Cape Splash is open again

June 10, 2020

Scenes from Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at the waterpark in Cape Girardeau. Sarah Wichern, City of Cape Girardeau Aquatic Coordinator, said the facility opened up Monday. She said the center is open seven days a week with sessions from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. The hour between the two sessions is used for sanitizing of the facility, she said. Wichern said each session is being limited to 500 people plus pass holders.

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Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center employee Drew Noel (left), 17, of Cape Girardeau removes tubes used in the lazy river while Noah Schuchardt, also 17 and of Cape Girardeau, tends to tube sanitizing Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at the waterpark in Cape Girardeau. Sarah Wichern, City of Cape Girardeau Aquatic Coordinator, said the facility reopened Monday. She said the center is open seven days a week with sessions from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. The hour between the two sessions is used for sanitizing of the facility, she said. Wichern said each session is being limited to 500 people plus pass holders.

Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center employee Drew Noel (left), 17, of Cape Girardeau carries away tubes used in the lazy river while Noah Schuchardt, also 17 and of Cape Girardeau, tends to tube sanitizing Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at the waterpark in Cape Girardeau. Sarah Wichern, City of Cape Girardeau Aquatic Coordinator, said the facility reopened Monday. She said the center is open seven days a week with sessions from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. The hour between the two sessions is used for sanitizing of the facility, she said. Wichern said each session is being limited to 500 people plus pass holders.

Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center employee Drew Noel (left), 17, of Cape Girardeau carries away tubes used in the lazy river while Noah Schuchardt, also 17 and of Cape Girardeau, tends to tube sanitizing Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at the waterpark in Cape Girardeau. Sarah Wichern, City of Cape Girardeau Aquatic Coordinator, said the facility opened up Monday. She said the center is open seven days a week with sessions from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. The hour between the two sessions is used for sanitizing of the facility, she said. Wichern said each session is being limited to 500 people plus pass holders.

Zaking Poyner, 5, of Sikeston, Missouri, gets off a water slide Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center in Cape Girardeau.

People float on the lazy river Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center in Cape Girardeau.

Tammy Meyerhoff of Carbondale, Illinois, goes around the lazy river with her granddaughter Az'Rihanna Woodson, 2, on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center in Cape Girardeau.

Dava Poyner of Sikeston, Missouri, goes down a water slide Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center in Cape Girardeau.

Charles Woodson Jr., 1, receives assistance from his grandmother Tammy Meyerhoff of Carbondale, Illinois, on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center in Cape Girardeau.

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