SILVERWOOD Athol, Idaho
Park News - (2/25/09) According to the Roller Coaster Alley crew, the new brochure for Silverwood claims that the new October dates are for an “Oktoberfest Family Appreciation Month” where admission will be half-off and with each ticket purchased you’ll get a free ticket good for May 2010. (1/28/09) According to the Silverwood website, the park will remain open through November 1st this year, a first for Silverwood from what I’m told, because in 2008 the park closed for the season at the end of September. This has caused some speculation over at RollercoasterAlley that the park may be considering putting on their first ever Halloween event, though the posted park hours (11am to 6pm) in October are a little light for a good after dark haunt. Perhaps they may take the more family friendly route. Anyone know more? (5/23/07) Silverwood wants to expand, as does any good theme park, but before the park can grow much further and realize plans to perhaps even build a hotel, they will need to build their own sewage treatment facility. The park is now asking the Kootenai County Commission for a permit to build such a facility on 96 acres of property they own next to the park. The public hearing will take place June 21st and currently the park uses large septic tanks and drain fields located throughout their 380 acre property which they would like to get away from using because it is no longer acceptable.
2009 - Nothing is known at this point in time. After building Aftershock in 2008 however, don’t expect anything too large or expensive. Maybe something new for the waterpark perhaps.
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