Six Flags Great Adventure has announced it will expand its popular Hurricane Harbor water park for the 2016 season. Watch video
JACKSON - Six Flags Great Adventure has announced it will expand its popular Hurricane Harbor water park for the 2016 season.
On Wednesday morning, the theme park announced plans for "Caribbean Cove", a water play area with more than 55 interactive features.
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Caribbean Cove will include a spray nozzles, jets, valves, water guns, action slide and a giant tipping bucket towering nearly two stories in the air, as well as a 2-foot-deep, beach-entry pool, a large beach area with 300 new lounge chairs and new shade canopies.
"Hurricane Harbor is already home to some of the most innovative and extreme water slides on the planet, and in 2016 we are excited to offer families a spectacular, new area featuring tons of splashy playtime activities along with refreshing relaxation for children and their parents," Six Flags Great Adventure President John Fitzgerald said in a release.
Six Flags said kids can at Caribbean Cove for hours, while their parents can either join in the fun or watch while reclining nearby.
The new water play area will be located between the Taak It Eez Ee Creek lazy river and Big Wave Racer slide complex and is slated to open summer 2016.
The announcement of Caribbean Cove follows Six Flags Great Adventure's announcement in September that it also plans to open a 4-D, free-fly coaster called Total Mayhem in 2016. And in May, it unveiled a new looping coaster, El Diablo.
The 45-acre Hurricane Harbor water park already features more than 25 high-speed thrill slides, a million-gallon wave pool, a half-mile lazy river and another large children's water playground.
All attractions are included with park admission, season pass or membership.
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