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For the 2010 season, Joyland added Dare Devil Drop, a 140-foot (43 m) drop tower ride manufactured by Larson Int. The name Dare Devil Drop was entered in a "name the ride" contest by Wesley Orr, a fifteen-year-old resident of
Leonard, Texas. Orr said he thought of the name while reading about
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The park was founded in the 1940s with the name "Mackenzie Park
Playground." In 1973, it had 13 rides and was acquired by the Dean family, who renamed the park to its current name. Members of the Dean family still operate the park. Like many smaller parks it uses a mixture of individual ride
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Extreme. This is a pendulum-type ride and the gondolas rotate. The ride swings in a 200 degree arc giving the riders feelings of both positive and negative G-forces. With the rotation of the gondola, no two rides are
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The park is laid out linearly with a midway. Much of the midway has water sprayers overhead to mist guests, which increases guest comfort in
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Stephanie
Holland would reopen the park for the 2023 season. The park would not reopen in 2023 following an announcement on January 10, 2023, that buyers backed out of the purchase, and
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was planned to be installed in 2006 and given a new name. After the ground was set aside, it was found to be unstable, and installation was first delayed and later cancelled. This
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