Westerly's Water Wizz Closing After 40 Years
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Westerly's Water Wizz Closing After 40 Years
According to the Park’s Facebook page, Water Wizz will close at the end of the season.
“After forty years, Water Wizz Rhode Island will sadly be closing its doors at the end of the 2019 season. An aging infrastructure, the ever-increasing cost to operate a small, seasonal business, and still recovering from significant financial impact of Superstorm Sandy have all factored into owner Mike Kells difficult decision to close the park,” says the Facebook post.
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“The Water Wizz family is humbled and grateful for your patronage. If you have the chance, stop by to get those last slides in before Labor Day, and share your Water Wizz memories with us,” concludes the post.
About Water Wizz
Water Wizz has been a family owned and operated park since Art Phillip’s, who opened the slides in 1979, sold them to Raymond and Patricia Kells and their four children, Rebecca, Melissa, Mike, and Melanie, in 1981.
Building upon Art’s legacy, the Kells family added two additional slides in 1985.
When Ray passed in 2009, their son Mike had already assumed ownership.