Kentucky Kingdom’s Hurricane Bay opens for summer season

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Summer season is nearly right here and there’s lots of nice methods to beat the warmth.

Memorial day is the unofficial begin to summer time and Kentucky Kingdom’s water park — Hurricane Bay — is formally open.

Slides, rides, and fries have have individuals — particularly youngsters — driving that summertime wave.

“Friday was my daughter’s birthday and once I requested her what she wished to do, she mentioned she wished to come back right here so we did,” says Nathan Allen.

Anthony Rocco’s son was asleep in his arms.

“He’s out. Oh yeah he had a blast.”

“It’s been an awesome weekend for us. There’s been superior climate this Memorial Day weekend and we’re excited to welcome visitors again to the park and present all of them we now have to supply,” says Kentucky Kingdom worker Daniel Dambros.

There’s three totally different passes to purchase this yr. The gold and silver go permit for early entry to particular occasions and 20percentoff merchandise and meals.

And new this yr, the Pre-Ok go which is free for youths three to 5. However you must seize that one by Tuesday.

If you wish to purchase passes to Kentucky Kingdom for the season click on or faucet right here.

Additionally new — the all star stunt canine present.

“It’s a excessive flying impediment course with a bunch of nice rescue canine. The present is 3 times a day and it’s tremendous enjoyable to look at,” says Kentucky Kingdom Basic Supervisor Sarah Worrell.

The Harlem Globetrotters may also be again on the park this summer time.

Hurricane Bay has one of many largest wave swimming pools in Kentucky.

“We do have some visitors who just about present up day-after-day to experience the waves. They suppose it’s nice enjoyable and we love having them right here,” Worrell says.

Throughout opening weekend 1000’s of individuals visited the park. With so many individuals coming into the park, safety is a giant deal.

Kentucky Kingdom is introducing some new expertise this yr to assist preserve individuals protected and features transferring on the gate.

Worrell says, “it makes use of AI to type of observe info. So it’ll flag an merchandise and if the merchandise seems to be like one thing that it’s undecided what’s, we’ll ask the visitor to cease and check out it. If it’s one thing like a sun shades case, the operator can inform the machine what that’s and the machine can be taught from itself and is aware of the following time it sees an object like that.”

For a working schedule for Kentucky Kingdom and Hurricane Bay click on or faucet right here.

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