Magic Waters and Six Flags Great America Combo Season Passes and Memberships Are On Sale Now

Six Flags Set to Dive In to 

Magic Waters Waterpark

All Taxing Authorities Approve Abatements for Rockford Waterpark

Six Flags Great America, the Thrill Capital of the Midwest, has received the last vote from the Rock Valley College approving the final of 11 real estate tax abatements on the Magic Waters property. Six Flags Great America now has the necessary approvals to begin managing Magic Waters Waterpark near Rockford, Illinois. The leasing agreement will officially begin on April 1, 2019 and will allow the largest regional theme park company in the world and the largest waterpark operator in North America to bring its unique and innovative brand to Rockford.
Magic Waters Waterpark, a 43-acre facility, has been owned and operated by the Rockford Park District since 1988. The park features a wide array of tube slides and body slides, an expansive children’s play area, a 1200 ft. lazy river and Tsunami Bay, Illinois’ largest wave pool.

“We are excited to add Magic Waters Waterpark to the Six Flags family of parks and continue to foster a great partnership with the Rockford Park District,” said Six Flags Great America Park President Hank Salemi. “We look forward to the many opportunities we will have with Magic Waters and the community. We can now offer tremendous added value to guests of Magic Waters by including Six Flags Great America and Hurricane Harbor in their Magic Waters Combo Season Passes.”

Six Flags Great America plans to begin the hiring process for the newly acquired waterpark in the New Year. “Privatizing Magic Waters Waterpark was something our community told us should be a priority to achieve. I cannot think of a better organization to partner with than Six Flags Great America as they have been outstanding to work with and our mission, vision, and service expectations align. They are the industry experts and will have more resources to invest in the waterpark. The District will now be able to invest its limited resources into our communities’ priorities for 2019 and beyond such as parks, paths, free family events, and youth,” said Rockford Park District Executive Director Jay Sandine. 

Magic Waters and Six Flags Great America Combo Season Passes and Memberships are on sale now. Guests will enjoy the benefits of a Season Pass or Membership at Magic Waters Waterpark and receive free admission to Six Flags Great America and Hurricane Harbor located in Gurnee, Illinois.

About Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is the world’s largest regional theme park company and the largest operator of waterparks in North America, with $1.4 billion in revenue and 25 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada. For 57 years, Six Flags has entertained millions of families with world-class coasters, themed rides, thrilling water parks and unique attractions. 

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About Rockford Park District
The Rockford Park District was proudly citizen-created in 1909 and is the third largest park and recreation system in Illinois with 179 parks and facilities. The Rockford Park District improves the quality of life for citizens by providing a vibrant and relevant park system which increases property values, stimulates economic development, decreases juvenile crime, and improves our community’s health. A vibrant and relevant park system also protects the environment, employs hundreds of area teens, and brings our diverse community together in unity, through the common love of play. For more information, visit www.rockfordparkdistrict.org.

Adventures With The Guys At Raging Waves Waterpark

Blokes And Sheilas All Find Plenty of Fun at Raging Waves

My son and daughter are 13 & 15 now and still get along great, and generally we all do things as a family. This August, though, we all wanted to go to Raging Waves Waterpark again, but we couldn't make the logistics work out. Sound familiar?! Sometimes the mythical lazy days of summer are the crazy days of summer in reality.

I'm pleased to partner up with Raging Waves again this season as a Blog Ambassador. Thanks to them, we have comp tickets for some of our lucky readers and review tickets for my family. As always, all opinions are my own.

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Both of my kids did circus arts camp. My son is currently a Jr. Counselor at a theatre camp for 2 weeks and he also did a week of nature camp in the Indiana Dunes. My daughter's had team gymnastics camp all summer, Girls Rock Camp, and overnight gymnastics camp in Wisconsin. Then we tried to throw friends in the mix and the schedule nightmare grew. Finally we decided the only way to make it work was to have a guys day and a girls day.

Here's ChiIL Mama's Aussie Themed Waterpark Adventures With The Boys, AKA: BLOKES in Australian

Smiles for miles

My son, Dugan & his childhood friend, Mateo, have been to Raging Waves together quite a few times over the years. They always bring back the Big Squirts for super squirt gun battles. But Mateo hadn't been there since they opened the new slide, Wonambi. It was a huge hit!

Best of all, the forecast said scattered thundershowers and all the local kids were back to school already, so lines were super short and the guys got maximum slide time in. We did have a torrential downpour with lightning in the early afternoon, but the park closed for under a half hour and it got gorgeous again.  

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Of course the teens were all about the slides and wave pool. I've ridden almost every slide in the park, too. As an adult, though, I was happy this time to stick to the wave pool and ChiIL out and read a book I've been trying to find time to check out for 6 years! Raging Waves has plenty of seating in the sun and shade.

This family run waterpark also has an artistic streak, with a family member that designs the charming paint jobs for the buildings. The snack shacks are colorful and fun and even the storage sheds have character!

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Disclosure: Once again, we're happy to partner up with Raging Waves Waterpark and have been compensated for sharing this information with our readers. As always, all opinions are our own.