^ "Hawaiian Waters sold, to be renamed Wet 'n' Wild Hawaii".^ "Cedar Fair Sells Palm Springs Water Park To CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc" (Press release).^ O'Brien, Tim Miller, Keith (7 October 2002).^ O'Brien, Tim Zoltak, James Miller, Keith (8 October 2001).^ a b Emmons, Natasha Deckard, Linda Muret, Don Barbieri, Kelly (4 June 2001)."Knott's Soak City to become Wet 'n' Wild Palm Springs". ^ a b Descant, Skip (17 December 2013).^ "Wet N' Wild Palm Springs sold will be closed for 2019 season".
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In June 2019, shortly before demolition commenced at Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs, professional skateboarders including Lizzie Armanto, Omar Hassan, Riley Hawk, Tony Hawk, Aaron Homoki, Kevin Kowalski, Torey Pudwill and Daewon Song spent a week filming in the closed park to create a nine-minute viral video for Thrasher Magazine entitled "High 'N' Dry". In the film, the wave tank location where the surf contest takes place was actually depicted as Arizona. The opening scenes of the 1987 film "North Shore" were filmed at the Oasis Water Park wave tank. In December 2013, CNL announced the Palm Springs water park would operate as Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs from the 2014 season. As part of the transaction with Australian firm, Village Roadshow Theme Parks, CNL also acquired rights to the Wet'n'Wild brand in the United States. In November 2013, CNL Lifestyle Properties completed their acquisition of the ownership and operational rights of Wet'n'Wild Hawaii and Wet'n'Wild Phoenix. The park was allowed to operate under the Soak City name for the until the conclusion of the 2013 season. On August 14, 2013, Cedar Fair announced it had sold its Palm Springs Soak City to CNL Lifestyle Properties.
The renovation of the park saw increases in attendance and revenue of "about 40%" in the 2002 season. A Rain Fortress aqua play area by WhiteWater West was also added to the park, which reopened in March 2002.
The refurbishment included the park's gas chlorine sanitation system being replaced by a liquid chlorine equivalent, as well as the repainting and renaming of all slides to match the other Soak City parks. In the 2001-2002 winter off-season, Cedar Fair invested $2 million into refurbishing and rebranding the park into a Knott's Soak City park, joining other locations in Chula Vista and Buena Park. At the conclusion of the 2001 season Cedar Fair reported the park was down 13% at the time of acquisition, however, this was turned around to a 13% increase by the end of the season under the park's new owners. The park was immediately branded Knott's Oasis Water Park, with additional advertising driving revenues for the remainder of the year. The deal was finalised one month later for $9.1 million. In May 2001, Cedar Fair entered into an agreement to acquire the park. By 2001, Oasis Water Park spanned 16 acres (6.5 ha) of a 21-acre (8.5 ha) property, featured 20 attractions and had a seasonal attendance of 200,000 people. Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs officially opened as Oasis Water Park by Waterpark Associates in 1986. The park plans to eventually reopen as Palm Springs Surf Club. The park operated under Cedar Fair's ownership as Knott's Soak City until 2013 when CNL Lifestyle Properties acquired it. Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs is a defunct water park located in Palm Springs, California.
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