Photos: Hurricane Harbor opens at Six Flags Over Georgia

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Photos: Hurricane Harbor opens at Six Flags Over Georgia

Photos: Hurricane Harbor opens at Six Flags Over Georgia

Six Flags Over Georgia's new water park, Hurricane Harbor, opened on May 30, 2014 in Austell. The largest expansion in the park's 47-year history, Hurricane Harbor boasts four new water attractions, including the world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide. It spans seven acres and is free with admission to Six Flags Over Georgia. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Six Flags Over Georgia's new water park, Hurricane Harbor, opened on May 30, 2014 in Austell. The largest expansion in the park's 47-year history, Hurricane Harbor boasts four new water attractions, including the world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide. It spans seven acres and is free with admission to Six Flags Over Georgia. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Six Flags Over Georgia's new water park, Hurricane Harbor, opened on May 30, 2014 in Austell. The largest expansion in the park's 47-year history, Hurricane Harbor boasts four new water attractions, including the world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide. It spans seven acres and is free with admission to Six Flags Over Georgia. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Guests enjoy riding Tsunami Surge during a media day at the Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park on Thursday, May 28, 2014. The world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide, Tsunami Surge sends thrill-seekers down five stories to the splash pool waiting below. It all starts with a drop through an enclosed tube into a whirlpool bowl with 360 degree curves and then out into a massive wave wall, for a moment of zero gravity, or weightlessness. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Guests (from left) Adrian Scarlett, 8, Decarlo Allen, and Dequan Allen, 7, prepare to ride Tsunami Surge during a media day at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park on Thursday, May 28, 2014. The world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide, Tsunami Surge sends thrill-seekers down five stories to the splash pool waiting below. It all starts with a drop through an enclosed tube into a whirlpool bowl with 360 degree curves and then out into a massive wave wall, for a moment of zero gravity, or weightlessness. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Guests enjoy waves at Calypso Bay at Hurricane Harbor. The 38,000 square foot wave pool featuring two massive wave generators that will create four foot waves in eight different wave patterns to mimic the high surf of the ocean. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Guests enjoy waves at Calypso Bay at Hurricane Harbor. The 38,000 square foot wave pool featuring two massive wave generators that will create four foot waves in eight different wave patterns to mimic the high surf of the ocean. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Jaden Durant (foreground), 8, and other guests enjoy waves at Calypso Bay. The 38,000 square foot wave pool featuring two massive wave generators that will create four foot waves in eight different wave patterns to mimic the high surf of the ocean. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Jaden Durant (foreground), 8, and other guests enjoy waves at Calypso Bay. The 38,000 square foot wave pool featuring two massive wave generators that will create four foot waves in eight different wave patterns to mimic the high surf of the ocean. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Dale Kaetzel, park president for Six Flags Over Georgia, announces the opening of the Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park during a media day Thursday, May 28, 2014. Six Flags Over Georgia's new water park, Hurricane Harbor, opened on May 30, 2014 in Austell. The largest expansion in the park's 47-year history, Hurricane Harbor boasts four new water attractions, including the world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide. It spans seven acres and is free with admission to Six Flags Over Georgia. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Guests enjoy waves at Calypso Bay at Hurricane Harbor. The 38,000 square foot wave pool featuring two massive wave generators that will create four foot waves in eight different wave patterns to mimic the high surf of the ocean. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Shannon Beckham enjoys playing at Paradise Island during a media day at the Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park on Thursday, May 28, 2014. A children's water playground, Paradise Island encompasses an entire acre of Hurricane Harbor with six water slides, multiple water buckets dumping about 2,000 gallons of water and hundreds of interactive water elements such as water blasters, sprayers, fountains, water wheels and pumps. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Matthew Prater (left) and Aaron Roberson enjoy riding Bonzai Pipelines during a media day at the Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park Thursday, May 28, 2014. Three unique water slides sit atop a 41 foot tower at that propel guests barreling down through 180- and 360-degree curves. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Guests enjoy riding Tsunami Surge during a media day at the Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park on Thursday, May 28, 2014. The world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide, Tsunami Surge sends thrill-seekers down five stories to the splash pool waiting below. It all starts with a drop through an enclosed tube into a whirlpool bowl with 360 degree curves and then out into a massive wave wall, for a moment of zero gravity, or weightlessness. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Guests enjoy riding Tsunami Surge at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor. The world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide, Tsunami Surge will send thrill-seekers down five stories to the splash pool waiting below. It all starts with a drop through an enclosed tube into a whirlpool bowl with 360 degree curves and then out into a massive wave wall, for a moment of zero gravity. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Guests enjoy riding Tsunami Surge at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor. The world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide, Tsunami Surge will send thrill-seekers down five stories to the splash pool waiting below. It all starts with a drop through an enclosed tube into a whirlpool bowl with 360 degree curves and then out into a massive wave wall, for a moment of zero gravity. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Guests enjoy waves at Calypso Bay at Hurricane Harbor. The 38,000 square foot wave pool featuring two massive wave generators that will create four foot waves in eight different wave patterns to mimic the high surf of the ocean. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Six Flags Over Georgia's new water park, Hurricane Harbor, opened on May 30, 2014 in Austell. The largest expansion in the park's 47-year history, Hurricane Harbor boasts four new water attractions, including the world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide. It spans seven acres and is free with admission to Six Flags Over Georgia. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Six Flags Over Georgia's new water park, Hurricane Harbor, opened on May 30, 2014 in Austell. The largest expansion in the park's 47-year history, Hurricane Harbor boasts four new water attractions, including the world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide. It spans seven acres and is free with admission to Six Flags Over Georgia. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Six Flags Over Georgia's new water park, Hurricane Harbor, opened on May 30, 2014 in Austell. The largest expansion in the park's 47-year history, Hurricane Harbor boasts four new water attractions, including the world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide. It spans seven acres and is free with admission to Six Flags Over Georgia. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Six Flags Over Georgia's new water park, Hurricane Harbor, opened on May 30, 2014 in Austell. The largest expansion in the park's 47-year history, Hurricane Harbor boasts four new water attractions, including the world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide. It spans seven acres and is free with admission to Six Flags Over Georgia. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Six Flags Over Georgia's new water park, Hurricane Harbor, opened on May 30, 2014 in Austell. The largest expansion in the park's 47-year history, Hurricane Harbor boasts four new water attractions, including the world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide. It spans seven acres and is free with admission to Six Flags Over Georgia. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Six Flags Over Georgia's new water park, Hurricane Harbor, opened on May 30, 2014 in Austell. The largest expansion in the park's 47-year history, Hurricane Harbor boasts four new water attractions, including the world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide. It spans seven acres and is free with admission to Six Flags Over Georgia. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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Six Flags Over Georgia's new water park, Hurricane Harbor, opened on May 30, 2014 in Austell. The largest expansion in the park's 47-year history, Hurricane Harbor boasts four new water attractions, including the world's first hybrid zero-gravity slide. It spans seven acres and is free with admission to Six Flags Over Georgia. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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