Darien Lake is a theme park resort located between Buffalo and Rochester in Corfu, New York, United States, south of the New York State Thruway (I-90) on State Highway 77. It is owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties and operated by Herschend Family Entertainment. It has campgrounds, a waterpark, and an on-site, lodge themed hotel.
In 1954, investor Paul Snyder opened a small campground and picnic area around a small lake, which would come to be named...
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Darien Lake is a theme park resort located between Buffalo and Rochester in Corfu, New York, United States, south of the New York State Thruway (I-90) on State Highway 77. It is owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties and operated by Herschend Family Entertainment. It has campgrounds, a waterpark, and an on-site, lodge themed hotel.
In 1954, investor Paul Snyder opened a small campground and picnic area around a small lake, which would come to be named Darien Lake. Encompassing only a small fraction of what is now the amusement park, there were no rides, simply camping and picnic areas, a small baseball diamond, a skatepark, and other things you might find in a typical town or village park. In the late 1970s, Paul began to add an attraction base, the first of which was a pair of water slides over the lake called Hydro Force.
In 1979 and into the early 1980s, he added more attractions including a set of water slides on a hill near the park's entrance called Rainbow Mountain, creating an...
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