Soak City is a
water park
A water park (or waterpark, water world) 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 floating, bathing, swimming, and other baref ...
at
Kings Island amusement park in
Mason, Ohio
Mason is a city in southwestern Warren County, Ohio, United States, approximately north of downtown Cincinnati. As of the 2020 census, Mason's population was 34,792.
Mason is home to Kings Island amusement park and one of the largest tennis st ...
. Opening in 1989 as WaterWorks, the water park is included with the price of admission to Kings Island. It is owned and operated by
Cedar Fair
Cedar Fair, L.P., formally Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, is a publicly traded master limited partnership headquartered at its Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. The company owns and operates eleven amusement parks, nine included- ...
.
History
Soak City originally opened in 1989 as a water park under the name WaterWorks featuring 15
water slides, a wave pool, and a
lazy river ride called Action River.
WaterWorks was the first themed area to be added to Kings Island since 1976, bringing the total to seven. The cost was roughly $4 million
USD
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.
The water park was expanded in 1997 to .
It was renamed in 2004 to Crocodile Dundee's Boomerang Bay, and again in 2007 to Boomerang Bay dropping ''Crocodile Dundee'' from the name. On September 2, 2011, Kings Island announced that the water park would undergo a $10-million expansion, which would include the renovation of the water park's main entrance, a revamp of the existing Lazy River ride, and the construction of additional amenities. A second, larger wave pool was also added, and the water park's name was changed to Soak City for the 2012 season.
List of attractions
See also
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Other Soak City locations
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List of Cedar Fair water parks
Notes
References
External links
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{{Paramount Parks
Cedar Fair water parks
Water parks in Ohio
1989 establishments in Ohio