Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin'

Blue Bayou Waterpark and Dixie Landin' are adjacent amusement parks in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[3] Blue Bayou is a water park and Dixie Landin' is a more traditional amusement park with thrill rides.

Dixie Landin Amusement Park - Blue Bayou Waterpark
Location18142 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Coordinates30.344116°N 91.026465°W / 30.344116; -91.026465
OwnerSamuel B. Haynes, Jr.[1]
Opened1989
(c. 1960 as Fun Fair Park)[2]
Operating seasonMay 5 through September 3
Attractions
TotalBlue Bayou- 20 total/ Dixie Landin'- 26
Roller coasters3
Websitehttp://www.bluebayou.com/ http://www.dixielandin.com/

Blue Bayou

Blue Bayou has 20 attractions including a lazy river, a behemoth bowl, a quadruple aqualoop, a wave pool, a ProSlide Tornado, and many other slides. Over the years, it has been adding new attractions. The newest attraction is "Mambo", a quadruple aqualoop which opened in August 2012. For the 2012 season, it also updated its lazy river, bathhouses, food menus, and kids section.[4] It is also known as "The Land of the Giants", as it is home to five of the world's largest water slides.

Attractions
  • Mambo (World's Largest Aqualoop)
  • Voodoo (World's Largest Dark Behemothbowl)[5]
  • Azuka (World's Largest Tornado Slide)[5]
  • Racers (World's Largest Water Racer)[5]
  • Conja' (World's Largest In-Line Water Slide)[5]
  • Mad Moccasins
  • Pirate's Cove (A Children's Play Area)
  • Flyin' Pirogue
  • High Water
  • Awesome Twosome
  • Hurricane Bay (Wave pool)
  • Lafitte's Plunge (A 90 Foot Free Fall Slide)
  • Atchafalaya Run (formerly Lazy River)

Dixie Landin'

Dixie Landin' was built in 1999. Some of its rides came from the now defunct Fun Fair Park which was located at the intersection of Florida Boulevard and Airline Highway. It includes rides for all ages, including kiddie rides and thrill seeker rides. It currently has 27 attractions, including an S&S combo drop tower, a log flume, three roller coasters, and a variety of flat rides. The Drop Tower, Hot Shot, was originally the O2 Tower from Panama City Beach, Florida's now defunct Miracle Strip Amusement Park. In 2008, Hurricane Gustav destroyed the Coca-Cola concert stage, however, a new one was built in time for the 2009 season.

Attractions
  • Barataria Pirate
  • Black Widow (spider)
  • Over the Rainbow
  • Flyin' Tiger
  • Gumbo YoYo
  • Side Winder
  • Jambayala
  • Fouchon Flyer
  • Zydeco Express (Music Express)
  • The Splinter
  • The Delta Crop Dusters
  • Cajun Collision
  • Grand Carousel
  • Gasoline Alley
  • Dixie Landin' Manchac Railroad
  • Merry Go Round
  • Zoom
  • Drums of Fun
  • Combination
  • Old 99's

Roller coasters
  • Ragin' Cajun
  • Gilbeaux's Galaxi
  • Loco-Loco

Incidents

On June 9, 2006, a 2-year-old boy broke his arms and legs after falling at least 25 feet (7.6 m) from the “Over the Rainbow” ride. He was seated next to 3½-year-old sister but about 8 feet (2.4 m) from his mother at the time; his mother says she was told that the other adjacent seat was out of order.[6][7]

On July 11, 2010, around 4:00 p.m., a woman fell to her death from the now-defunct Xtreme roller coaster.[7]

On August 4, 2011, Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin' was fined $25,295 by the U.S. Department of Labor for numerous labor violations. The park was allowing minors to work more than eight hours a day. 49 minors in the 14- to 15-year-old category were found to be subject to child labor provision violations.[8][1]

Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Gustav caused moderate damage to both parks on September 1, 2008. Many trees were snapped, blown over, or uprooted. The Coca-Cola stage was destroyed, the awnings were blown off the Azuka, a portion of the Pirate's Cove roof was blown off, and a storage building alongside the Lazy River had its metal chimney knocked down onto the roof (it still remains lying on the roof, and was actually damaged again by Hurricane Isaac in 2012); the storage building contains the Lazy River's water flow pump. Multiple other attractions and buildings were affected. Luckily for Blue Bayou/Dixie Landin', the parks had just ended their season when the storm struck. They reopened in time for the 2009 season.

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References
  1. Quillen, Kimberly (2011-08-04). "Blue Bayou, Dixie Landin' cited for alleged violations of child labor laws". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. https://www.businessreport.com/article/gone-but-not-forgotten-some-of-baton-rouges-most-beloved-icons-have-closed-their-doors-in-the-past-three-decades
  3. Chris Gautreau (June 4, 2009). "Blue Bayou plans camp site". 2theadvocate.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-02-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Blue=Blue Bayou / Dixie Landin'". Archived from the original on July 12, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
  6. WAFB (2006-06-28). "Dixie Landin' Sued for Boy's Accident". WAFB.
  7. WAFB (2010-07-11). "Woman dies after falling from roller coaster ride". WAFB.
  8. Calder, Chad. "Blue Bayou fined for labor violation". The Advocate. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

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