Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Oklahoma City facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Oklahoma City |
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| Location | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States |
| Coordinates | 35°27′41″N 97°35′19″W / 35.461378°N 97.588506°W |
| Owner | EPR Properties (2017–present) |
| Operated by | Six Flags Entertainment Corporation |
| Opened | May 23, 1981 |
| Previous names | White Water Bay White Water |
| Operating season | May to September |
| Pools | 3 (Wave Pool, Activity Pool and Kids Pool) pools |
| Water slides | 12 water slides |
| Website | White Water Bay |
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Oklahoma City is a water theme park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma built in 1981. Built by the Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation and originally known as White Water, the water park was picked up by Premier Parks (then known as Tierco) in 1991 and its name was changed to White Water Bay. Both White Water Bay and the nearby theme park Frontier City were sold again in a seven park package by Six Flags on January 11, 2007, for $312 million. White Water Bay is currently owned by EPR Properties and operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation. The park will be renamed Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Oklahoma City in 2020.
Rides include
- The Mega Wedgie, Built in 2005, it is a 277-foot-long (84 m) speed slide that features a 64-foot (20 m) free fall. 52" Height Requirement (green)
- The Acapulco Cliff Dive is a water slide that begins with a short drop, then levels out in a section with water flowing into the slide, and ends with a long drop to the splash area below. 52" Height Requirement (white)
- The Bermuda Triangle, is a set of three flume-style rides that allow single riders with inner tubes. It is roughly seven stories tall and reaches speeds of 35 miles per hour. The Bermuda Triangle's starting pools are atop the same tower as those of the "Mega Wedgie" and "The Acapulco Cliff Dive". This tower is clearly visible from Interstate 40, with an American flag that could be seen flying on a pole mounted at the top of the tower. 36" Height Requirement
- Cannonball Falls is two slides, each with an 8-foot (2.4 m) drop into a splash pool. One of Cannonball Fall's slides is enclosed and features a long left turn followed by a short right turn before dropping into the pool. The other slide is not enclosed, and has no turns. Cannonball Falls's splash pool has two exits; one is a stairway onto the walkway at ground level, and the other is an entry into "Castaway Creek". 42" Height Requirement
- The Big Kahuna, Opened in 1995, this family tube ride takes up to four passengers down a 542-foot (165 m) flume slide and then into a 4-foot (1.2 m) pool for a splash landing. Sits on ground formerly occupied by the defunct "All American Plunge". 36" Height Requirement
- Swashbuckler Flumes is a single-passenger flume slide that requires single tubes only. 36" Height Requirement
- Lazy River is a 4-foot-deep (1.2 m) canal that travels around the park by a slow-moving current.
- The Gangplank is a rock face eleven-feet above the surface of the water at the north end of "Shipwreck Island". No Height Requirement.
- Shipwreck Island is an activity pool with wobbly "Lily Pads", a set of high jump rocks known as "The Gangplank", and four body slides: "Calypso Cannonball", "Blackbeard's Revenge", and two rock slides which are closed.
- Keelhaul Falls is a shallow water tube ride that floats from one pool to the next via short drops and slides. 36" Height Requirement
- Pirates's Plunge, Formerly called "The Black Hole", it is a tube flume slide that takes goes through a dark tunnel and then out into the west end of "Shipwreck Island". 36" Height Requirement
- Blackbeard's Revenge is a body slide that follows a clockwise turn and then exits at water-level close to the middle of "Shipwreck Island". 36" Height Requirement
- Calypso Cannonball is a short body slide that exits at water level into the north end of "Shipwreck Island". 36" Height Requirement
- The Wave Pool is a large pool with depths ranging from the zero depth entry to roughly eight feet. The waves are on for five minutes and then off for thirteen minutes. Top of every hour the pool is cleared for cleaning.
- Barefootin' Bay is a family attraction
- Wahoo Racer a 6 lane, WhiteWater West Whizzard mat racer slide that will open in 2020.
Rides on opening day
Every major water ride except one is in place when White Water opened in 1981 is still operational today. The only exception to the rule is the Caribbean Cruise which was replaced by The Big Kahuna in the mid 1990s. Some aspects of the rides (particularly changes at what is now Shipwreck Island) have changed over the years. Below is a list of the names of the rides on opening day, and what they are currently named.
- Great Sea Wave, now known simply as The Wave Pool.
- The Twister and The Sidewinder, now known collectively as Swashbuckler Flumes.
- Pirate's Cove, currently known as Shipwreck Island.
- The Rapids, now known as Keelhaul Falls.
- Little Squirts Island, now known as Barefootin' Bay.
Defunct rides
- All American Plunge, A speed slide that stood where the Big Kahuna is today. Guests rode special kickboards through a small gate and down this slide facing forwards. Guests could either sit atop the kickboard or lie atop it on their stomachs and ride the All American Plunge head first into the splash pool.
There was also a miniature golf area present in the Northwest corner of the park.
