![]() ![]() With the exception of March 14-22, which coincides with local schools' spring break, the park will be open on weekends only in March, April and the first half of May. Six Flags Hurricane Harbor opens for the 2020 season on Saturday, March 14. ![]() The Glendale park formerly known as Wet ‘n’ Wild Phoenix is looking to do that again with the addition of a new play area known as Paradise Island this summer.īut you don't have to wait for summer to sample the park's slides and pools. ![]() Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Phoenix made a splash when it opened in 2019. UPDATE: Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Phoenix tweeted on Friday morning that it would not open on Saturday, March 14, and has suspended operations throughout March. They said that they would continue to monitor these evolving conditions, and would follow current guidance from federal, state and local officials.View Gallery: Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Phoenix, formerly Wet 'n' Wild Phoenix There were no reported cases of COVID-19 on property, the park stated that the safety of its guests and team members is "always our highest priority". On March 13, 2020, Hurricane Harbor Phoenix announced on social media as well as their website that the park had temporarily suspended operations as a response to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic until the end of March, at which point park officials would re-evaluate the situation. Hurricane Harbor Phoenix's Coronavirus update The water park closed for the 2019 operating season on October 13. Heather Miles Austin, director of The Ferraro Group, who handles public relations for Hurricane Harbor Phoenix, said construction was scheduled to start in the fall, during the water park's off-season, with an opening planned for summer 2020. Paradise Island will be located near the Coconut Bay children's area and Adventure River. The new, 42,000-square-foot area will feature a 12,000-square-foot activity pool with different water elements as well as things like "floating" lily pads that guests can walk on, and a water basketball court and volleyball pool. On August 29, 2019, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Phoenix announced plans to open Paradise Island, the first major expansion to the park since its opening as a Six Flags park. Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Phoenix (2019–present) As part of the agreements, Six Flags took over operation of the parks from Premier Parks, LLC. On May 22, 2018, Six Flags announced that it had entered into purchase agreements with affiliates of Premier Parks, LLC to acquire the lease rights to operate Wet 'n' Wild Phoenix and four other properties owned by EPR Properties. It was announced that Premier Parks LLC, led by former Six Flags CEO Kieran Burke, would lease not only Wet 'n' Wild Phoenix but Wet 'n' Wild Hawaii. As part of the purchase, the real estate investment trust acquired the North American rights to the Wet 'n' Wild brand name. In November 2013, CNL Lifestyle Properties signed an agreement to purchase Wet 'n' Wild Phoenix for $33 million. The newly refreshed park opened to the public on July 1, 2009. The park was eventually purchased by Village Roadshow Limited, then the owners of the Wet 'n' Wild brand, who invested over $30 million on capital which included new attractions, as the park was turned into the new Wet 'n' Wild Phoenix. The site of what would later become Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Phoenix originated as Waterworld Safari Phoenix. History Wet 'n' Wild Phoenix (2009–2018) 1.2 Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Phoenix (2019–present). ![]()
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