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The Six Flags White Water water park is located near Atlanta, Georgia and was first opened in 1999 (originally called White Water Atlanta).  This park made Travel Channel’s top 10 water park list recently.

Let’s start with the thrill rides.  They have one called “Dragon’s Tail” which has a 250-foot triple drop.  Another one is called “The Cliffhanger” which is a bare-backed 9-story drop (one of the tallest free falls in the world).

The largest category is family rides.  There is an activity pool for kids as well as a couple of wave pools:  “The Tidal Wave” which has gentle waves that drop you into “Little Hooch River” (lazy river) and “The Atlanta Ocean” which generates 4 foot waves.  There are several inner tube rides (”Bermuda Triangle”, “Black River Falls”, ‘Caribbean Plunge”, “Gulf Coast Screamer”, “Run-A-Way River”, “The Rapids”, and the “Tornado”), bare-back rides (”Lizard’s Tail”, “Mutiny Chute”, “The Banzai Pipeline”, “Three-slide Body Flume”), and a rafting ride (”Bahama Bob-Slide”).

Kids will have a lot of fun here too.  They’ve got “Captain Kid’s Cove” which is an area containing over 100 interactive play activities.  “Little Squirt’s Island” is for toddlers and is a shallow water play area with lots of water chutes, fountains, and pulleys.  Finally, “Tree House Island” is a 4-story structure with a large water bucket, chutes, slides, and bridges to cross.

White Water has regular activities during the year (their web site has a events calendar) and there are plenty of places around to get a bite to eat.  If you want to make a weekend out of your trip, make sure you visit “Six Flags Over Georgia”.  This is more of a roller coaster/thrill park.  They also have family attractions and some water rides.

If you’ve been to a Six Flags before, this park certainly lives up to the reputation.  They have rides for everyone.  I’m a little surprised that they actually have a season – at the time of this writing, the park is closed and won’t reopen until May.  I figured a park like this down near Atlanta would be open all year.  Maybe it gets cold enough down there that visitor numbers fall off significantly over the winter?  So, you’ll have to hit this park during the summer, but I’m sure it would be worth the trip!