Relocated Alabama Adventure Ride Opening at Schlitterbahn Corpus Christi

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It has been quite a while since we've heard anything about Schlitterbahn Corpus Christi, the latest park to open in the Schlitterbahn family.  The park was initially delayed until 2014, but only partially opened this past year.  That's probably why it's been fairly low on the radar so far.

From what I can tell the new park, which is being built on the grounds of a former country club, is still operating some country club features like a nine hole golf course, restaurant and club house.  Last year it opened a redesigned club pool featuring a swim up bar, cabanas and an adjacent kids play area.

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Here's a look at the swim up pool area, which is listed as being open daily for club members.  While the entire water park - which will feature several interconnected rivers, pools, and slides - didn't quite make it open last year, some parts of it appear to have come online late summer.  The entire project will be impressive when completed, here is a look at the original plans:

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This layout is from when the park was first announced, back in 2012, so things have changed slightly since then.  It still gives a nice overall idea of what's planned.  The park will have lodging eventually built in, and an even larger residential area is planned for open space to the left of this development.  One change from these original plans is the addition of a theme park ride, a Shoot the Chutes located on the island around the torrent river in the plans above.

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The Shoot the Chutes ride is the first of its kind in a Schlitterbahn park, seen above after being constructed last year.  It appears as though the ride is the former Buzzsaw Falls from Alabama Adventure, which sold off all its amusement park attractions before its current rebirth.  Schlitterbahn picked up a lot of other rides at the Geauga Lake sale many years ago, with plans for many of them to come online in the Kansas City park.  We haven't seen that happen just yet, but we still may one day.  It's neat to see more rides being incorporated into these water parks, though.

I can't see any official announcement about the opening of the full water park in Corpus Christi, but it appears as though that will happen this Spring or Summer.