Six Flags Hurricane Harbor

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Six Flags Hurricane Harbor is a chain of water parks that are part of the Six Flags amusement park chain. Although the parks are not identical, common features include a variety of body slides, speed slides, tube slides, wave pools, lazy rivers, and shopping areas. Many of the parks containing a "lazy river", which consist of a 10 foot wide 4 foot deep trough of water which moves throught the park pushed by large jets of water every 30 - 50 feet. These "lazy rivers" usualy have a higher than average water temprature despite the fact that the river system itself contains no heating hardwear, which leads many to believe the river is itself heated by the large volume of urination that takes place in this river.

In Prince George's County, Maryland; Gurnee, Illinois; Agawam, Massachusetts; and Eureka, Missouri; the water parks are part of a larger theme park which has other rides such as roller coasters and a wider selection of stores and restaurants.

The Arlington, Texas location was originally named Wet 'n Wild, a part of the Wet 'n Wild chain of water parks, but was purchased by Six Flags in 1993. It was later renamed Six Flags Hurricane Harbor. Construction of Hurricane Harbors across America took place in the mid-1990s and has since become a trademark of the Six Flags franchise. Six Flags St. Louis was first to sport the opening of Hurricane Harbor as other Six Flags followed suit.