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Elitch Gardens Theme Park

Elitch Gardens, previously known as Six Flags Elitch Gardens, is an amusement park in Denver, Colorado. It is owned by CNL Income Properties and operated by PARC Management alongside six other former Six Flags parks including: Darien Lake, Frontier City, White Water Bay, Waterworld California, Splashtown Houston, and Wild Waves Theme Park. It is a seasonal park usually opening in late April and closing around Halloween.

On January 11, 2007, it was announced that Elitch Gardens was to be sold, along with six other Six Flags parks, to PARC Management for $312 million. In April 2007 the Six Flags prefix was removed from the name, making the park Elitch Gardens once again

The PARC era officially began on April 9, 2007. CNL Income Properties bought Elitch's along with six other former Six Flags parks and now leases the properties to PARC Management. An immediate change under the new management was the removal of all Looney Tunes uses from the park. A new ProSlide Bowl water slide, named Ripcurl, was added for the 2007 season. In 2008, a new interactive dark ride, Ghost Blasters, will debut. The ride takes guests through a dark mansion haunted with ghosts. Using Boo-blasters on the ride, guests have the opportunity to extinguish the ghosts while competing against one another as digital counters keep track of the scores. Alongside the new ride, the park will host a new summer concert series including Randy Travis, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Smash Mouth, and Billy Ray Cyrus

To complement its selection of raging rides, Elitch Gardens also features an equally entertaining variety of live performances, shows, and special events scheduled throughout the season, including its popular Fright Fest in October. Plus, from mid-May to Labor Day, admission to Elitch Gardens also includes the on-site Island Kingdom Water Park.

The Island Kingdom water park is a 20 acre water park located next to the entrance of Elitch Gardens. Admission is included with a one day ticket to Elitch Gardens. The park has several main attractions, A large tube slide tower, a body slide tower, a family water playground, a large family raft ride, a half pipe water attraction, and a lazy river. Palm trees are planted yearly to add to the atmosphere. The water park usually opens around Memorial Day (depending on the weather), and closes and Labor Day. The Island Kingdom waterpark will be closed if temperatures drop below 70F.

Elitch Gardens offers a couple of different admission options, including group rates and season passes. Admission for children 3 and under and seniors 70 and older is free. Entrance to on-site Island Kingdom Water Park is included with admission to Elitch Gardens Theme Park.

(thanks to wikipedia.org  and about.com  for park information)