Six Flags Builds Colossal New Water Park Next to Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL Opening Spring 2005
September 16 2004 - 6:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Six Flags Builds Colossal New Water Park Next to Six Flags Great
America in Gurnee, IL Opening Spring 2005 World's Largest
Interactive Waterplay Structure to Anchor New Six Flags Hurricane
Harbor GURNEE, Ill., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Say "bon voyage" to
the outside world! Six Flags officials have announced plans to
build a massive new water park on a site next to Six Flags Great
America, in Gurnee, IL. Carrying the Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
brand name, details of this 13-acre, outdoor water park include a
lavish Caribbean theme with more than 25 major water slides, the
world's largest interactive waterplay structure and a
500,000-gallon wave pool. To view the Multimedia News Release, go
to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/sixflags/20313 . "The Six Flags
Hurricane Harbor brand is well known in the theme park industry for
top quality water attractions that deliver a whole day of fun,"
said Hue Eichelberger, executive vice president, Six Flags, Inc.
"This new Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park will live up to its
brand name by featuring some of the most exhilarating water thrills
on the planet." As guests enter the new Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
water park, it will feel as if they have just stepped off a
vacation cruise ship onto a private Caribbean island. This "shore
excursion" will provide Six Flags Hurricane Harbor guests with a
vacation -- full of water attractions for the whole family. Island
music and lush landscapes will provide the backdrop to a fabulous
collection of water slides, erupting water geysers, rafting
options, waterfalls, beach areas and lazy hideaways. "This new
water park will give guests the opportunity to vacation close to
home," said Tim Black, vice president and general manager of Six
Flags Great America and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor. "You don't have
to travel to the Caribbean islands to experience all of its
exciting thrills. Six Flags Hurricane Harbor will offer the
ultimate family escape and a full day of Caribbean fun." At the
porthole to this tropical get-away is the exciting adventure river
where guests can float down a relaxing river through waterfalls and
rich landscaping while circling a large portion of the new water
park. A gigantic, half a million-gallon wave pool will produce
ocean-like waves every few minutes and dozens of water slides will
tower above the park offering a variety of high-speed thrills.
Anchoring Six Flags Hurricane Harbor will be the world's largest
interactive waterplay structure, Skull Island, complete with
seventeen towers connected by swinging bridges and net climbs,
intertwining children's slides and hundreds of water gadgets, jet
sprayers, water blasters and more! Connected to an additional
23,000 square-foot activity pool geared for the park's younger
guests, this area provides countless play opportunities for
families. "The sheer size of this waterplay structure is unlike
anything else in the world," said Black. "Six Flags is known for
building the biggest and best for our guests and our new water park
is no exception." "This world-class water park complements all the
family fun and thrills of its sister theme park, Six Flags Great
America," Black continued. "With an entertainment complex of this
magnitude, guests will need multiple days to experience all the
excitement Six Flags has to offer." Six Flags Hurricane Harbor will
have its own entrance plaza and admission, separate from the theme
park. Ticket information, operating hours and season pass
information will be available soon by visiting http://sixflags.com/
. Six Flags, Inc. is the world's largest regional theme park
company. Through its subsidiaries, it owns and operates a total of
31 parks in North America and Europe. Six Flags parks serve 34 of
the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Six Flags,
Inc. is a publicly held corporation with corporate offices in New
York City and Oklahoma City. The Company's stock trades on the NYSE
under the symbol: PKS. SIX FLAGS and all related indicia are
trademarks of Six Flags Theme Parks Inc. (R) and (TM).
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/sixflags/20313DATASOURCE: Six Flags,
Inc. CONTACT: Media, Six Flags, Inc. Public Relations,
+1-847-249-2133, ext. 6100, or Guest Information, Six Flags, Inc.,
+1-847-249-INFO Web site: http://www.sixflags.com/
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