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Wonderland Amusement Park (Amarillo,Texas)

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Wonderland Park

Location	Thomson Park, Amarillo, Texas
Website	www.Wonderlandpark.com
Owner	Paul and Alethea Roads, Paul and Paula Borchardt
Previous names	Kiddie Land
Operating season	March thru September
Rides	26 total

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Wonderland Park is an amusement park Located in Thomson Park, Amarillo, Texas.

1 Park History
- 1.1 Recent History
2 Attractions
3 Logos
4 References
5 External links

Park History

Over 50 years ago Wonderland Amusement Park was the dream of, Paul and Alethea Roads. Searching for a site the Roads looked at an ugly, barren hill in Amarillo’s Thompson Park. It seemed that Wonderland Park dream would die right there, for lack of water, no trees, just scrub grass and sand burrs,

Mr. Roads recalls. "It was pitiful." So pitiful that he and Alethea headed home. "We only got so far as Canyon, when we decided to give the location a second look. Mark Miles then the city's Parks and Recreation director, promise to transplanted trees and grading to level the area. Mark Miles convinced the Roads to give Amarillo a try. A few months later Kiddie Land was opened with three children's rides and a makeshift ticket booth made out of a box from one of the rides, Kiddie Land was an instant hit. Mr. Roads had to choose between the park and his day job. He chose the park and has never regretted the decision. Through the year’s addition of rides with wide appeal to all ages, the Roads decided on changing the name of the Amusement park to Wonderland, inspired by Alice in "Through The Looking Glass."

Recent History

For the past 30 years, the Roads' daughter Paula and her husband Paul Borchardt have been an hugh part of Wonderland Park's operations. Today, Paul and Paula are president and vice president of Wonderland Amusements, Inc. From Kiddie Land, with three rides, to the third-largest amusement park in Texas. Wonderland Park today is a major attraction with visitors each year reaching more than 200,000. The Roads' and Borchardts'familys are commitment to add new attractions and constantly invest in maintenance and improvements. Today, the third generation the Borchardts' daughters Kristen, Keira, Paige and Rebecca carries on the family legacy at Wonderland Park. A Roller Coaster ride from Astro World could be finnished and in operation in 2008.