Wet'n'Wild SplashTown

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Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Logo.svg
Location Spring, Texas, United States
Coordinates 30°04′13″N95°25′55″W / 30.070167°N 95.431935°W / 30.070167; -95.431935 Coordinates: 30°04′13″N95°25′55″W / 30.070167°N 95.431935°W / 30.070167; -95.431935
Owner EPR Properties
Operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
General ManagerJeffery Siebert
Opened1984 (1984)
Previous names Hanna–Barbera Land
Splashtown USA
Six Flags Splashtown
SplashTown Houston
Wet ‘n’ Wild Splashtown
Operating seasonMay - September
Area48 acres (190,000 m2)
Pools2 pools
Water slides9 water slides
Children's areas2 children's areas
Website sixflags.com/Splashtown

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown is a water park located north of Houston in the Spring CDP of unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. [1]

Water park amusement park that features pools with water play areas

A water park or waterpark is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, water playgrounds, and lazy rivers, as well as areas for bathing, swimming, and other barefoot environments. Modern water parks may also be equipped with some type of artificial surfing or bodyboarding environment, such as a wave pool or flowrider.

Spring, Texas Census-designated place in Texas, United States

Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in Harris County, Texas, United States, part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The population was 54,298 at the 2010 census. While the name "Spring" is popularly applied to a large area of northern Harris County and a smaller area of southern Montgomery County, the original town of Spring, now known as Old Town Spring, is located at the intersection of Spring-Cypress and Hardy roads and encompasses a relatively small area of perhaps 1 km2.

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

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History

In the early-1980s, the land that Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown now occupies was a theme park known as Hanna-Barbera Land. [2] Hanna-Barbera Land only operated for two seasons before its owners, Kings Entertainment Company, sold the park to private investors. The amusement park had all its rides removed, with the new owners installing a water park with several water slides. Much of the park's Victorian buildings, street lights and landscaping remained. [2] Splashtown USA opened to the public shortly after.

Kings Entertainment Company (KECO) owned and/or operated six theme parks around the world. The company was originally owned by Taft Broadcasting and in 1984 was purchased for $167.5 million by senior executives and general managers of Taft's Amusement Park Group.

Water slide

A water slide is a type of slide designed for warm-weather or indoor recreational use at water parks. Water slides differ in their riding method and therefore size. Some slides require riders to sit directly on the slide, or on a raft or tube designed to be used with the slide.

In the 1990s, the park changed owners twice: first to the Morris Family in 1994, and then to Six Flags in May 1999. The acquisition was made by Six Flags to eliminate the park from being a competitor to its Six Flags WaterWorld water park, also located in Houston. [3] The park was renamed Six Flags SplashTown in 2000. [4]

Six Flags Entertainment company based in Grand Prairie, Texas

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, also known as Six Flags Theme Parks or simply Six Flags, is an amusement park corporation based in the United States, with properties in the US, Canada, and Mexico. It is the largest amusement park company in the world, based on the number of properties owned, and is ranked seventh in terms of attendance. The company operates 25 properties throughout North America, including theme parks, amusement parks, water parks, and a family entertainment center. In 2017, Six Flags properties hosted 30.4 million guests.

Following the closure of Six Flags WaterWorld and the adjacent Six Flags AstroWorld in October 2005, [5] Six Flags engaged in a restructuring of Six Flags SplashTown, which resulted in the termination of the park's General Manager, Operations Manager and Food Service Manager in early November 2005. In January 2006, it was announced that the former Operations Manager of WaterWorld would be the new Splashtown Operations Manager. Several of WaterWorld's attractions were relocated to SplashTown. [5] The park underwent a "facelift" as well as general cleaning to prepare it for its opening day, April 28, 2006. The entrance received a new sign, with the addition of renovated buildings and ticket booths.

Six Flags AstroWorld Defunct theme park in Houston, Texas

Six Flags AstroWorld was a seasonally operated theme park located on approximately 57 acres (23 ha) of land, later expanded to over 75 acres (30 ha), between Kirby Drive and Fannin Avenue, directly south of Loop 610 in Houston, Texas. The park opened on June 1, 1968, and was originally developed and constructed as part of the Astrodomain, the brainchild of local philanthropist and former Houston mayor Judge Roy Hofheinz, who intended it to complement The Astrodome.

In January 2007, Six Flags announced that SplashTown, along with six other parks, would be sold for a total of $312 million. The agreement saw Six Flags sell the properties to PARC Management, who in turn sold the properties to CNL Lifestyle Properties. CNL would then lease the properties back to PARC Management under a 52-year triple-net lease. [6] However, after less than three years into the 52-year contracts, CNL terminated their agreements with PARC Management in November 2010. [7] In early 2011, CNL appointed Premier Attractions Management, LLC (now Premier Parks, LLC) as the new operators of the park. The limited liability company is led by former Six Flags employees Kieran Burke, the former chairman and CEO, and Gary Story, the former president and chief operating officer. [8]

PARC Management, LLC is an operations company based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. which operates various parks, attractions, recreation and entertainment venues throughout North America.

Premier Parks, LLC is a limited liability company based in the United States. The company owns and operates several amusement parks and water parks across the country.

In November 2013, CNL Lifestyle Properties acquired rights to the Wet'n'Wild brand in the United States from Australian firm, Village Roadshow Theme Parks. [9] [10] [11] In the months to follow CNL rebranded several of its properties to Wet'n'Wild water parks, including SplashTown Houston, which became Wet'n'Wild SplashTown. [12] [13] [14] The park itself received a multimillion-dollar renovation. [15] .

Wet'n'Wild is a brand used for many water parks across the world owned by Village Roadshow Theme Parks, EPR Properties and Parques Reunidos. It is not to be confused with the Wet 'n Wild brand originally owned by SeaWorld creator George Millay or Wet 'N' Wild Waterworld, a stand-alone water park in Anthony, Texas.

Village Roadshow Theme Parks

Village Roadshow Theme Parks is a division of Village Roadshow Limited which operates theme parks and attractions in Australia and the United States of America. The Sydney Attractions Group Pty Ltd was formerly part of Village Roadshow Theme Parks; however, it was sold in 2011 to Merlin Entertainments.

in 2018 the park was bought by Six Flags and in 2019 it will change its name to Hurricane Harbor Splashtown.

Slides and attractions

Defunct Slides and Attractions

Eateries

Season Pass Meal Deals are available for purchase for an additional cost. [17]

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CNL Terminates agreement with PARC

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