IF YOU GO
• General admission between Memorial Day and Labor Day, which includes attendance to the water park and Lake Winnie, is $31.95, $15.95 for children under 2 and senior citizens.• The park features an adventure river with a beach lagoon, a kiddie pool and seven body and tube slides.• Lifeguards are present throughout the water park.
Patrons exit the “Crazy River” at Lake Winnepesaukah’s newest attraction, Soakya water park Monday. The water park features four large slides, a children’s play area and a “Crazy River.” Admission to both the “dry” park and water park is $31.95.It was a lesson in delayed gratification.
First, before the gate opened, the grown-ups had to give their speeches.
They talked about how Lake Winnepesaukah has been family-owned for four generations, and how the new multimillion-dollar water park, SoakYa, would be a boon to the Catoosa County economy.
Children from Heritage Middle School rode into the ceremony by train, each given a balloon to release at the right moment.