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re: Blue Bayou Water Park to Not Open for 2025 Season - Theme Park Only
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:21 am to Shexter
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:21 am to Shexter
will this become the second abandoned water park along I-10 in Louisiana? The other one being the abandoned water park between Lafayette and Lake Charles...
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Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:21 am to Shexter
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Guests under 36" are admitted at no charge.
Sad that blue bayou is being fatphobic
A lot of people can’t help their pants size due to genetics
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:21 am to OysterPoBoy
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We went on a weekday last year and had a good time. It's a perfect place for 8-12 year olds.
How's the food?
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:21 am to tigeraddict
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Well considering the pool was in operation in 1984 (when it was Fantasy Water Park)
Actually looked much better back then:
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:23 am to tigeraddict
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1984 (when it was Fantasy Water Park
Coursey's Fantasy Water Park
Man, I forgot about that place
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:27 am to Chicken
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will this become the second abandoned water park along I-10 in Louisiana? The other one being the abandoned water park between Lafayette and Lake Charles.
Not a waterpark, but 6 Flags outside of NOLA is abandoned as well. Currently being demolished, but several structures (including a ferris wheel) are still in plain sight of I-10.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:29 am to Shexter
They had a lot of issues with staffing in the previous years. Shitty pay and jobs teenagers are too cool for now
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:30 am to Shexter
Did they run out of money? They used to refresh the park with new slides…. Run ads and coupons.
It just got stale. The snake slide was sketchy as frick too
It just got stale. The snake slide was sketchy as frick too
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:30 am to tigeraddict
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Well considering the pool was in operation in 1984 (when it was Fantasy Water Park)
I don't think it is that old.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:36 am to caill430
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Not a waterpark, but 6 Flags outside of NOLA is abandoned as well. Currently being demolished, but several structures (including a ferris wheel) are still in plain sight of I-10.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:37 am to spslayto
The beginning of the end was 10 years ago. COVID was the final nail.
The owners are cheap as frick.
The owners are cheap as frick.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:40 am to Ed Osteen
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Shitty pay and jobs teenagers are too cool for now
They're also pretty dirty with that promise of the bonus if you work the entire summer and then find a way to get rid of you before the end of the summer and finish it off with people that started in the middle of it. At least that was pretty common occurrence when I was in HS. There are more ways for HS students to make money these days than work in shitty conditions in the Louisiana heat for dirt money so not surprising to hear.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:49 am to Shexter
I brought my nephews there about 10 years ago and noticed a lot of the water rides were in need of some TLC (new paint, tubes that weren't patched, food/drink booths actually in operation, etc). I'm sure a place like that can make some money during the summer, but you have to keep reinvesting back into it to maintain and renovate in order to keep it attractive enough to bring people back.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:50 am to LSU-MNCBABY
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Residents off old Perkins are spared the traffic nightmare of them blocking the roads with off duty cops to let people in and out
This. I've lived off Old Perkins for the last fifteen years. The total gridlock at the Highland/Old Perkins intersection during rush hour in the summer caused by Blue Bayou traffic makes me want to smash a bottle over my own head.
It's my understanding that the owners refused to lift a finger to work with EBR to try and alleviate the problem, and EBR wasn't interested in pushing the issue. If some other company comes in and buys it, I sure hope they do some serious upgrades to the roads and traffic signals...
...and maybe get back to using the enormous parking lot across Highland next to Home Depot.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:51 am to spslayto
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That don't sound good at all. Is this the beginning of the end of Blue Bayou?
When it opened was the beginning of the end of Blue Bayou.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:51 am to Shexter
Kip's passing and now this. Rough news day for BR.
I'm a take it one two way back
Like a silk white beater and a wave cap or the wave pool at Blue Bayou
And I waved fool as I blew by you
Hello, hi you
I'm a take it one two way back
Like a silk white beater and a wave cap or the wave pool at Blue Bayou
And I waved fool as I blew by you
Hello, hi you
This post was edited on 5/14/25 at 11:49 am
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:57 am to whoa
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The owners are cheap as frick.
This. Probably aren’t good at running the business side of things.
I would think the cost of insurance and maintenance has sky rocketed the past five years, so they started losing money.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:00 am to Shexter
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Guests under 36" are admitted at no charge
Midgets get all the good deals
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:05 am to caill430
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Not a waterpark, but 6 Flags outside of NOLA is abandoned as well. Currently being demolished, but several structures (including a ferris wheel) are still in plain sight of I-10.
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