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Industry Announcements: Hurricane Harbor at SF Great America to add Tornado slide

Posted at 9:00 PM EST (0200 GMT)

Jan. 16th, 2006 -- The popular Tornado waterslides are coming to Gurnee, IL. This weekend Six Flags Great America announced that one of the rides would be arriving at the park's Hurricane Harbor waterpark this year.

The Tornado slides, which stand 75 feet high, were added to several Six Flags parks last year. Four people board a clover-shaped raft and slide down a 132-foot-long tunnel before being dumped into a 60-foot-wide funnel. The raft sloshes back and forth across the funnel before falling through the opening at the bottom into a pool.

Hurricane Harbor opens on May 27 and is free with admission to Great America.

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Phil Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 9190 View Park/Ride Count	Pretty soon every waterpark in the world is going to have one of these damn slides.
1/16/2006 10:07 PM
lectricShark Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1255 View Park/Ride Count	It's the Boomerang of the Water Park Industry!
1/17/2006 1:06 AM
ltngrcr9051 Joined: May 2001 Posts: 400 View Park/Ride Count	Except for the fact that Tornadoes don't bludgeon your ears.
1/17/2006 10:36 AM
coasterlove Joined: May 2001 Posts: 6421 View Park/Ride Count	It might be true that every water park may eventually get one but can you blame them? They look like fun, it's a cool looking ride and it draws attention. I don't mind seeing these popping up at parks over and over again. Water rides and flat rides are generally basic so I don't mind "clones". It's only coasters that I hate to see cloned. I'm glad we're getting the tornado. At least now I know we're getting something even if it's just another water ride. I was wondering if we were going to get it for sure since it was talked about over and over in rumors but only now confirmed.
1/18/2006 2:44 AM
dale15dog Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 159 View Park/Ride Count	I LOVE these rides! Except for the part where youre butt hurts near the bottom. But, other than that they're GREAT
1/22/2006 1:28 AM
Matt M Joined: May 2001 Posts: 5348 View Park/Ride Count	Lift your butt up :)
4/14/2006 8:48 PM

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