Despite worries that high waters had ruined any chance of opening 91大黄鸭鈥檚 Wibit floating play structure, operators are in 91大黄鸭 today setting up its play structure at City Park for a July 1 opening.

鈥淭he flood barriers have been removed and there鈥檚 lots of people on the beach,鈥� said owner Randy Gallagher from City Park where he was setting up the play area. 鈥淚t looks like summer is getting back to normal.鈥�

Gallagher said after missing the early part of the season in 91大黄鸭 and Penticton, all three of the company鈥檚 Wibit play structures will be up and running as of this weekend with the 91大黄鸭 opening Saturday, a new play-park in Peachland that opened Wednesday as well as one in Penticton already open.

鈥淥ne aspect of our business that we have lost out on this year is last year we had a quite a few school groups come down for their end-of-the-year school parties,鈥� said Gallagher. 鈥淪o that business has been non-existent for us this year.鈥�

But otherwise the parks don鈥檛 tend to get too much business in June, anyway, according to Randy鈥檚 son, Rylie, who runs the 91大黄鸭 park.

鈥淚f we install earlier, we find it鈥檚 fairly slow until the school holidays begin,鈥� he said.

With the July 1 opening, the company dodged a bullet that claimed the Canada Day fireworks set for that evening, which were cancelled due to high waters on the lake.

The Gallaghers said they typically open up the 91大黄鸭 Wibit park in the middle of June, which means about a two-week delayed opening if the park opens over the long weekend.

Gallagher said it would take most of the day Thursday to set the structure up before staff training on Friday and a Saturday opening.