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Postby Chitown on June 5th, 2005, 11:31 pm
Well, here was my first chance to see and experience the new Hurricane Harbor.

Brought my daughter, girlfriend, and her daughter for about 5 hours of water fun.

I must say they did a fabulous job theming this place. Alot of attention to detail all the way down to the engravings in the cement. All the restaurants, shops, and beach bar were done and open.

While this waterpark doesn't have alot of attractions compared to others, what they have is nice. First thing we did was the lazy river. When they say they are heating the water, they weren't messing around. Very nice round trip jaunt through this very well themed river. The wave maker in part of it was a nice and pleasant surprise. All the fountains shooting out from the walls guaranteed you got wet at some point. I will definitely be enjoying this attraction in the future.

Next up was the wavepool. Enjoyed this as well. Waves pumping out every 5 minutes then a 5 minute break. This pool is more rectangular then the usual square deal I see at other parks. The boats hanging off the back of the pool adds a nice touch.

After being totally soaked and chlorine infested, we headed over to the beach bar. I am definitely going to be hanging out at this bar alot this season. Grabbing a cold beer and watching a game on the 2 plasma tv's they have in the bar makes for a relaxing moment. Since my girlfriend and I smoke, this is the only option in the waterpark as well. Gotta love the lighthouse ashtrays. :)

My daughter and I hit the 2 slide complexes in the back of the park. Nothing intense but fun none the less.

Skull Island definitely must be the world's largest playstructure as they claim. This thing is absolutely monstrous compared to the other ones I have encountered at other parks. While it wasn't open yet, they had the water going through it and even 2 of the 3 buckets were tipping and spilling out. Looks like it will be ready to go any day now.

That is about it for the attractions I hit. Did the wavepool a couple more times and it was finally closing time at 7.

Going to try and conquer the more intense slides in the future but I didn't feel like lugging a raft up the stairs with the long lines that were going on.

SFGAm has a winner on their hands here. It was a long time coming.

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Postby sxflgshh14 on June 6th, 2005, 1:42 am
Wow, Hurricane Harbor sounds awsome, I can't wait to go on June 8th. I hope skull island is open. Oh, and nice trip report, nicely put together. :)
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Postby DejaVu The Ride on June 6th, 2005, 12:03 pm
On Saturday, they were letting kids run around the base of Skull Island, so it sort of opened.(I'm not positive if the actual structure was open.)
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Postby SFGAm Shock Wave on June 6th, 2005, 2:19 pm
^I'm not saying you are wrong, but when I was there Sunday, the barricades were still there. Besides, it seems illogical to open the area but not the attraction.
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Postby DejaVu The Ride on June 6th, 2005, 5:04 pm
ummm....Ally(LaffFan4lyfe) saw it too I believe. There were definately a few "little" kids running around.(In the actual water)
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Postby Aero737 on June 6th, 2005, 5:29 pm
Chitown, I can't ever reach you on IM, do you know their policy on Cigar Smoking around the park? Most establishments frown on smoking cigars, but me and my friends often enjoy a good cigar when we hang around with eachother. Will they allow that in the smoking sections/around the park?
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Postby SFGAm Shock Wave on June 6th, 2005, 5:53 pm
DejaVu The Ride wrote:ummm....Ally(LaffFan4lyfe) saw it too I believe. There were definately a few "little" kids running around.(In the actual water)


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Postby Chitown on June 6th, 2005, 5:53 pm
Hey Jason.

Not sure about the cigars, but I don't think it would be an issue since it is an outdoor smoking area (large patio). They don't have signs saying "no smoking cigars" so you should be able to light up.

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Postby w00dland on June 7th, 2005, 3:01 pm
aero737 wrote:Chitown, I can't ever reach you on IM, do you know their policy on Cigar Smoking around the park? Most establishments frown on smoking cigars, but me and my friends often enjoy a good cigar when we hang around with eachother. Will they allow that in the smoking sections/around the park?


Last year they were giving out free cigars during the buyout I was at, so I'm assuming the park doesn't care.
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