Darien Lake is a theme park resort located between Buffalo and Rochester in Darien, New York, United States, south of the New York State Thruway (I-90) on State Highway 77. After being owned by Six Flags from 1999 to early 2007, the park is now owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties and operated by PARC Management. It is the largest property in the PARC chain and the only one with campgrounds and an on-site, themed hotel.
In 1964, investor Paul Snyder...
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Darien Lake is a theme park resort located between Buffalo and Rochester in Darien, New York, United States, south of the New York State Thruway (I-90) on State Highway 77. After being owned by Six Flags from 1999 to early 2007, the park is now owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties and operated by PARC Management. It is the largest property in the PARC chain and the only one with campgrounds and an on-site, themed hotel.
In 1964, 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, and other things you might find in a typical town or village park. In the early 1970s, Paul began to add an attraction base, the first of which was a pair of water slides over the lake.
Later in the 1970s and into the early 1980s, he added more attractions, creating an amusement park named...
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