Monster Water Slide in North Georgia

May 20, 2010 - PRLog -- Want a wet and wild exhilaration this summer? Want to have bragging rights about sliding down the tallest inflatable water slide in the world? Want a place to have some plain-ole-fun in the summertime? Well, the Coosawattee River Resort in Ellijay, Georgia has just what you are looking for!

The Monster Water Slide isn't your ordinary, run-of-the-mill water slide. The slide towers 45 feet above the ground with 41 steps that lead up a steep incline to a lofty platform covered by a canopy. Blue Sky Slides bills the monstrosity as the tallest inflatable water slide in the world. The company is even trying to get Guinness World Records to verify this claim!  

Located next to The General Store and just outside the Eagle Mountain Gate of the Coosawattee River Resort, the slide is open 7 days a week from Memorial weekend until Labor Day. Operation times are from 10am until 7pm. The cost is $10.00 for an all-day-pass, which riders may go down as many times as they want. Participants must be 5 years old and 48” tall. Exhilarating, bragging rights, or plain-ole-fun ... you be the judge!

And while you’re at The General Store, take a tubing or kayaking trip! Trip times are 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., and 1:30 p.m. While walk-ins are accepted, calling The General Store at (706) 635-1609 is strongly suggested for reservations as trips are limited and book-up quickly. The General Store also features "Pickin' on the Porch" on the 2nd and 4th Saturday night of each month (weather permitting), with a variety of local entertainment and music from Gospel to Bluegrass to Old-Time Rock 'n' Roll. Bring your own lawn chair, pull up your seat next to the bon-fire, and roast some marshmallows while enjoying the entertainment and mountain ambiance!

For more information about the Monster Slide, feel free to call The General Store at (706) 635-1609. Directions: off of Highway 515, turn onto Old State Route 5. Take a right towards Historic Downtown Ellijay for approximately 1.5 miles, and then take a left onto GA Hwy 382 / Green’s Country Store. Travel approximately 4 miles, and take a right onto Eagle Mountain Drive and then an immediate left into the parking lot of The General Store. The Monster Slide… we dare you NOT to scream!

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The General Store located at the Eagle Mountain entrance to the Coosawattee River Resort in Ellijay, Georgia is only an hour north of Atlanta, GA and an hour south of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The General Store offers tubing & kayaking (complete with tube / kayak, shuttle, and life-vest), the Monster Slide (worlds tallest inflatable slide), Pickin' on the Porch (bring your lawn chair and roast some marshmallows over the bonfire while listening to local bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, and more!), and a full deli with breakfast and lunch.