LAKE COMPOUNCE Bristol, CT Parques Reunidos
Park News - (11/15/10) Lake Compounce has confirmed that they are removing The Rotor from the park to make way for a new attraction. Clue about the new attraction will be put on their Facebook page starting Monday (later today). (10/18/10) You can catch some pictures of the shooting of Bert The Conqueror at Lake Compounce at SFNEOnline this week. (5/17/10) A report from the opening day of the season can be found at SFNE Online this week.
2012 - Riptide Racer / Waterpark Expansions - (1/24/12) SFNE Online posted a small update about the waterpark expasnsion at Lake Compounce earlier this month. Check it out. (11/29/11) The local news confirms that Lake Compounce will open a new four-lane waterslide attraction for the 2012 season called the Riptide Racer. (4/12/11) The first bits of progress of moving the road at Lake Compounce have been posted to SFNE Online. (3/30/11) I’m told that after waiting several years for the state to move Mount Vernon Road to allow for a long delayed expansion of the Lake Compounce waterpark, the project will begin at last this week. But the shocking news is that the state isn’t paying for it. If the rumors are true, Parques Reunidos is said to have put up the cash for the project, with the hopes of adding onto the waterpark at last in 2012 and 2013. (4/9/10) So much for closing the road outside Lake Compounce. The local committee has voted against this plan of action. Instead they are now focused on finding ways to financially assist the park in financing the required $3-4 million project of moving the road. (3/27/10) Lake Compounce has been waiting for the state to move a short section of Mount Vernon Road near the park for the past several years. As I recall the project was approved, based on the help of a $3.3 million state grant, which has now been made unavailable. To help out the park the town is now looking at the possibility of closing the road to allow the park to be able to expand. (12/11/08) Lake Compounce’s will delay the expansion of their waterpark by at least a year, due to $3.3 million in state aid funds that wont be coming this year that were to help move the half-mile stretch of Mount Vernon Road away from the park. The original plan was to open the first phase of the waterpark expansion by 2010. (2/7/08) Lake Compounce is planning to build a new 75 foot tall waterslide as just one aspect of a new 6 acre expansion project that will be complete by 2010. The project will also include a “crow's nest slide tower, a beach-themed kiddy pool, a "boogie board" wave pool and a wave-action river.” (3/5/07) There is a small update about the expansions planned for the waterpark that say it will be 2010 before they are ready to open. The expansion will be done in two or three phases and include a bigger wave pool, children’s play areas, new slides, interactive water play areas, lounging areas and more. But first, they are still waiting for Mountain Vernon Road to be moved before they will begin the $15 million expansion project that will allow for a 15-20% expansion of the park.
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