictures from Darien Lake have been sent in by a local reader showing off the progress on the waterpark, cabins and more.
(3/31/10) Darien Lake announced a huge expansion and rebranding of the park’s waterpark, which will now be known as SplashTown. SplashTown will bring three new attractions, starting off with the Swirl City slide tower that will offer four entirely difference slide experiences: Cannon Ball Run (Cannon Bowl), Turbo Twins (Double-Tubes) and Mister Twister that will feature three Tornado style funnels. Also new is the Floatation Station lazy river and Lazy Days Lagoon wave pool. A new website has even been launched to promote Splashtown because starting this year, Darien Lake and SplashTown will be two separate parks.
The resort offerings are also getting improved this year with the addition of new Forts-O-Fun rooms at the Lodge on the Lake Hotel as well as the addition of over two dozen Brown Bear Cabins to the campgrounds.
(3/27/10) According to this article the proposed $7 million expansion of Darien Lake’s waterpark will include a Flow Rider stationary surf wave and a 50 foot tall “Mach 6” waterslide tower. They also claim the rides should be in stalled by May, but the park is really going to have to move quickly to get this done on time, so keep your eyes open.
(3/16/10) According to this article, Darien Lake has been granted a tax incentive for their proposed $7 million expansion of the waterpark.
(2/20/10) According to this article the planning board recommended approval for a $7 million “Pirate’s Cove” waterpark expansion project for Darien Lake. The description of Pirate’s Cove includes a new Lazy River, a FlowRider stationary surf wave and a 50 foot tall Mach 6 water slide attraction. The expansion would be built in what is currently a parking lot on the south side of the park.
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