News & Notes: Splashwater Falls, an O.D. Hopkins Shoot-the-Chutes ride made its debut in Spring of 1987.   Six Flags introduced several Splashwater Falls rides the same season at parks nationwide, with a great ad campaign using the song "Splish Splash" for a jingle.   The season was marred by several incidents Easter Sunday, which resulted in the park introducing metal detectors at the front gate, along with other increased  security measures.

At the end of the season, the Tilt-A-Whirl is removed from the Hernando's Hideaway section.

1987 Park Brochure
Panorama Guidebook

/\ The original Splashwater Falls sign

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The giant wave was a crowd favorite with spectators who filled the viewing area next to the drop \/

Shows & Attractions:

Adventure Theatre
Bugs Bunny Land Theatre
Great Arena
Liberty Square Gazebo
Showcase Theatre

Looney Tunes Land Attractions:

Bugs Bunny Bobbin' Boats
Daffy Duck Dune Buggies
Elmer Fudd Ferris Wheel
Foghorn Leghorn Flyers
Honey Bunny Hut
Pepe Le Pew Hideaway
Petunia Pig Ladybugs
Porky Pig Petting Farm
Porky Pig Playground
Road Runner Raceway
Speedy Gonzales Bumper Cars
Sylvester Ball Crawl
Sylvester Swing Around
Tasmanian Devil Super Scrambler
Tweety Carousel
Yosemite Sam Sandbox

Up-Charge Attractions:

Paddle Boats

Rides:

Big Wheel
Buccaneer
Calypso
Carousel
Enterprise
Fender Bender
Flying Wave
Freefall
Joust-A-Bout
Lightnin' Loops*
Lil' Wheel
Log Flume
Looping Starship
Monster Spin
Music Express
Parachuters' Perch
Roaring Rapids
Rolling Thunder
Rotor
Runaway Mine Train
Sarajevo Bobsled
Sky Ride
Splash Down
Splash Water Falls
Super Roundup
Swiss Bob
Tilt-A-Whirl
Traffic Jam
Ultra Twister

* Lightnin' Loops was closed most of the season after a fatal accident on June 17th

Picture of another shoot-the-chutes ride standing in as Splashwater Falls from the 1987 Panorama Guidebook \/