Lake Compounce Theme Park Adds MAMMOTH FALLS for 2001

Bristol/Southington, CT March 7, 2001- Each year since it undertook the management of Lake Compounce, Kennywood Entertainment Company has delivered major new attractions to thrill park-goers, from the Zoomerang Steel Roller Coaster to the Thunder Rapids White Water Rafting Ride, from Splash Harbor Water Park to last year's amazing new addition: the mountain coaster, Boulder Dash; and this year is no exception. The 2001 addition to "The Lake's" impressive list of rides and attractions is the $1.5 million family raft ride called MAMMOTH FALLS.

Mammoth Falls is a 10-foot wide, 551-foot long flume ride located in the Splash Harbor Water Park. The wood tower and fiberglass flume ride is the first major expansion for Splash Harbor, which was built in 1998. The front two-thirds of the ride is dark-enclosed with a curtain of water at either end; the back third is an open-air slide, and the total drop is 50 feet.

Three 60-horsepower pumps move over 8,000 gallons of water per minute as the rafts make their way down the flume. (If you've ever seen ESPN's X Games, imagine extreme skateboarding or extreme rollerblading with water!) A conveyer returns the empty rafts to the beginning of the ride (much like a bowling alley ball return) so rafters don't have to carry their transportation up to the top to ride.

The Lake's general manager, Tom Wages, describes Mammoth Falls as a "bathing suit ride." He said, "You definitely will get wet," as you pass under the two water curtains and ride up and down the sides of the flume. "It's an exciting ride," he added, "great fun for the whole family."

Each raft will hold four adults or a combination of up to two adults and three children. Children must be at least 36 inches tall to ride, and children who are between 36 inches and 48 inches tall must be accompanied by an adult.

Lake Compounce, which straddles the Bristol/Southington town lines in central Connecticut, has been transformed in the last four years. More than $40 million has been invested in more than 30 new rides and attractions to become New England's Family Theme Park. Kennywood Entertainment of Pittsburgh, which operates three parks in western Pennsylvania, became the new managing partner of Lake Compounce in 1996.

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