Goodbye, kiddie rides; hello, turkey legs.
Edaville Family Theme Park in Carver sold off virtually all of its attractions Wednesday, part of a “retheming’’ undertaken by its new ownership group. The same group owns King Richard’s Faire, a long-running renaissance fair that plans to move to Edaville later this year.
Dozens of rides at the popular South Shore amusement park were put on the auction block, as well as its shooting gallery and animatronic dinosaurs. Among the attractions listed were a drop tower, aerial monorail, and a spinning ride from 1962 known as the “Scrambler.’’
All of the attractions listed — some of which had been in storage for years — were sold, according to auctioneer Dan Satow. The drop tower sold for about $20,000, as did a tracked ride called the “Alpine Railworks, while the park’s carousel went for $99,000 with a buyer’s premium,’’ Satow said.
But Edaville’s famous narrow-gauge railroad, which has circled the park’s cranberry bogs for nearly 80 years with the only active steam locomotives in Massachusetts, is expected to continue chugging along under the new ownership.
Satow said that most of the operating rides were in good condition and had received regular maintenance. Park operators had apparently planned to reopen in the spring, he added.
“When they closed the stuff up, they [tried to] make it ready, make it easier for the spring,’’ he said. “They were doing maintenance and that type of thing. Then apparently the sale transpired.’’
Edaville struggled to find a stable operator for years. Ownership tried to sell the park in 2010 and again in 2022 before reversing course. They experimented with several measures to keep the park afloat, including moving operations to the Christmas season and considering a proposal to build a housing development on the park grounds.
In March, the park’s most recent management group, which took over operations after the failed sale attempt in 2022, announced in March that Edaville had been sold to new ownership.
King Richard’s Faire announced last month that it would relocate to the Edaville property in the fall. The theme park‘s nearly 250 acres were acquired in February for $8.7 million by a real estate holding company, according to documents filed in the Plymouth Registry of Deeds.
“Decades of tradition will continue on for both entities, and loyal fans of each can rejoice in the excitement of updated experiences,’’ fair organizers wrote on social media.
For 40 years, the popular fair had also been held in Carver, on the grounds of a cranberry farm off Route 58. But organizers were unable to come to an agreement with the landlords on a new lease and left the spot in March, according to Aimée Sedley, the Faire’s general manager.
The new location at Edaville is better suited for travel and accessibility, she said, and will allow the fair to showcase more shows, food, and artisans.
“We had hoped to have a couple years to build out our new realm on this location,’’ she said. “But we’re now at light speed, because we open on Aug. 30.’’
With the rush to get the grounds ready, it was natural to part with rides that “don’t really work with the 16th-century’’ theme, Sedley added.
That’s not to say that Edaville will be completely refashioned to fit the renaissance theme. After the fair ends in October, Edaville will still hold its annual Christmas festival, which Sedley said would be “completely separate.’’
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