Seabreeze Amusement Park in Irondequoit has delayed the seasonal opening of it water park due to predicted chilly and soggy weather this holiday weekend.
The rest of the amusement park opened last weekend for the 2026 season, which runs through Sept. 13.
The water park traditionally opens Memorial Day weekend, but Seabreeze on Thursday announced that the water park’s opening day will be delayed by one week to Saturday, May 30, according to Seabreeze.
The forecast this weekend includes predicted showers on Saturday and Sunday and at least part of the day on Monday, according to the National Weather Service in Buffalo. The highs are expected to land in the low 60s on Saturday and Sunday and around 70 on Monday, Memorial Day.
The rest of the amusement park will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The park is not open on Memorial Day, according to its website.
Daily Ride and Slide passes range from $29 to $44.99, and there is no charge for children 2 and younger. Go to tickets.seabreeze.com.
Seabreeze Amusement Park history
Founded in 1879, Seabreeze is the fourth-oldest operating amusement park in the country and the 13th-oldest in the world. Its legendary Jack Rabbit is the oldest continuously operating roller coaster in the United States.
The business, spread across 35 acres near Irondequoit Bay and Lake Ontario, is locally owned and operated by the Long and Norris families.
In 1986, its first water slides were built, and the water-park area, including the wave pool added in 2001, represented “a breakthrough” that helped the park transition to a “full-fledged family experience,” Seabreeze president Rob Norris told the Democrat and Chronicle in 2023.
“It increased the length of stay, provided a new way to relax and have fun and became a key benefit during the height of the summer heat,” he said.
A new water-slide complex dubbed “Reef Runners” is set to open this summer, by mid-June. Seabreeze described the new attraction to feature two slides that start atop a 50-foot tower. People will be able to ride in pairs on figure-8 inner tubes along 1,000 feet of open and enclosed twists, turns and drops before coming to rest in a splash runout.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Seabreeze water park opening delayed due to cold weather
Reporting by Victoria E. Freile and Marcia Greenwood, New York Connect Team / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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