Saturday - March 26, 1994
Opening day of the 1994 season featured beautiful
sunshine and an early glimpse of all the exciting attractions that await
guests in the upcoming season.
Below are a series of photos taken from the season opener displayed in
chronological order. Enjoy this retro tour from 1994!
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A new update to the tiger area of the Safari made its debut featuring an
Asian temple with a pride of rare white tigers. |
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The Right Stuff Mach 1 Adventure's huge new show building was easy to
spot from the theme park entrance plaza. |
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The entire entrance area of the theme park was rethemed to a colonial
style Main Street with updated shop facades, a new statue and fountain,
and the massive Looney Tunes Shoppe which had yet to open. |
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The Autobahn bumper cars and its adjacent games stands where still in
the early stages of construction. The ride would open about two
months after these photos were taken. |
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Several Autobahn views taken from the Phileas Fogg's Balloon Ride ferris
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Rapids rock formations behind Koala Canyon |
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The Fantasy Fling was still being repainted and rehabbed. |
The old ShockWave queue sat vacant. |
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The Right Stuff addition opened up the entire left side of the games
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Numerous views of the expansive Right Stuff Mach 1 Adventure area as
seen in photos taken from onboard the Joust-a-Bout |
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Bugs Bunny Land received a new entrance portal and several minor
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Panoramic photos of the main additions for 1994 as seen from the Sky
Ride show off construction sites throughout the park. |
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