![]() In 2004, the Splash Station section of the park was removed and was replaced by a newly built water park known as "Hurricane Harbor Baltimore". It was a modified version of the Six Flag Magic Mountain ride of the same name. The Kids Corner area of the park was renamed to Looney Tunes Movie Town, with it being rethemed to the Looney Tunes shorts from Warner Bros. Around the exact same time, a new arena of the park was created known as "Gotham City", using characters from DC Comics. In 1999, the park was renamed to Six Flags Over Maryland as a result of Six Flags rebranding the Premier Parks properties. This was the first ride from Baltimore's Great Acres to originate from a different theme park. The ride previously made its debut with in fellow Premier Parks properties, Darien Lake and Marine World. In 1998, Boomerang: Coast to Coaster opened. ![]() In 1995, Sinclair Theme Parks merged with Premier Parks, causing its parks as a result to become Premier Parks properties. This expansion also included the construction of a sound studio used for the production of the Fox 45 Kids Club program on WBFF-TV (which Sinclair owned). The park also opened a carousel ride known as the "Cor-A-Round", a small ferris wheel known as "The Looper", and a music express ride known as "Himalaya". The Sinclair 45 train ride (which previously went under the Westinghouse Express name) was replaced by a new train ride named the Kids Corner Railroad. The spot that the ride was sitting on would be used as an expansion of the Classical Maryland area for 1986.ĭuring the 1993 season, Sinclair Theme Parks announced its expansion of the The Kids Corner section of the park. In 1985, Victory Smasher, the park's first coaster, was removed following the end of the season and sold off to a traveling fair. Because of this, Westinghouse Funtown was converted back to The Kids Corner, and WJZ 13 National Park became known as Maryland National Park. It would be the very first park that the company would acquire, and the first park in the chain period. In 1983, Westinghouse sold the park to up-and-coming theme park chain Sinclair Theme Parks (then named Smith Family Amusement Parks). Both were built for the WJZ 13 National Park era with the latter replacing the former Deer Plains ride. In 1976, two new attractions were added, Timber, an aerial ride and Driver, a new roller coaster. It was located at the WJZ 13 National Park area and became the main attraction at the park for many years. "The Voyage", an Arrow Dynamics log flume ride, was built at the Splash Station section of the park, "Soaring Skies" and "Deer Plains" were two roller coasters built for the WJZ 13 National Park area, the first wooden roller coaster in the park, "Taney" was located at the Greater Baltimore area, and a haunted house/minecart themed ride known as "Ghost Trap" was located in the newly named Westinghouse Funtown section of the park.ġ972 would see the creation of Chesapeake, a wooden roller coaster known for its large heights and fast speeds - essentially, it was a bigger, taller and faster version of Taney. The Kids Corner was renamed "Westinghouse Funtown" and the park added 6 new attractions. In 1964, three new attractions were added, a flat ride named "Nature Traveller" in WJZ 13 National Park, a train ride known as the "Westinghouse Express" located at The Kids Corner, and the first roller coaster in the park, "Victory Smasher", which was located at Classical Maryland.ġ967 was the first year were the park gained major changes. During its first year of operation, it mostly was closer to an entertainment center than a theme park. The new theme park was divided into 5 areas, "Greater Baltimore", "Splash Station", "WJZ 13 National Park", "The Kids Corner", and "Classical Maryland". The theme park was officially opened on as Baltimore's Great Acres. Development of the park began as early as 1961 and finished in March 1963. They decided to build a new park in Annapolis (a suburb in Baltimore) mainly because WJZ with served that area was one of Westinghouse's best performing ABC affiliate. ![]() 1.2 Sinclair Theme Parks era (1983-1995)ĭue to rise of Westinghouse and their stations, Westinghouse conceived plans of expanding further by entering the theme park business.
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