The Illinois park, the third to be built, was intended to be the flagship of a chain of Santa's Villages across the country.

Renamed Santa's Village Azoosment Park because of the shared focus on both rides and animals, the Azoosment Park has nearly twenty rides and attractions, and hundreds of exotic and farm animals in an interactive environment.

Initially, admission to the park was free, and rides were purchased individually with colored coins which allowed riders a specific amount of time on the attractions.

However, to preclude involvement in trademark-infringing lawsuits with amusement parks employing the exact name, they renamed it again to the Three Worlds of Santa's Village.

The water park reopened for its full season in 2021 under the name Santa Springs.

The unsuccessful launch of the "Typhoon" roller coaster, decreased attention to the aesthetics of the park, and a decline of patrons eventually prompted the corporation to sell.

The sale did not proceed as smoothly as hoped and, with many setbacks and unmet deadlines, the park had to shut its doors.

[4] Paintball Explosion opened on half of the site of the original Santa's Village on April 30, 2011.