The Kemah Boardwalk is a 60-acre Texas

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theme park in

Kemah, Texas Kemah ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, southeast of Houston along west Galveston Bay. The city's population was 1,773 at the 2010 census, down from 2,330 at the 2000 census. Located in Galveston County, Kemah's main industry is ship ...

, approximately 30 miles southeast of

Downtown Houston Downtown is the largest central business district in the city of Houston and the largest in the state of Texas, located near the geographic center of the metropolitan area at the confluence of Interstate 10, Interstate 45, and Interstate 69. The ...

, Texas. The

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is built entirely along the shores of Galveston Bay and Clear Lake. The complex is owned and operated by Landry's, Inc., and is home to more than 10 restaurants, a collection of rides, midway games, attractions, a boutique hotel, a charter yacht, a 400-slip marina and multiple shops. There is no charge to walk around on the boardwalk. Tickets for rides can be purchased individually or all-day ride passes are available.

History

Landry's, Inc. acquired property along the Kemah Waterfront in 1997 and opened the Kemah Boardwalk in 1998. In 2007, the

Boardwalk Bullet The Boardwalk Bullet is a wooden roller coaster at the Kemah Boardwalk amusement park in Kemah, Texas, United States. Opened August 31, 2007, it is the only wooden roller coaster in Greater Houston, and one of only four wooden coasters in Texas ...

, a high-speed wooden roller coaster opened on the boardwalk. The 96-foot-tall, 3,236-foot-long roller coaster is built on a 1-acre footprint, making it one of the most compact roller coasters in the world. A new source published on December 27 of 2012 stated how an evacuation happened because of a device that was spotted on the broad walk near southeast of Houston on Galveston. Luckily the police was able to get everyone out safely and noticed it was just a military device. The missing body of a five year old by the name of Fiona was found in the water near the Kemah Broadwalk. She was last seen on the marina dock with her father before going missing. There was no foul play found in the autopsy.

Rides and attractions

Current attractions

- Gravity Group Wooden Coaster * Wonder Wheel - Kiddie Ferris Wheel * Double-Decker Carousel * Century Wheel - Ferris Wheel * C.P. Huntington Train * Hypno Spin - Tilt-a-Whirl * Boardwalk Tower - Observation Tower * Jungle Bounce - Kiddie Drop Tower * Aviator - Chance Rides Aviator * Pharaoh's Fury - Swinging Ship * Drop Zone - Drop Tower * Rockin' Rocket - Rockin Tug * Flare - Super Loop * Iron Eagle - Zip Line

Former attractions

* Inverter * Chaos * Wipeout

References

External links

Official website
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