Freestyle Music Park - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - Music Theme Park

Freestyle Music Park is a 55 acre music inspired theme park situated at George Bishop Parkway in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and is only minutes away from Myrtle Beach International Airport. The park was formerly known as Hard Rock Park and was an offshoot of the successful Hard Rock Caf, brand. After going bankrupt in 2008, the park was purchased by FPI MB Entertainment and reopened the following year under a new name.

The park has more than 50 attractions including roller coasters, rides, shows, children's play areas, restaurants, caf,s, shops, and a multi-purpose live music amphitheater. Open from late May to September and it is advisable to check the opening times before traveling to the site as these may vary. The park is split in to five distinct areas with defined themes called VIP Plaza, Country USA, Kids In America, Across the Pond and Myrtle's Beach.

Each themed area of the park has its own rides and/or attractions accompanied by music with a large proportion of them contained in the Kids In America section. Here as the name suggests there are plenty of rides for the children including Soak'd, which flies through the treetops only for guests to be soaked with water guns. Whilst there are some thrill rides including roller-coasters, other attractions in this section are more sedate like the Tree House and a kid-sized train.

Across The Pond has 10 attractions with a British edge to them, such as the Carnaby Carousel featuring British rock music, whilst Round About is a coaster with cars modeled after British sports cars. Country USA has three rides including the Iron Horse, which is a coaster ride set to country music and is designed primarily for children. The biggest roller coaster in South Carolina is to be found in the Myrtle's Beach area and is called the Time Machine with its 150 foot drop and music from the 60s through to the present day.

Myrtle's Beach also has a water playground and over at the VIP Plaza visitors can listen to music in Beale Street Theater. Souvenirs and presents can be purchased at the numerous shops in the park. There are a variety of goods to purchase amongst the stores here including musical items from the Gibson Store, British souvenirs in the Underground or toys for the kids at Green Lady Gifts.

Visitors can find many places to eat or drink at the site as food cannot be brought in to the park. Most places have a music theme attached to them including a couple of Beatles related places called Strawberry Fields and Cream and Penny Lane's Caf,. Other dining places serve up Mexican food, pizza, burgers, BBQ food and many other items. There are several shows put on at the park in each themed area including fireworks show called Kiss the Sky Rock 'n' Roll Nighttime Spectacular set to a rock music soundtrack from the park's nine acre lake, which is overlooked by a giant Gibson guitar and accompanied by fountains reaching as high as 80 feet in the air.