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May 16, 2018
Contact: Mike
Donnelly, 810-229-6566 (Brighton Recreation Area); Shawn Speaker, 248-634-8811
(Holly Recreation Area) or Doug Barry, 906-339-4461 (Van Riper State Park)
Media:
John
Pepin, DNR deputy public information officer, 906-226-1352
Three
Michigan state parks to offer water parks this summer
 The countdown is on to the Memorial Day weekend opening of three
fun-filled aqua parks at Van Riper State Park in the Upper Peninsula and the
Brighton and Holly Recreation Areas in southeastern Michigan.
These three floating playgrounds are fun for the whole
family. Many of the courses include a series of connected inflatable slides,
runways, jumping pillows and bouncers that are suitable for both kids and
adults (age and height restrictions apply). There is an additional fee and reservations are recommended.
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All
three water parks will open May 25 and include:
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Water Warrior Island is located
on Lake Michigamme in Van
Riper State Park in Marquette County. This floating playground includes
20-foot water slides, rock climbing walls, trampolines, floating walkways and a
ninja-warrior-like obstacle course.
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Jump Island situated on Bishop Lake within
the Brighton
Recreation Area in Livingston County, offers the “ultimate inflatable water
park experience.” The water course includes an inflatable iceberg, inflatable
slides, runways and other obstacles that give visitors the ability to balance,
walk, run or slide on water.
- The WhoaZone on Heron Beach is located at the Holly
Recreation Area in Oakland County. The course offers four different routes
with four different challenge levels – from easy up to challenging. Visitors
can climb, jump, crawl and slide on the gigantic springboard, semi-circle step,
the wiggle bridge, half-pipe and more.
 Check out a cool video on the water parks.
Ticket and reservation information, rules, height requirements and hours of operation vary between each individual attraction. Links to the three water park websites, a short video and a map can be found at michigan.gov/DNRwaterparks.
A Recreation Passport is required for entry into most state parks, state forest campgrounds, boating access sites and state trailheads.
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Note to editors: An accompanying photo is
available below for download. A suggested caption follows.
Climb: A couple of kids have fun climbing at the WhoaZone. (Photo courtesy of the WhoaZone)
Jump: A group of jumpers at Jump Island. (Photo courtesy of Jump Island)
Kids: Kids enjoying a water park are shown (Photo
courtesy of Water Warrior Island)/
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