NIAGARA AMUSEMENT PARK and SPLASH WORLD
Grand Island, NY
Formerly known as Fantasy Island and Martin’s Fantasy Island
Owned By: IB Parks and Entertainment
NOW CLOSED FOR GOOD / PARK UP FOR SALE
 Park News - (9/17/2026) Niagara Amusement Park, the theme park formerly known as Martin’s Fantasy Island, has now officially put the property up for sale with an asking price of just under $5 million that includes the 80 acre site along with the rides. Given the struggles that IB Parks & Entertainment had in reopening the park over the last few years, I’m thinking it may be hard to find someone else willing to try saving the park again.
(4/30/2026) Just as we had heard previously… at long last Niagara Amusement Park has now confirmed that the small park will NOT open for the 2026 season. According to the official statement from the park, while the local team had been working to prepare the park to open for the season, it was determined that “Ultimately, attendance and revenue levels in recent seasons were not sufficient to sustain operating costs and the continued investment required to rebuild the park. Over the offseason, we explored every reasonable path to open this year and worked diligently to find a sustainable way forward.“
People who had previously purchased 2026 Season Passes will be contacted about processing refunds as soon as possible, and the sign off… “Thank you for believing in this park and for the memories created here over the years.”
So… this does sound very much like a final goodbye in many ways, without quite saying that they are done for good. In a Q&A area on the website, the question of this being a permanent closure is addressed, but only says, “At this time, our focus is on responsibly managing this transition and evaluating future opportunities for the property. We will share updates if additional information becomes available.” This along with a confirmation that the park has not been sold at this time, it sure does sound like this is the end of the road for the park once again.
(4/18/2026) While we haven’t been able to get any solid information about just what is going on with Niagara Amusement Park, but now the local news has finally caught on to the possibility that the park might not open this season. As we posted previously, the park’s website still says that the 2026 season will start on May 23rd… but you still can’t buy tickets or season passes and with barely over a month to go, they still haven’t activated their link for job opportunities for the upcoming season.
The local news did interview the local Exec. Director of the Chamber of Commerce who claims to have spoken with park management, who told him that “they have plans to open this year”. “They working through some logistics right now internally”... so… sounds like a confirmation that there are some issues to solve before they will be ready to open, but at least they’re still working towards that goal. Hopefully we’ll have some better news to share in the near future. They also posted some new drone footage shot over the park, and while things look fine on the surface, from the air… there also seems to be a complete lack of activity on the site. At this point in time, there should be an assortment of workers on site, preparing the park to open for the season, off-season maintenance projects on rides should be in the midst of being finished, plus the usual training of staff, ride testing and such should be happening, but there isn’t any sign of life at all.
(3/26/2026) Something seems a bit off with Niagara Amusement Park based on the comments being posted to their latest Facebook post, which was way back on Feb. 11th. Could things be taking a dire turn for the park? While the posted 2026 schedule on the website says it should open on May 23rd, the links that were previously selling season passes are now inactive, and there are a few comments in the post from people asking about how to get their money back. The links to apply for jobs has also been made inactive, leading to rumors starting to swirl about the operational status of the park in 2026 and a possible pending announcement.
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