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Can you say, Hurricane Harbor?
Wow, this will be really funny if it is a huge flop. What a waste of 19 pages of speculation!
Justin
HHAHAHAHAH oh wait, that wouldn't be funny, that would suck incredibly bad.
'' If u commited suicide, u wouldn't be here anymore'' - Gangsta Fruit
That would be SFKK's wave pool. Go Bulls!
Dave - SFGAmWorld Webmaster
 Yes, yes it would. I think we are really setting ourselves up for a let down but new attractions always get this kind of attention on fan-site-park forums. Let's just keep our fingers crossed  Justin
We all know what is going to be announced tomorrow. I just hope when they make the announcement tomorrow they don’t just say we are building a water park and give basic info that most of us can guess. Also, I was there last weekend you can clearly see that what they were doing the back lot was running water and sewer piping for the new water park.
Carlo
That sucks, its going to be seperate admission but will you be able to get in with your season pass. Either way its going to be awesome.
CANT WAIT TO GO TO SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE! Hurricane Harbor! MAXXX! (Kingda Ka)
^^old signature 
A little off topic of whats being talked about.
What does the placement of the waterpark leave for future expansion of the regular section of the park?
If you havn't noticed the other topic in the "Headline News" fourm, here is the all new official website:
http://www.sixflags.com/parks/hurricaneharborchicago/index.html# EDIT: This came in an email from the park:
All the details sound awesome... better than I even expected. I also applaud Six Flags for using the publicity well... webcams, allowing the public to see artist renderings, preview videos... Here are the details that were sent in the e-mail:
Massive New 13 Acre WaterPark next to Six Flags Great America Two Million Gallons ofWater Midwest's Largest OutdoorCaribbean Themed Paradise 25 Awesome Water Slides Gigantic One Acre WavePool World's LargestInteractive Waterplay Structure Half-Mile Long RelaxingAdventure River 100,000 Square Foot Wild& Wet Kids Area Speed Slides up to 40 mph Family Raft Rides thatSeat Four People Tube Slides that StandFour Stories High High-Speed Body Flumes Five Story Atomic WaterCoaster Spiral and Twist HeadFirst on Mat Slides Get a sneak peak at the water park - see photos, artist renderings, blueprints and watch a five minute preview video. The Preview Center is located next to the Grand Music Hall in Hometown Square and is open the same hours as the park. Visit the new Six Flags Hurricane Harbor web site at sixflags.com <http://SFGAm.cdi-mail.net/t/2221375/28891115/1750/118/> . WEB SITE FEATURES: Attraction Highlights Live Web Cam ofConstruction Site Updates from Six Flags'Construction Supervisor Six Flags HurricaneHarbor Photos and Video 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. 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. <http://SFGAm.cdi-mail.net/t/2221375/28891115/1750/118/> Hurricane Bay—Gigantic Wave Pool. “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.” <http://SFGAm.cdi-mail.net/t/2221375/28891115/1750/118/> Bird’s eye rendering of the future water park. 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. <http://SFGAm.cdi-mail.net/t/2221375/28891115/1750/118/> Rendering of Skull Island, the world's largest of its kind! 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. Daily upgrades will be available if you wish to visit both parks in one day. Ticket information, operating hours and season pass information will be available soon by visiting sixflags.com.
-Did it ever say how much a ticket would cost? If not, what would you estimate?
-Is anyone going to buy the combined season pass? -By the looks of it, it seems that the Washington street entrance will be blocked. Am I right about this? -Near the entrance (to your left in the picture) there is a path leading twords GAm. What is this? -Are they going to start calling the entire complex "Six Flags Illinois"
I certainly hope not.
This is going to be amazing, there are not one, but two master blaster type rides. YES!!!
Universal Orlando Mechanical Engineer
Marathon down, Goofy to go.
^If the Atomic Coasters are Master Blasters that means there would be 4: Hammerhead, Mako, Big White and Stingray. Or I might have read it wrong.
2005 - ProSlide's Latest Technology - ROCKET TECHNOLOGY!
"4 to date worldwide for 2005...and counting!" http://www.proslide.com/whatsnew/whatsnew.htm Seeing as how Six Flags... 1. has yet to install a "Master Blaster" (made by NBGS International) in a Hurricane Harbor and 2. has been a loyal customer of Proslide lately ...I predict that Gurnee's Hurricane Harbor will see the debut of all 4 of the "Rocket" slides mentioned so far on Proslide's web site.
How much is a combined seasons pass?
I think there is "just" one Master Blaster. All the details I've read, says one Atomic Water Coaster... and the Master Blaster is considered the best water ride, so I would think that is it. 25 water slides (family raft rides, speed slides, kid slides), a huge wave pool, a master blaster, a lazy river, wet and wild area, and that huge interactive play area for kids (the world's largest)... this sounds awesome! Also, look at the artist rendering of the area on the right side... it looks like two of the slides have funnels. Never been on one of those before, but those are supposed to be really fun.
Our park now pretty much will have everything that anyone could want (quiet you Floorless lovers!). We just got a brand new section with 5 flat rides, which one of the complaints were in the past that we need more flats. We have a great collection of coasters, a great themed Southwest area, and now this cool waterpark. Ahh... am I glad I didn't move to Sacramento!
Also, another interesting fact... To give some perspective as to how big this expansion will be, Southwest Territory is 11 acres (or was in 1996, not sure if they factored in the future RB and GD rides' land plot into that), and this new water park will be 13 acres.
For those of you who don't get email from Six Flags, you can view a copy of the email they sent us by clicking here.
It also features Mr. Six Hurricane Harbor
The only thing i am wondering is if we are getting a proslide tornado. By the wave pool it looks like their are two bowls. I wonder if one of those could be a tornado?
From what it sound like, no proslide tornados. After reading all the descriptions of each slide, the two sprials are enclosed racing slides that spiral around. I hope that my thinking is wrong because I do want a tornado slide.
Universal Orlando Mechanical Engineer
Marathon down, Goofy to go.
I don't know much about waterslides, but if the slide you are referring to is one of those giant funnels, I am 99.9% sure that we are not getting one. From the picture, those look like two big enclosed spiral slides.
Upon further review, I think I might have to scratch what I just said about the ProSlide Rockets. The Six Flags press release refers to 4 "Atomic Coasters." We've taken that to mean Master Blaster type rides, but we may be wrong.
If you look at http://www.proslide.com/installs/tubinginstalls.htm , you can see that Six Flags New England and Six Flags Great Adventure both have what ProSlide calls "PT54/GCR ATOMIC Coasters." Neither park has anything similar to the Master Blaster or forthcoming Rocket. If you look at how the press release's desciption of the 4 Atomic Coasters and 2 speed slides is worded, you will see that the "blast up and over" is used to describe the speed slides. "Guests board these high-energy, water adventures five stories above the ground and repeatedly switch from open to enclosed flumes at alternating high rates of speed ***OR*** they can blast up and over hills on the high-speed body slides at speeds of 40 mph." Master Blaster and (from the looks of the preview picture) the Rocket each use tubes or rafts. The technology is not yet for body slides. "Blast up and over" is probably just marketing bluster for the double-dips (which can produce very slight airtime) body slides can perform.
Also, the preview center is what they've been setting up next to the Grand Music Hall.
^ So is that why they painted the building?
The HH preview center is what they've been setting up in the building, the building was either painted for that, or they wanted to make it look better...
Please continue this discussion in the headline news forum:
http://www.sfgamworld.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2630 Go Bulls!
Dave - SFGAmWorld Webmaster
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