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Postby acer711 on May 20th, 2011, 7:22 pm
Is anybody going on the 26th. I got the privilege of going and was wondering if any of you will be there. Trying to talk my dad into buying me a dslr for the event. Hoping to meet some of you.
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Postby tribar on May 20th, 2011, 11:12 pm
^im going that day but not to Media Day
Just a typical day in the park :)
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Postby Necropolis on May 21st, 2011, 8:01 pm
You can go without a pass? Like I can get in with a season pass or a regular admission?
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Postby scott2608 on May 22nd, 2011, 4:55 am
Necropolis wrote:You can go without a pass? Like I can get in with a season pass or a regular admission?

You Can get into the park but not HH media day it is a private event you need to sign up here http://rsvp.riptidebay.com/rsvp/media/
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Postby Necropolis on May 23rd, 2011, 12:40 am
Have there been media days in the past years? What usually goes on during that whole day?
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Postby onyxhotel08 on May 26th, 2011, 10:00 am
Is it today? A bad day for media day or day at the park in general.
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Postby FParker185 on May 26th, 2011, 11:50 am
they decided yesterday to cancel media day. From what I hear it won't be happening at all.
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Postby onyxhotel08 on May 26th, 2011, 3:50 pm
Weather related I assume?
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Postby Necropolis on May 26th, 2011, 4:13 pm
Darn. Oh well. Guess I saved myself some money for other things. Thats the positive way of looking at it. :wink:
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Postby sfgam1 on May 26th, 2011, 5:06 pm
Well i'm going to go on Saturday and I will definitely check out the waterpark! I'll let you guys know how it was!
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Postby onyxhotel08 on May 26th, 2011, 10:48 pm
it will help with lines at the actual park. I am so glad this water park expansion is over. No need for anymore.
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Postby Necropolis on May 26th, 2011, 10:55 pm
onyxhotel08 wrote:it will help with lines at the actual park. I am so glad this water park expansion is over. No need for anymore.


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Postby CoastsToCoasters on June 5th, 2011, 4:06 pm
In the future, I wouldnt mind seein more to the waterpark, I really love Hurricane Harbor, I personally think its the best water park due to not only its attractions but the themeing & cleanliness of the park. Its so well taken care of.

Rocket: http://www.proslide.com/rides_05.php

Topsy-Turvy: http://www.proslide.com/rides_06_c.php

Now I know that SFGAm only has proslide, which makes me happy seein theyre the B&M of waterslides, but maybe they can even design a new water ride experience for us similar to the Stingray at Noahs ark or Halfpipe at SFAm. However the Rocket designs (water coasters) are amazing lookin, especially the newly popular Wildebeest at splashin Safari!
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Postby Necropolis on June 5th, 2011, 7:31 pm
Its only a matter of time until someone puts a POV video of the new water slides, etc...that is IF they can POV film it or even film it at all.
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Postby tribar on June 5th, 2011, 7:52 pm
gottastrata33 wrote:In the future, I wouldnt mind seein more to the waterpark, I really love Hurricane Harbor, I personally think its the best water park due to not only its attractions but the themeing & cleanliness of the park. Its so well taken care of.

Rocket: http://www.proslide.com/rides_05.php

Topsy-Turvy: http://www.proslide.com/rides_06_c.php

Now I know that SFGAm only has proslide, which makes me happy seein theyre the B&M of waterslides, but maybe they can even design a new water ride experience for us similar to the Stingray at Noahs ark or Halfpipe at SFAm. However the Rocket designs (water coasters) are amazing lookin, especially the newly popular Wildebeest at splashin Safari!

Those are cool
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Postby CoastsToCoasters on June 5th, 2011, 8:46 pm
Yes, they are. ;) See, currently, SFGAm has a large section fenced off in the parking lot for the use of construction & now the clean up process. THAT AREA is what I can see them expanding onto. Cause if its fine not bein used for parking now, even on the super busy days weve had, I can see it at one point in time, never bein used for parking ever again. Hurricane Harbor will one day be the premier water park. I personally think its the flagship of the chain already.
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Postby scott2608 on June 5th, 2011, 10:57 pm
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Postby Necropolis on June 6th, 2011, 12:53 am
Realistically speaking how long do you think before the entrance to the water park becomes a separate charge and/or a separate gate entrance is built?
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Postby tribar on June 6th, 2011, 11:05 am
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Postby TwistedSTEEL666 on June 6th, 2011, 11:31 am
Does anybody know how long the lines are on average for the new slides in Riptide Bay?
A few hours?
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Postby Cole on June 6th, 2011, 10:29 pm
Today the park was not crowded at all and the line for the slide complex was well beyond the whole stairway.


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Postby CoastsToCoasters on June 7th, 2011, 1:45 am
Yuck. That sounds awful... the area & the slides look good though. Im not really likin the tantrum(Wipeout)...it looks dull ride wise as I thought it would be more like two mini tornadoes but it compliments its area well with a neat color scheme.
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Postby woohoodude11 on June 7th, 2011, 4:18 am
The new slides are pretty sick. I went yesterday (6-6-11) and the wet and dry parks weren't crowded at all. I didn't ride Wipeout, and the drop slides are very very low capacity...With about 10 people in front of me in line I waited about 15 minutes. Fun though, except for the whole my back doesn't touch the slide for about 20 feet!! And the Activity pool is nothing what I thought its really awesome and goes up to 4 feet which is perfect for some regular swimming!! I can't imagine any of this stuff on a packed mid-July day, though. Overall, I'm very satisfied with this expansion.
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Postby BP317 on June 7th, 2011, 10:12 am
gottastrata33 wrote:Now I know that SFGAm only has proslide, which makes me happy seein theyre the B&M of waterslides, but maybe they can even design a new water ride experience for us similar to the Stingray at Noahs ark or Halfpipe at SFAm. However the Rocket designs (water coasters) are amazing lookin, especially the newly popular Wildebeest at splashin Safari!

I think it's inevitable at some point HH will get a water coaster, the technology is available and so many parks have them it's just a matter of time. The only reason they didn't get one as part of this expansion is because these slides were supposed to be going to SFKK (Bonzai Beach) and they already had one.
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Postby TwistedSTEEL666 on June 7th, 2011, 10:17 am
BP/19 wrote:
gottastrata33 wrote:Now I know that SFGAm only has proslide, which makes me happy seein theyre the B&M of waterslides, but maybe they can even design a new water ride experience for us similar to the Stingray at Noahs ark or Halfpipe at SFAm. However the Rocket designs (water coasters) are amazing lookin, especially the newly popular Wildebeest at splashin Safari!

I think it's inevitable at some point HH will get a water coaster, the technology is available and so many parks have them it's just a matter of time. The only reason they didn't get one as part of this expansion is because these slides were supposed to be going to SFKK (Bonzai Beach) and they already had one.


A water coaster, hmm? If it will fit, there's not much room left at SFGAm.
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