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The park announced recently that they are upgrading the Soak Zone (kiddie) area of the water park. This will include 2 new slides.

 

The two new slides will be a nice upgrade to Soak Zone. The straight pink kiddie slide has been removed and is being replaced with a slide of the same height, but with a 360° twist. It will be tunneled. The second slide, a new addition to the sprayground, will be an open-air family-sized body slide. The colors of the slides will be dark green/light green and purple/white; they ought to look quite nice and be well received by park guests.

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Here are a few pictures of the Jack Rabbit in her wintertime slumber. Since the park closed in September, the second drop has been re-tracked, the brake run was rebuilt, and some track work was done in the tunnel. Jack Rabbit will be 99-years-old this year and, as always, running beautifully!

 

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Here are a few pictures of the Jack Rabbit in her wintertime slumber. Since the park closed in September, the second drop has been re-tracked, the brake run was rebuilt, and some track work was done in the tunnel. Jack Rabbit will be 99-years-old this year and, as always, running beautifully!

 

Photos shared with park permission.

BTW, nice photos. Oddly enough, it has actually been a couple years since the last time I have been there (2017) despite living rather close to it.

 

Anyways, besides that, I am glad to see Seabreeze is still putting effort into maintaining Jackrabbit. It is really neat that Jack Rabbit will be 100 years old next year. It still rode ridiculously well last time I was there. BTW, anyone know if the tunnel was always a part of the Jackrabbit Finale, or was it added on later?

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BTW, anyone know if the tunnel was always a part of the Jackrabbit Finale, or was it added on later?

 

A good question. So far as I have been able to tell from my research on the Jack Rabbit, I believe the tunnel to have been added around 1928. There was no tunnel from 1920-1923 so far as I can tell based off of pictures showing damage from the 1923 fire. A 1928 newspaper reports that some of the dips were steepened and talks about the ride going deeper into the rabbit's burrow. I suspect that this is about the time when that final drop was tunneled, although the evidence I have is not definitive.

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Seabreeze Park opened for the 2019 season on May 18. This year the park will celebrate its 140th anniversary. Here are some photographs from the park's opening day.

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Bobsleds is freshly-painted, the cars were painted and refurbished, and sections of the track were replaced.

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The 1996 Seabreeze Carousel.

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A replica of a Wurlitzer 165 Military Band Organ, built by J. Verbeeck.

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The waffle and fried dough stand is being remodeled this season.

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Helix is having sections of the slide replaced.

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A new family water slide is being installed in Soak Zone.

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South end of the park.

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Jack Rabbit will celebrate its 99th birthday in June.

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Jack Rabbit's brake run was rebuilt this past winter. Sections of the ride were also retracked.

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The park is filled with beautiful flowering trees. They are my favorite part of the park in the springtime.

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These colorful lanterns adorned the park in the 1920s and could be found on the Dodgem, Virginia Reel, Penny Arcade and on food concessions. Today they illuminate the train depot.

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Great report and pictures! I can't wait to get back to this place. After one full-day (the park really charms heavy at night) at the park 3 years ago, Seabreeze instantly became one of my top 5 parks. "Most fun" over records and quantity.

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Been a few years, but according to the park’s facebook page and an email sent to Seabreeze passholders, the park will be installing a Zamperla Windstarz ride in 2024.  Unfortunately, this new addition comes at the expense of the park’s Flying Scooters. 😞.  Nice to see the park adding something new though, and I have a feeling this ride will be well received by the family crowd that Seabreeze caters to.  Seabreeze new Windstarz for 2024
 

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