History
The water park originally opened as Ocean Island in 1982. In 1989, it was renamed to Riptide Reef. For the 1997 season, Paramount Parks invested $7 million in a expansion and renamed the park to WaterWorks. Another major expansion occurred in 2006 adding a new Australian theme and changing the name to Boomerang Bay, a name shared with several water parks at other Cedar Fair amusement parks. In 2008, Cedar Fair added a wave pool, Bondi Beach, increasing the total size of the water park to . As part of the multi-year expansion at Carowinds, Boomerang Bay added ''Surfer's Swell'' and ''Dorsal Fin Drop'' for the 2014 season. On August 27, 2015, Carowinds announced that Boomerang Bay would undergo a major expansion in 2016 and would be renamed Carolina Harbor. The expansion includes a new wave pool named ''Surf Club Harbor'', 2 children splash areas named ''Myrtle Turtle Beach'' and ''Kitty Hawk Cove'', a six-story, six-slide complex named ''Blackbeard's Revenge'', and a new play structure called ''Seaside Splashworks.'' On August 15, 2019, Carowinds announced "Boogie Board Racer", the longest mat racing slide in the southeast. This attraction has 6 separate enclosed, and open to the sun slides.List of attractions
Former attractions
References
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