Cedar Point Shores (formerly Soak City) is a

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located adjacent to

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. It is owned and operated by

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History

In 1988, the waterpark opened as Soak City. The park originally consisted of ten slides, but more slides were added between 1990 and 1995: Main Stream and Tadpole Town in 1990 and Zoom Flume, Choo Choo Lagoon, and Renegade River in 1995. In 1997, The waterpark then underwent a 6.5-acre expansion that included a wave pool, activity pools for both adults and kids, and multiple enclosed slides featuring rafts. SplashH20, an interactive water playground, was added in 2004. For the 2012 season, all of the water slides in the main complex were repainted, and a new

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, Dragster H20 (now known as Riptide Raceway), was added, replacing the original speed slides of the park. On August 18, 2016, Cedar Point announced that Soak City would be renamed Cedar Point Shores and expanded to include a slide complex and a new family water playground called Lemmy's Lagoon, replacing the demolished Choo Choo Lagoon. The Surf Shop was also demolished, and a new building was built for the merchandise.

Slides and attractions

Cedar Point Shores offers a wide variety of

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s and other attractions:

Former attractions

Gallery

File: Cedar Point Soak City entrance with slides (1545).jpg, The entrance to Cedar Point Shores when it was Soak City. File: Challenge Park and Soak City.jpg, An aerial view of then-Soak City's closed and now-defunct Challenge Park in 2009. File: Cedar Point Zoom Flume (4321).jpg, The Storm Surge ride (when it was known as Zoom Flume) in July 2015 before it received a new name and colors for 2017.

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