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Newly renovated Six Flags Hurricane Harbor opens in Mexico
renovations in order to reopen the new waterpark, bringing it up to the Six Flags standard and introducing new and exciting attractions. “This project proved to be a challenge in terms of the lack of available pool system equipment and training,” said David Savage, ADG’s director of design & engineering. “In order to balance the pools, ADG had provided a study of the availability of local chemicals and then assisted in pool operations training at Hurricane Harbor Oaxtepec, teaching them how to test water chemistry, balance water levels and monitoring filtration systems. Having an efficiently operating system is key for them in order to effectively support the many new attractions in the park.” The first Six Flags water park to open in Mexico includes the opening of what is now the
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largest wave pool in Latin America. Powered by ADG’s Wavetek™ wave system, this 30,675 sq ft wave pool is capable of producing waves of up to 2.5 ft. A 2,000+ ft long adventure river, kid’s play area, and more than nine water slides top off the new Hurricane Harbor water park which has plans to expand in the future, adding more rides and hotel on-site.
Multi-billion pound London resort now set to open in 2023
The final round of public consultation events on plans for the multi-billion pound London entertainment resort will be taking place in early 2018. London Resort Company Holdings (LRHC) has announced that it will be submitting the Development Consent Order application in spring. This latest round of consultation events will be the fifth stage of an extensive programme of community engagement carried out by LRCH, which has already seen over 8,000 people participate. The anticipated grand opening date is now in 2023.
Humphrey Percy, CEO of LRCH, said: “This final round of consultation will be a crucial step towards completing our plans for the world class entertainment resort. We have subjected our project to considerable rigour in recent months, transformed it, and in turn are creating an inspirational and deliverable scheme. We are delighted with progress on partnership agreements and are now in very detailed commercial negotiations regarding partners, the concepts they are embracing and some of the incredible creative propositions. “We are combining an investment of £3.2bn, just 17 minutes from the top tourist City destination in the world, alongside globally recognised brands, stories and characters from the world of television, film, books and games.”
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Banana’s Fun Park expands with The Locker Network
The Locker Network has continued its expansion into waterparks with a new installation of 150 keyless, electronic lockers at the Coconut Cove mini-waterpark at Banana’s Fun Park in Grand Junction, Colorado. The lockers now give guests a secure alternative to the free cubbies that were previously offered at the park. The lockers, which are a mix of family and standard sizes, were installed free of charge on a revenue share plan providing the park owners ongoing revenue while The Locker Network take care of day to day operation and management. Marshall Ashdown, Senior VP for The Locker Network said, "We worked closely with Bananas Fun
Park to provide a custom keyless locker configuration for their new expansion. Guests love the simple to use, secure lockers and location staff have minimal involvement, allowing them to focus on their core business of providing fun.”
urricane Harbor waterpark, the 65-acre waterpark in Six Flags in Oaxtepec has been updated and expanded by long time partner, Aquatic Development Group (ADG). Six Flags purchased the old site in 2015 and contracted ADG to perform extensive
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