‘Triple Thunder’ and ‘Rapid Racer’ slides to debut at Great Wolf Lodge Georgia indoor water park

The calendar is now counting down to the grand opening of Great Wolf Lodge Georgia, with the water and adventure park attraction now saying it will be introducing two new slide concepts in North America upon its debut.

Chicago-based Great Wolf Resorts is now pushing toward completion of its 100,000-square-foot resort that is locating at 150 Tom Hall Parkway, off Interstate 85, in LaGrange, Ga. That’s just south of Atlanta and north of Columbus, near the Georgia-Alabama border.

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The resort company expects to open the park by May 31, with it now offering grand opening discounts to those who want to be among the first guests this spring and summer to splash, play and dine in its new park, where the water is 84 degrees all year long. Standard rates start at $199.99 per night plus tax, with guests required to stay the night at the park to use the water rides and slides.

There will be a dozen slides available for customers, with the new concepts called “Triple Thunder” and “Rapid Racer.” The company calls the slides “one of a kind” and says they were developed by manufacturer ProSlide.

Here’s a description by the two companies of the two new slides:

▪ Triple Thunder — “A group raft ride that combines two of the most thrilling water park attractions available into one pulse-pounding slide. The ride starts by plummeting guests down a steep drop and into a funnel, where they will experience sensations of weightlessness as the raft sloshes up and down the funnel walls. Upon exiting the funnel, the raft swooshes towards two saucers. The saucers provide additional excitement as guests hurl at maximum speeds along the bank of the saucer, swirl 180-degrees and exit through a narrow passageway — all in the dark. A few extra twists and turns await after the saucers before riders finally plunge into a catch pool at the bottom of the slide.”

▪ Rapid Racer — “A two-person tube racing slide that features plenty of thrills with drops, chutes and serpentine curves. As riders emerge from the exhilarating 180-degree and 360-degree banked curves, they enter a section with open racing lanes where they can see and hear their competition on the other side of a low separator wall. The slide features three rally points where guests can see their competition as both careen down this incredibly fun water attraction.”

Here’s a list from the company of other features and attractions of Great Wolf Lodge Georgia:

▪ Fort Mackenzie — A multi-level treehouse water fort that combines suspension bridges, treetop slides, swinging cargo nets and spray stations. The park’s signature tipping bucket dumps 1,000 gallons of water every four minutes

▪ Totem Towers — Two three-story body slides attached to Fort Mackenzie

▪ Wolf Tail — Guests step into a launch pod and prepare as the floor drops out from underneath their feet, hurling them into a nearly vertical, 20-foot free fall, followed immediately by a 360-degree, high-speed loop

▪ Otter Run — A family-friendly body slide, it is perfectly sized for small and tall people alike

▪ Slap Tail Pond — A gigantic wave pool complete with waves reaching up to three feet in height as they roll through every five minutes

▪ Chinook Cove — A water playground for children of all ages featuring basketball and floating obstacles

▪ Big Foot Pass — A unique water obstacle that challenges both kids and adults to balance on floating logs and lily pads and hold on to hanging nets as they try to get across the pool

▪ Crooked Creek — A winding lazy river

▪ Cub Paw Pool — A zero-depth entry children’s pool with water fountain features, kiddie slides and spray-and-play adventures

▪ Whooping Hollow — A play pool filled with perfectly sized water slides for young pups. Gentle slopes and tiny dips and turns make this the go-to attraction for those under 52 inches

Great Wolf Resorts already operates 15 locations in the U.S., with the LaGrange lodge and park giving it 16. Two more are on the way, one opening this summer in Gurnee, Ill., and the other making its debut in late 2019 in Scottsdale, Ariz.

This story was originally published February 5, 2018 at 3:44 PM with the headline "‘Triple Thunder’ and ‘Rapid Racer’ slides to debut at Great Wolf Lodge Georgia indoor water park."