White Water Bay

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White Water Bay
File:Logo-wwb.png
Location	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Coordinates	35°27′41″N 97°35′19″W / 35.461378°N 97.588506°W / 35.461378; -97.588506Coordinates: 35°27′41″N 97°35′19″W / 35.461378°N 97.588506°W / 35.461378; -97.588506
Website	www.WhiteWaterBay.com
Owner	CNL Lifestyle Properties
Opened	May 23, 1981
Previous names	White Water
Operating season	April to September
No. of pools	1 (Wave Pool)
No. of water slides	12 (11 Operational)
Slogan	We Set the Stage! Come Be the Star!
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White Water Bay is a water park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma built in 1981. Originally built by the Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation, White Water Bay was picked up by Premier Parks (then known as Tierco) in 1991 and its name was changed from White Water to White Water Bay. Both White Water Bay and the nearby theme park, Frontier City were sold again in a seven park package by Six Flags On January 11, 2007 for $312 million dollars. White Water Bay is currently owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties. CNL leased White Water Bay to PARC Management.

Rides Include

• The Mega Wedgie, Built in 2005, the Mega Wedgie is a 277-foot long speed slide that features a breathtaking 64-foot free fall into the cool water below.
• The Acapulco Cliff Dive, A water slide that begins with a short drop, then levels out in a section with water flowing into the slide, and ends with a long drop to the splash area below.
• The Bermuda Triangle, A set of three flume style rides that allow single riders with inner tubes. The Bermuda Triangle is roughly seven stories high and riders reach speeds of 35 miles per hour within its individual slides. The Bermuda Triangle's starting pools are atop the same tower as those of the Mega Wedgie and The Acapulco Cliff Dive. The tower is clearly visible from Interstate 40, and an American flag can be seen flying on a pole mounted at the top of the tower.
• Cannonball Falls, Two slides, each with an eight foot drop into the splash pool below. One of Cannonball Fall's slides is enclosed and features a long left turn followed by a short right turn before dropping into the pool. The other slide is not enclosed, and has no turns. Cannonball Falls's splash pool has two exits. One is a stairway onto the walkway at ground level, and the other is an entry into Castaway Creek.
• The Big Kahuna, Opened in 1995, this family tube ride takes up to four passengers down a 542 foot flume slide and into a four-foot pool for a splash landing. Sits on ground formerly occupied by the All American Plunge.
• Swashbuckler Flumes Tube, Race down this awesome, one-passenger flume slide.
• Castaway Creek, A four foot deep canal that travels around the park, enabling users to view most of the park's other rides. Guests are carried along throughout Castaway Creek by a slow moving current. Castaway Creek has multiple exits.
• The Gangplank, A rock face several feet above the surface of the water. Guests who jump from the Gangplank drop in into 11 feet of water at the north end of Shipwreck Island.
• Shipwreck Island, An activity pool with wobbly Lily Pads, a set of high jump rocks know as the Gangplank, and four body slides: Calypso Cannonball, Blackbeard's Revenge, plus two SBNO rock slides.
• Keelhaul Falls, Shallow water tube ride that floats passengers from one pool to the next via short drops and slides.
• Pirates's Plunge, Formerly called "The Black Hole", Pirates' Plunge is a tube flume slide that takes riders through a dark tunnel and out into the west end of Shipwreck Island.
• Blackbeard's Revenge, a slide that follows a clockwise turn and then exits at water level close to the middle of Shipwreck Island.
• Calypso Cannonball, a short slide that exits at water level into the north end of Shipwreck Island. Calypso Cannonball is currently open, however, no water actually flows down it to assist the riders.
• The Wave Pool, A wave pool with depths ranging from the zero depth entry to roughly eight feet. Currently, in the 2009 season, the waves are on for five minutes and off for thirteen minutes.
• Kids' Kove, It's kid-sized fun! Kids and parents will love this kove of creatures—there's an octopus to play on, a submarine to climb through, high rising fountains and fun character slides.

Rides On Opening Day

Every major water ride except one is in place when White Water opened in 1981 is still operational today. The only exception to the rule is the Caribbean Cruise which was replaced by The Big Kahuna in the mid 1990s. Some aspects of the rides (particularly changes at what is now Shipwreck Island) have changed over the years. Below is a list of the names of the rides on opening day, and what they are currently named.

• Great Sea Wave, now known simply as The Wave Pool.
• The Twister and The Sidewinder, now known collectively as Swashbuckler Flumes.
• Pirate's Cove, currently known as Shipwreck Island.
• The Rapids, now known as Keelhaul Falls.
• Little Squirts Island, now known as Kids' Kove.

Defunct Rides

• All American Plunge, A speed slide that stood where the Big Kahuna is today. Guests rode special kickboards through a small gate and down this slide facing forwards. Guests could either sit atop the kickboard or lie atop it on their stomachs and ride the All American Plunge head first into the splash pool.

Often riders would skip across the surface of the splash pool on their kickboards in the same way a stone skips across a pond. Due to this, inflated inner tubes were secured to the south end of the splash pool to prevent an impact with the concrete. Also to help prevent this, the kickboards were molded with ridges on the bottom.

Notes

Mega Wedgie opens in 2005

White Water acquired by Premier Parks

Big Kahuna opens

External links

• White Water Bay