May 2010

A Tornado Touches Down at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
Water Park Opens for the 2010 Season

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor kicks off its 10th Anniversary season with a new 60-foot Tornado whirlwind.  The Tornado, an enormous funnel-shaped water attraction, offers guests the ultimate in tubing thrills all summer long beginning May 29. 

This exciting new water ride blasts thrill seekers down a 132-foot long vortex tunnel and into a 60-foot wide funnel.  During the journey, guests blast into the eye of the storm, swishing from side-to-side by more than 5,000 gallons of water before being released into a calm and refreshing catch pool. Families can enjoy Tornado together in specially-designed, cloverleaf-shaped tubes that seat four.  Those not brave enough to take on this new thrilling adventure can ride out the storm from the observation platform which features a spectacular view of all the action.  The Tornado touched down between the water park’s tube slides “Bada Bing, Bada Bang, Bada Boom!” and the speed slide complex “Jurahnimo, Cannonball & Wahini Falls.”

The Tornado joins a host of thrilling Hurricane Harbor rides and attractions including an enormous half million gallon wave pool, one of the country’s longest “lazy rivers,” a massive, two-story family water playground and nearly 20 high-speed thrill slides.  

TORNADO STATISTICS

• TOTAL ATTRACTION HEIGHT – 75 Feet
• FUNNEL HEIGHT -- 60 Feet
• MAXIMUM RIDE CAPACITY – 700 Passengers per hour
• MAXIMUM SPEED -- 35 Feet per second
• COLOR – Blue and yellow checkerboard
• MANUFACTURER – Proslide
• HEIGHT REQUIREMENT – 48 inches
• RAFTS - Specially-designed, 4-person cloverleaf shape
• ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS – Attraction features a spectacular viewing platform