Knott's Soak City 2017 Expansion

[TTD03]

Didn't see this here on the forum yet, so here we go!

2017: KNOTT'S SOAK CITY EXPANSION
An exciting expansion, renovations and new additions are coming to Knott???s Soak City Water Park next summer.

Orange County???s largest water park will debut two water slide towers featuring exhilarating attractions geared for families and thrill seekers. Shore Break will tower over seven stories and offer six different thrilling water slide experiences. Four of the slides on the 60-foot tall tower will start with guests climbing inside an Aqua-Launch chamber where they will wait anxiously for the floor to drop out from underneath their feet, sending them into a high-speed, almost vertical free fall through a series of flat loops and S-curves in a translucent flume. Shore Break will also feature dueling tube slides that will zip riders through an enchanting series of drops and turns. The height requirements for Shore Break slides are 48 inches.

The Wedge slide tower will take the location of the current Pacific Spin and will be an open air family raft ride. Up to six guests at a time will descend down navigating twists and turns and surprise drops. The height requirement for The Wedge is 48 inches or 40 inches when accompanied by a supervising companion. Guests will be able to experience both water slide towers when Knott???s Soak City Water Park opens for the summer season in May 2017.

The expansion project will also include updated shaded seating areas, cabanas and a remodeled Longboard???s Grill to the water park. Construction is set to begin on September 12 and a grand-reopening is scheduled for summer 2017.

A 2017 Knott???s Gold Season Pass is the best way to experience all of the new additions coming to Knott???s Soak City Water Park next year. 2017 Gold Season Passes include one free admission during the 2016 season to Knott???s Berry Farm and Knott???s Soak City Waterpark, unlimited visits in 2017 to both parks with no blackout dates, discounts on select food and merchandise, and access to exciting year-round seasonal events. 2017 Season Passes will be available beginning August 26 at the best offer of the year for a limited time on soakcityoc.com

Source soakcityoc.com

[Coasterkidmwm]

Is the slide tower custom or is it a clone they're plopping down in all of the parks?

^Shore Break is the same tower that Cedar Point is getting this year, which is pretty similar to what Cedar Fair has been doing for the past few years. The difference is that these towers have four body slides and two tube slides instead of three of each. The Wedge is a standard family raft ride, but it isn't a direct clone of anything else.

I visited Knott's Soak City for the first time in probably five years this past summer, and immediately I was reminded why I don't visit more frequently than that (despite it being my closest waterpark). As it stands now, the park is a half day waterpark at a comparable price to full day waterparks in the area, and they haven't added a new attraction since 2006. While this expansion won't make it a full day experience, it will definitely give me a reason to visit more often and it will finally give the park a family raft ride, one attraction that has been notably absent since day one. Even though I've ridden similar rides elsewhere, I'm looking forward to having these slides at my local waterpark.

[Paradox]

In addition to the Soak City expansion, Knott's will also add a new flat ride for 2017 called Sol Spin.



Sol Spin will be a Mondial Top Scan and take the place of the empty windseeker pad.

Sol Spin will bring brand new hair-raising thrills to the Fiesta Village area of the park next season. The new ride will send brave guests on a thrilling topsy-turvy adventure over 6 stories high as they rotate in all directions on one of six spinning arms. Sol Spin will be the newest addition to the theme park???s world-class line up of more than 40 rides and attractions when it opens in spring 2017.

[Oscar]

yay!

[Coasterkidmwm]

Ah the Windseeker memorial will finally become something lol.

[TTD03]

YES! Love having another one of these at the parks I visit!

El Sol means the Sun so it's beating down on the Zierer's Jaguar! Cool concept!

Looks like Montezooma's Revenge is getting repainted.

Photo's from California Coaster Kings.

^ Yep that's the perfect color of the sun!

[Paradox]

^ That "classic" orange track!

[Coasterkidmwm]

Lol looks like variants of the Rougarou colors will become the new trendy scheme in all of their parks.

Seems that Sol Spin was testing today with Water Dummies
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSuNljdhYDp/?taken-by=knottsnetwork&hl=en

[Dirk_Ermen]

I really hope it does more than that... Variation is the key with these rides.

[Paradox]

Looks like a pretty slow and short cycle. I hope they run it faster eventually.

Can anyone compare the cycle to Carowinds top scan? Are they the same or is one longer.