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 fun water park located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It first opened its doors in 1981.
The park was originally called White Water and was built by the Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation. In 1991, a company called Premier Parks took over the park. They changed its name to White Water Bay. Later, in 2007, Six Flags sold White Water Bay along with some other parks. Today, EPR Properties owns the park, and Six Flags Entertainment Corporation operates it. The park was renamed Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Oklahoma City in 2020.
Exciting Water Rides
Get ready for a splash! Here are some of the cool rides you can find at the park:
- The Mega Wedgie: This slide opened in 2005. It is a 277-foot-long speed slide. Riders experience a 64-foot free fall! You must be 52 inches tall to ride this green slide.
- The Acapulco Cliff Dive: This water slide starts with a quick drop. Then, it levels out before a long drop into the splash pool below. A height of 52 inches is needed for this white slide.
- The Bermuda Triangle: This ride has three flume-style slides. You can ride alone on an inner tube. It is about seven stories tall. You can reach speeds of 35 miles per hour. These slides start from the same tall tower as the Mega Wedgie. You need to be 36 inches tall to ride.
- Cannonball Falls: This ride has two slides. Each slide ends with an 8-foot drop into a splash pool. One slide is covered and has turns. The other slide is open and goes straight down. The splash pool connects to "Castaway Creek." Riders must be 42 inches tall.
- The Big Kahuna: This family tube ride opened in 1995. Up to four people can ride together. You go down a 542-foot-long flume slide. The ride ends with a splash into a 4-foot-deep pool. You must be 36 inches tall to ride.
- Swashbuckler Flumes: This is a single-rider flume slide. You need a single tube to ride it. The height requirement is 36 inches.
- Lazy River: This is a calm, 4-foot-deep canal. It slowly carries you around the park.
- The Gangplank: This is a rock face on "Shipwreck Island." It is eleven feet above the water. There is no height requirement for this fun spot.
- Shipwreck Island: This is an activity pool. It has wobbly "Lily Pads" to cross. It also features "The Gangplank" for jumping. There are four body slides here: "Calypso Cannonball" and "Blackbeard's Revenge."
- Keelhaul Falls: This is a shallow water tube ride. You float from one pool to the next. It has short drops and slides along the way. You must be 36 inches tall to ride.
- Pirates's Plunge: This ride used to be called "The Black Hole." It is a tube slide that goes through a dark tunnel. It then exits into "Shipwreck Island." The height requirement is 36 inches.
- Blackbeard's Revenge: This is a body slide. It turns clockwise before ending at water level. It exits near the middle of "Shipwreck Island." You need to be 36 inches tall.
- Calypso Cannonball: This is a short body slide. It exits into the north end of "Shipwreck Island" at water level. The height requirement is 36 inches.
- The Wave Pool: This is a very large pool. It ranges from very shallow to about eight feet deep. Waves run for five minutes, then stop for thirteen minutes. The pool is cleared for cleaning every hour.
- Barefootin' Bay: This is a fun attraction for families.
- Wahoo Racer: This is a new 6-lane mat racer slide. It opened in 2020.
Park History: Rides Then and Now
Most of the main water rides that opened in 1981 are still here today! Only one major ride from opening day is gone. The Caribbean Cruise was replaced by The Big Kahuna in the mid-1990s. Some parts of the rides, especially at Shipwreck Island, have changed over time.
Here are the original names of some rides and what they are called now:
- Great Sea Wave, now known as The Wave Pool.
- The Twister and The Sidewinder, now called Swashbuckler Flumes.
- Pirate's Cove, now known as Shipwreck Island.
- The Rapids, now called Keelhaul Falls.
- Little Squirts Island, now known as Barefootin' Bay.
Past Attractions
Some attractions that were once at the park are no longer there:
- All American Plunge: This was a speed slide. It was located where The Big Kahuna is now. Guests rode special kickboards down this slide. They could sit or lie on their stomachs. Riders went headfirst into the splash pool.
- There was also a miniature golf area. It was in the northwest part of the park.
