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2010 Hurricane Harbor Operating Schedule
Water Park Closed
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RIPTIDE BAY COMING IN 2011!

Press Release:

Gurnee, Ill. (Sept. 2, 2010) – The Best Water Park in the Nation…Just Got Bigger! Six Flags Great America announces plans to add a 3 acre water park expansion for the 2011 season. Riptide Bay at Hurricane Harbor will boast more slides and attractions than any other in the state featuring the only place to surf on Lake Michigan. The new double-sided surf simulator, Surf Rider, sends out 8 foot waves with 24,000 gallons of rushing water a minute. Just like waves on a real ocean, now anyone can learn how to carve a bottom, do cut backs and learn amazing trick maneuvers as they build their surfing skills. The water park expansion will also include a Caribbean-inspired activity pool with additional lounging areas, high-speed waterslides, luxury cabanas and more attractions still to be announced. Construction is expected to begin this Fall east of the existing water park. Riptide Bay at Hurricane Harbor is set to open Spring 2011.

"From our coasters and shows to our four children's areas and free water park, there is no other theme park in the world that offers the tremendous amount of thrills we do for one price." said Hank Salemi, Six Flags Great America park president. "Since opening Hurricane Harbor in 2005 the water park has grown in popularity. We felt the Riptide Bay expansion was the best way to kick off the 2011 season. The new double-sided Surf Rider is an amazing attraction that our guests will have just as much fun watching as participating. Plus the new activity pool, speed slides and lounge area will make a great water park even bigger, better and wetter."

Hurricane Harbor, including the all-new Riptide Bay is free with park admission or season pass. 2011 Season Passes are now on sale for the lowest price in 20 years. Buy yours today at $59.99 when you purchase 4 or more and get the rest of 2010 FREE. Offer ends October 31, 2010. Six Flags Great America is located between Chicago and Milwaukee and offers fun for the entire family with 14 heart-pounding roller coasters, a free water park, spectacular shows and four children’s themed areas.

 
New for 2005! Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Water park!

Press Release:

NEW SIX FLAGS HURRICANE HARBOR WATER PARK DOCKS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AT SIX FLAGS GREAT AMERICA

Vast new Caribbean paradise FREE with theme park admission

Gurnee, IL-Grab your swim suits and beach towels, the much-anticipated arrival of the new Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park is fast approaching. As the Midwest's newest and most extravagantly themed outdoor water park, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor is a Caribbean paradise boasting hundreds of wild and wet water activities and hours of fun for all ages. The new water park is FREE with Six Flags Great America theme park admission and is scheduled to open Saturday, May 28, 2005.

As guests enter the new Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, it will feel as if they have just stepped off a vacation cruise ship onto their own private Caribbean Island. Island music, lush landscapes and colorful water slides provide the perfect backdrop to this fabulous tropical vacation close to home. Picturesque buildings, vibrant cabanas, relaxing beach areas and thousands of lounge chairs line the streets of this quaint island village.

"A trip to Six Flags Hurricane Harbor is a perfect way to experience an exciting Caribbean vacation, close to home," said Ron Sevart, vice president and general manager of Six Flags Great America and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor. "As guests enter this brand new park, it will feel as if they are in a completely different latitude."

Whether navigating through the twists and turns of the park's 25 exhilarating water slides, or cruising through the sprawling Castaway Creek adventure river, this spacious outdoor water park is sure to have the most wildly wet water adventures known on land or sea.

Parents and their little ones will love the zero-depth entry pools and the world's largest interactive water playground, Skull Island, with 100,000 square feet of activities for the entire family. More than 500 kid-friendly water gadgets including jet sprayers, water blasters and tipping buckets are spread throughout this massive attraction. Seventeen treehouse-style, pirate-themed towers are linked together by swinging bridges, net climbs and a variety of thrilling adult and children's slides. Connected to an additional beach-style activity pool geared for the park's younger guests, this area provides countless play opportunities for families.

"Our emphasis is on providing a safe and exciting family experience with the very best in innovative water attractions," Sevart said. "From mild to wild, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor has the best combination of water attractions in the industry."

Numerous adult and teen activities can be found in this massive water park including dozens of speed and tube slides, a gigantic wave pool and two invigorating multi-passenger rafting experiences. Water slide excitement is captured on Vortex and Typhoon, the park's rushing water coasters of fun. Guests board these high-energy, water adventures five stories above the ground and repeatedly switch from open to enclosed flumes. Intense thrills await on the fastest rides in the park - Paradise Plunge and Riptide - where guests soar towards the clear waters below at speeds of up to 40 mph. The half-million gallon Hurricane Bay wave pool provides a fast-pace ocean-like experience, while Bahama Mama and Bubba Tubba raft rides whisk guests up an over splashing hills to the refreshing splash pool sixty-feet below.

For guests in search of a relaxing getaway, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor has a tropical beach resort atmosphere perfect for local vacationers. Thousands of comfortable lounge chairs, swaying palm trees and lazy beach areas complete this tranquil environment. Saltwater Sal's Tiki bar, serves up cool tropical frozen drinks and provides guests with a chance to take it easy in front of two huge, flat screen televisions and enjoy live Caribbean music.

"Six Flags Hurricane Harbor is the must-do family vacation in the Midwest this summer," said Sevart. "And, since it's free with Six Flags Great America theme park admission, it's a great value whether you come for a day, a weekend, or multiple times throughout the summer."

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor is a full service water park featuring changing facilities, lockers, restaurants and retail opportunities for guests and is free with theme park admission.

The new Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park is open daily Saturday, May 28 through Monday, September 5 from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Park operating hours are subject to change. Six Flags Great America opens Saturday, April 30.