<P> Despite various announced plans to redevelop the site, as of October 2018 it is still an abandoned amusement park in extremely poor condition . Trespassing is prohibited, and the park is patrolled for 24 hours a day by the New Orleans Police Department . Despite these deterrents, videos and photos of the site have surfaced over the years from thrill - seekers and YouTubers . Due to this, city officials became more diligent in securing the park and banning tours . </P> <P> The park opened under the name Jazzland in 2000 . It was operated by Alfa Smartparks (later Odgen Entertainment and now known as Palace Entertainment), but owned by a Spanish company called Parques Reunidos . Rides included Mega Zeph, a wooden roller coaster track built on a steel frame to prevent termite infestation and withstand hurricane - force winds . Mega Zeph was inspired by the old Zephyr roller coaster at the closed Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park that was located next to Lake Pontchartrain by the University of New Orleans . The intent was to rebuild the Zephyr, but it was a smaller roller coaster, so that idea was scrapped in favor of the current larger Mega Zeph . Other rides included a junior steel coaster called Rex's Rail Runner, a wild mouse steel coaster and a common steel shuttle looping Vekoma boomerang rollercoaster called a Zydeco Scream (there are well over a dozen of these identical coasters in parks in the US). The park had a log flume called Cypress Plunge and a splashwater falls ride called Spillway Splashout . In addition, the park had common amusement park spinning rides and a carousel merry - go - round . The park was not profitable, as Alpha Smart Parks specialized in running water parks and smaller amusement arcade centers . In 2001, the lease was put up for sale, and in March 2002 Six Flags purchased the lease, although the park's name did not change that year . </P> <P> In early 2003, Six Flags upgraded the park and renamed it "Six Flags New Orleans ." Six Flags added more shaded areas and many new flat spinning rides . The park was renamed Six Flags, and the "it's playtime!" theme was adopted that included a dancing old man, Mr. Six . They added a Bolliger & Mabillard inverted coaster named Batman: The Ride (a mirrored version of the B&M Batman: The Ride coaster model) relocated from the defunct Thrill Valley in Japan, and a Vekoma multiple looping coaster called The Jester relocated from Six Flags Fiesta Texas . A water park that would be included in the admission (like Six Flags Parks such as Six Flags St. Louis and Six Flags America, for example) was in the planning stages in early 2005 and was going to be announced at the end of August . However, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, which put those plans and the continued operations of the park in question . The last day the park operated was August 21, 2005 . Weekday operations had ended a couple weeks earlier, as schools start early in August in the New Orleans area and end in mid-May . The park was scheduled to reopen on August 27 and August 28, but once Katrina was forecast late on Friday, August 26 to directly hit New Orleans, the weekend opening was canceled in order to prepare for the storm and begin evacuations . </P> <Ul> <Li> Main Street Square (Formerly Jazz Plaza) </Li> <Li> Cajun Country </Li> <Li> Pontchartrain Beach </Li> <Li> DC Comics Super Hero Adventures </Li> <Li> Looney Tunes Adventures (Formerly Kids' Carnival) </Li> <Li> Mardi Gras </Li> <Li> Good Time Gardens </Li> </Ul>

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