Six Flag's New Orleans
Jazzland (2000–2002)
The park first opened under the name Jazzland in 2000, operated by Alfa Smartparks (later Odgen Entertainment and now known as Palace Entertainment but owned by a Spanish company called Parques Reunidos). Rides included the Mega Zeph, a wooden roller coaster track built on a steel frame to prevent termite infestation and withstand hurricane force winds. The Mega Zeph was inspired by the old Zephyr roller coaster at the closed Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park that was located next to Lake Pontchartrain by the University of New Orleans. The original intent was to rebuild the Zephyr but it was a smaller roller coaster so that idea was scrapped in favor of the current larger Mega Zeph. Other rides included a junior steel coaster called Rex's Rail Runner, a wild mouse steel coaster, and a common steel shuttle looping Vekoma boomerang rollercoaster called a Zydeco Scream (there are well over a dozen of these identical coasters in parks nationwide). The park had a Log Flume and a Splashwater falls ride called Spillway Splashout. In addition, the park had common amusement park spinning rides and a Carousel Merry Go-Round. The park was not profitable, as Alpha Smart Parks specialized in running water parks and smaller amusement arcade centers. In 2001, the lease was put up for sale and in March 2002, Six Flags purchased the lease. The park was run in 2002 as Jazzland. Six Flags New Orleans (2003–2005) Batman ride at Six Flags New Orleans in 2004
In early 2003, Six Flags upgraded the park and renamed it Six Flags New Orleans. The park added more shaded areas, as well as many new flat spinning rides, and re-branded the park to the Six Flags "it's playtime!" theme that included a dancing old man, Mr. Six. They added a used inverted looping B & M coaster that was named Batman: The Ride (though different in design from the rest of the B & M Batman coasters) and another multiple looping coaster called The Jester brought from Six Flags Fiesta Texas. A water park which would be included in the admission (like Six Flags Parks such as Six Flags St. Louis and Six Flags America for example) was in the planning stages in early 2005 and going to be announced at the end of August. However, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, which put those plans along with the continued operations of the park in question. The last day the park operated was August 21, 2005. Weekday operations had ended a couple weeks before due to the fact schools start early in August in the New Orleans area and end in mid-May. The park was scheduled to open August 27 and August 28, as usual, but once Katrina was forecast late on Friday, August 26 to directly hit New Orleans, the weekend opening was canceled in order to prepare for the storm and begin evacuations. Themed areas
Main Street Square Goodtime Gardens Cajun Country DC Comics Super Hero Adventures Pontchartrain Beach Mardi Gras Looney Tunes Adventures
Standing but not operating rides Main Street Square
Zydeco Zinger (Fabbri Wave Swinger)
Goodtime Gardens
None Cajun Country
Muskrat Scrambler (L&T Systems Wild Mouse) Lafitte's Pirate Ship (Fabbri Pirate Ship) Ozarka Splash (Hopkins Rides Log Flume) Gator Bait (Huss Airboat) SpongeBob SquarePants The Ride (SimEx-Iwerks Motion Simulator)
DC Comics Super Hero Adventures Main article: DC Comics Super Hero Adventures
Catwoman's Whip (Mondial Shake) Joker's Jukebox (Wieland Schwarzkopf Polyp) Lex Luthor's Invertatron (Zamperla Windshear)
Pontchartrain Beach
The Big Easy (Vekoma Ferris Wheel) Zydeco Scream (Vekoma Boomerang)
Mardi Gras
The Jester (Vekoma Hurricane) Mega Zeph (Custom Coasters International Double Out and Back Wooden Hybrid) Dizzy Lizzy (Fabbri Boomerang) Krazy Krewe (Fabbri Cataclysm) Mad Rex (Chance-Morgan Wipeout) Jocco's Mardi Gras Madness (Sally Corp. Interactive Dark Ride) Spillway Splashout (Hopkins Rides Shoot-the-Chutes) Skycoaster (Skycoaster Inc. Reverse Freefall Swing) Mardi Gras Menagerie (Chance-Morgan Carousel)
Looney Tunes Adventures
Pepe Le Pew & The Swings de Paris (children's swing ride) Daffy Duck and the Backlot Tour Bus (Zamperla Crazy Bus) Tazmanian Devil Rumble in the Jungle Yosemite Sam and the Wild West Wheel (Zamperla Ferris Wheel) Tweety's Treehouse (Zamperla Jumpin' Star) Technocolor Tweety Balloons (Zamperla Samba Tower)
Former Rides Cajun Country
Pirates 4-D - The theater ended this film in 2003 in favor of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Ride.[4][5]
DC Comics Super Hero Adventures
Batman: The Ride (Bolliger & Mabillard inverted coaster) - Refurbished and rebuilt at Six Flags Fiesta Texas and renamed Goliath.
Pontchartrain Beach
Pontchartrain Flyers (Chance-Morgan Aviator) - Removed for parts.
Looney Tunes Adventures
The Road Runner Express (Vekoma Junior Coaster 207M) - Removed by Six Flags and is now at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California and is still called Road Runner Express
Mardi Gras
Bayou Blaster (S&S Worldwide Space Shot) - Refurbished and installed as Sasquatch at Great Escape in Lake George, NY Sonic Slam (S&S Worldwide Turbo Drop) - Refurbished and installed as Sasquatch at Great Escape in Lake George, New York.
(note: Bayou Blaster and Sonic Slam were both part of the same tandem ride—Bayou Blaster started at the bottom and shot riders to the top, while the Sonic Slam lifted riders to the top slowly, then dropped riders free-fall style to the bottom.)
King Chaos (Chance-Morgan Chaos) - Removed earlier in 2005 and seen in the boneyard. Voodoo Volcano (Chance-Morgan Inverter) - Removed earlier in 2005 and seen in the boneyard.
