Schlitterbahn to open Corpus Christi park in July

Schlitterbahn to open Corpus Christi park in July


SAN ANTONIO — Summer vacationers can look forward to a new Schlitterbahn in Corpus Christi, opening July 15.

The park will contain a 2-mile-long torrent river, two to three uphill water coasters, three kids' areas, a Boogie Bahn, a heated pool with a swim up bar and Shoot the Chute, the company's first hard-park ride in any park. Shoot the Chute is modeled after a log ride, where the car takes riders up a hill and down into a splash zone.

Lodging also is incorporated with the park, and around 35 rooms will open July 15. Eventually, the park will have more than 80 rooms total. Rooms range from double queen to suites, but prices are not confirmed.

Attached to the lodging area is an event center with multiple rooms to hold concerts, weddings and parties. Also on-site is a Mexican restaurant, named Fajita, which will remain open yearlong.

Winter Prosapio, corporate director of communications and government relations at Schlitterbahn, said the park, located at 14353 Commodores Drive in North Padre Island, will have a Hill Country feel to it. She added the park will be decorated with handcrafted art to make the park feel warm, open, inviting and “at one with nature.”

“This one will really feel like elements of the Hill Country suddenly landed in beach country,” Prosapio said.

She said each Schlitterbahn park differs from one another. For example, the park in South Padre Island is beach oriented and Galveston's park has an urban feel.

“They all reflect their communities in one way or another,” she said.

The park is 61 acres and is one of the larger parks in terms of acreage, but is similar in content to the South Padre Island park, but ride designs are not the same.

“We don't make cookie-cutter parks,” Prosapio said.

A park was planned in Corpus Christi because Schlitterbahn's founder, Bob Henry, always wanted a park in that city, which attracts a lot of people in the summer, Prosapio said. Construction began Feb. 14, 2013.

Water park Hours are unconfirmed, but Prosapio said typical hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. everyday until Labor Day weekend. After Labor Day weekend, the park is only open on weekends.
Season passes and tickets have not gone on sale.

Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts, based in New Braunfels, also has a park in Kansas City, Kansas

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