Six Flags is the new place in metro Atlanta to cool off.
Friday, the Cobb County amusement park is opening Hurricane Harbor, a 7-acre water park and the largest expansion in Six Flags Over Georgia’s history. The water park includes three new attractions — two big-thrills water slides and a wave pool — plus a rebranded Skull Island. (The interactive water playground installed in 2005 is now called Paradise Island.)
Hurricane Harbor is included with general admission to the park, but it does operate on its own schedule. Generally, it will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Check sixflags.com/overgeorgia for an operating schedule, park hours and discounted tickets. You can save up to $20 off the gate price by buying tickets through the website.
Tickets at the gate are $59.99; $39.99 for those 48 inches and shorter; free for ages 2 and younger. 275 Riverside Parkway S.W., Austell. 770-739-3400.
Pick up Saturday’s Living section to see what our amusement park expert, Tom Kelley, has to say about the new additions to Six Flags. And go online to MyAJC.com/living to see video and photos of Hurricane Harbor.
Hurricane Harbor by the numbers:
5 stories
Height of the enclosed drop in Tsunami Surge, billed as the world’s first hybrid zero gravity slide.
944 feet
Total length of the three slides that make up Bonzai Pipelines. The multi-slide complex is built on a 41-foot tower.
522,000
Gallons of water used per hour in Bonzai Pipelines.
38,000 square feet
Size of wave pool attraction Calypso Bay. It has two wave generators that produce eight different wave patterns.
11
Number of cabanas. Other features include lounge chairs, tube rentals, storage lockers, a cafe and a shop.
Source: Six Flags Over Georgia
