Darien Lake Wiki
Advertisement

25 Roller Coasters, second most behind Disney's Six Flags Over Cedar Fair.

History[]

In 1979, two friends, Maddox121 and BigSpinCoaster were planning a park in Darien, New York to succeed the built from scratch Frontier City in Oklahoma City and the bought out Elitch Gardens in Denver, it opened May 1981 to high success.

Areas[]

Current rides[]

Roller coasters[]

Name Year Opened Description Color Scheme
Apocalypse 2000 GCI Woodie Brown/Orange
Batman: The Ride 1997 A B&M inverted "Batman" coaster. Formerly known as "Mind Eraser" (1997-2002). Black/Green (1997-2002)
black/yellow (2003-present)
Canyon Blaster 1999 A Vekoma family roller coaster located where Nightmare at Phantom Cave was. Green/Orange
Demon 1998 A Vekoma Boomerang roller coaster. Black (1998-2007)
Red/black (2007-present)
El Condor 1995 A B&M Stand-Up Coaster. Red/Blue
Firebird 2001 A B&M Floorless roller coaster. Black/Orange
Gulf Coaster 1991 Formerly "Pepe Le Pew's Stinker Coaster" and "Train Coaster" Brown/Green
Half Pipe 2008 An Intamin halfpipe roller coaster. Formerly known as "Tony Hawk's Halfpipe". Blue/Orange
Italian Roller Coaster 1989 Pinfari Zyklon roller coaster. Black/Yellow
Joker 2019 RMC wood/steel hybrid coaster. A clone of the one from Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Green/Purple
Kiddie Koaster 1992 A Vekoma Junior Coaster. Formerly known as "Wiggles Coaster" (2008-2010) and "Lil' Viper" (1992-2007). Black/greeen (1992-2007)
purple/Green (2008-present)
La Revolución 1982 A Schwarzkopf "Drier Looping" coaster. White/Red
Mini Mine Train 1981 An Arrow Mini Mine Train Brown/Black
Narwhal 2017 A Mack PowerSplash Blue
Ovare 2004 An Intamin StrataCoaster that is 420 feet tall. Red/Brown
Predator 1990 A Dinn wooden roller coaster. Brown
Superman: Ride Of Steel 1999 An Intamin Hyper Coaster. Red/Blue
Tantrum 2018 A Gertalaurer EuroFighter. Orange/Green
Underdog 2007 An Intamin Blitz Coaster Black/Red
Viper 1981 An Arrow Looping Coaster Green/Black
Wild Kitty 1981 An Allan Hershell Little Dipper kiddie coaster Red/Orange
X3 2013 A B&M Wing Coaster Red/Black
Yellowjacket 2012 An Intamin Family Launched Coaster Green/Yellow
Zip Rider 2009 A Doppelmayer Chairlift Coaster, relocated from Walibi Belgium Gray/White

Water rides[]

Name Year Opened Description
Chutes 2002 Hopkins Shoot The Chutes ride
Log Jammer 1981 Arrow Log Flume
Thunder Rapids 1985 Intamin River Rapids

Flat rides[]

Name Year Opened Description Color Scheme
Corn Popper 1983 A Huss Swing Around ride.
Crazy Quilt 1981 A Mack Calypso ride.
Drop of Doom 2002 An Intamin Drop Tower ride.
The Flash Speed Force 2009 A Huss Enterprise ride. Red/Yellow
Lasso 1981 A Wave Swinger ride.
Rolling Thunder 2015 A Larson Super Loop Green/Purple
SkyScreamer 2019 A Funtime Star Flyer American Flag
Z-Force 2003 A Zamperla Hawk 48 ride.

Kiddie rides[]

Name Year Opened Description Color Scheme
Barracuda Bay Jr. 2008 A kiddie pirate ship themed playground. Formerly known as "S.S. Feathersword".
Daffy's Diver 1996 A Zamperla Crazy Bus ride themed to a submarine
Foghorn's Train 1996 A small train ride for kids under 54" tall
Krazy Kars 1981 kiddie bumper cars. Formerly known as "Big Red Cars" (2008-2010) and "Dodge 'ems" (1981-2007). Varies for cars
Tree Twister 2008 A Zamperla Samba Tower ride. Formerly known as "Yummy Fruit Salad" (2008-2010).
Taz Twister 1996 A kiddie Wave Swinger ride

Water park[]

Name Year Opened Description Color scheme Designated Tube/Raft/Mat
Aruba Tuba 1984 A Clone of Black River Falls at Six Flags White Water. Blue/White N/A
Bonzai Pipeline Plunge 2015 A ProSlide Trapdoor slide. Green/Purple N/A
Crocodile Isle 1997 A wave pool N/A
NT36SY-80

Optional rental tube

Cuda Falls 1994 Four inner tube water slides (two enclosed, two open). This replaced the Rainbow Mountain slide complex on the north side of Barracuda Bay. Black/white (1994-2009)
blue/green/yellow/teal (2010-present)
ZT48DY-80

Open (Double)

ZT48DR-80

Enclosed Double

ZT36SR-80

Enclosed

ZT42SY-80

Open

Floodgate Falls 1981 Cascading lazy river on the west side of Barracuda Bay. Sky blue
ZT48SB-80
Mammoth 2006 A Proslide Mammoth water slide Red (2005-2015)
Purple (2015-present)
FR96P-LT-200
Mister Twister 1988 The world's first bowl water slide. Made in-house by BigSpin Construction. Refurbished in 1993 by ProSlide. Beige (1988-1998)
White/gray (1999-20009)
Black/Green (2010-present)
ZT42DW-80
ZT48SW-80
Pipeline 2010 A ProSlide Pipeline tube slide. Red/Blue
NT42DLB-80
NT48SLB-80
Ripcurl Racer 2016 A ProSlide KrakenRacer water slide. Rainbow
MR53-2-200
Riptide Run 1990 A water slide with a wavy design Sky blue
NT36SW-80
Tornado 2005 A Proslide Tornado water slide Blue/Orange (2005-2015)
Blue/Yellow (2015-present)
Cloverleaft- 2
Twister 1987 Similar to Cuda Falls, but with mat slides. Formerly known as "Surfer's Edge" (1987-2018). Beige (1987-2009)
red/orange (2010-present)
OOMR5450 1

Defunct rides[]

  • Nessie the Dreamy Dragon [1981] (replaced with Kiddie Koaster)
  • Cascade Canyon [1982] (replaced by Chutes)
  • Goliath (known as "Mega Mine Train" from 1986 to 1998) [1986] (replaced by Firebird)
  • Nightmare at Phantom Cave [1996] (replaced by Canyon Blaster)
  • Pirate [1981] (replaced by Z-Force)
  • Ranger [1983] (replaced by SkyScreamer)
  • Silver Bullet [1981] (replaced with The Flash Speed Force)
  • Titan [1981] (replaced by Superman: Ride of Steel)
  • Twister (Huss Top Spin) [2000] (replaced with SkyScreamer)
  • UFO [1981] (replaced by Rolling Thunder)
Advertisement