It will have both a dry side and a wet side. According to the masterplan, the park’s dry rides will be clustered near the entrance and the waterpark’s wet rides will be grouped at the back. The wet park will have a Galapagos Island and shipwreck theme; the dry park will take on the look of the Amazon.

In the coming years, chief operating officer Manny Gonzalez sees the zoo and its attractions competing for families who typically go to Cedar Point or Kings Island – especially those with younger children who might not enjoy bigger, scarier rides and families who don’t want to drive a couple of hours.

The zoo will spend US$20 million to overhaul the amusement park, which it purchased from Six Flags for $2 million in June. Combined, the water and theme parks will be 30 acres, compared with 17 acres for the old Wyandot Lake.

The park’s 13 rides, all geared toward families, will include a spinning coaster, a giant wheel and several others. The waterpark will include a new wave pool and a new waterslide complex. The Shark Attack will be refurbished and relocated, and a new signature slide, either the Tornado or the Cannon Bowl, will be added.

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