Top 10 Craziest Water Park Rides
Do you love water sports? If you do, then why don’t you try water park rides? Well guess what, this is more than roller coaster rides that you have tried. You will experience lots of splashes and water bursting that will make you totally wet. What if you try to swirl and slide around the place while waiting for the final dive into the deep pool of water? Have you heard that there are water park rides in various parts of the world that is more than just enough? Well here it is, the 10 scary and craziest water park rides.
10
Scorpion’s Tail
This water park ride is located in Noah’s Ark Family Park, Wisconsin Dells. Before we are used of going to parks and try different amenities. The most common are slides and swings. We climb up the stair, sits and slide down all over while holding the side rails to control the momentum. But with this water park ride, you are bound to stand in a capsule for approximately 3 seconds and wait until the floor will drop you out beneath. It seems like you are dropping down from the shaft of the elevator. Thrilling but it’s a good experience.
9
The Wedgie
Taking the 9th spot is the Wedgie located at the White Water World, Dreamworld, Coomera, Australia
This water park ride is associated with the exclusive free-fall experience from the Scorpion’s Tail. It has the strong speed of the Summit Plummet of Disney Land. Throughout the first free-fall into the ride, the riders are rapidly accelerated to top speeds of approximately 38 feet per second (awesome). The magnificent G-forces fasten riders to the wall side across the entire way around the superb tight with 360-degree loop before slowing. However, the ride will only take about 6 seconds after the rider drops from exactly 60 feet making this water park ride as small architectural feature.
8
Summit Plummet
Getting the 8th place is the Summit Plummet of Walt Disney World’s Blizzard Beach, Orlando, Florida. The riders will experience a massive acceleration for an average speed of at least 50 to 60 miles per hour. Riders are dropped in a 360 feet long water ride. The feeling is like you are driving a fast speed acceleration car and suddenly halted in an unanticipated red light which makes the transition phase from the near vertical drop going to horizontal area is very astonishing. This part of the ride is very hard to build according to the president of the ProSlide Technology, Rick Hunter, he mentioned that to make sure the of the rider’s security, the speed should be estimated by the engineers with the accurate radial curve for better and soft landing.
7
The Triple Twist
Hanging at the 7th spot is the Triple Twist located in Great Wolf Lodge, Mason, Ohio, and Kansas City.
It is the first triple funnels slide in the world. The riders will experience a back to back radial curve slide from the starting point. Then it turns high banking before the riders are dropped into the funnel where they will experience oscillating back and forth. They will be returned in the enclosed tunnel for other sets of curves and funnel actions. This experience is absolutely wonderful, you can even have a ride at sundown since the staffs are offering LED lights to allow the riders expect a sharp turns within the unlighted tunnels.
6
The Double Barrel Drop
The 6th place goes to Double Barrel Drop in Great Wolf Lodge, Poconos. The first indoor water rides in the place and brought the first design of a triple twist slide. This water slide has it all, it contains funnel that allows the rider to experience a back and forth mechanism inside the tube with a cone shape before getting splashed into the pool. It also contains twist that allows the rider to drop down. It also has 9 feet water slide drops going through 2 giant funnels where even four people can actually experience oscillating back and forth. This is one of the best water adventure experiences.
5
The Wildebeest
Garnering the 5th spot is the Wildebeest in Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari, Santa Claus, Indiana. The entire slide stretches about 1/3 miles but the ride only last for 2 and half minute. It is the longest water ride in the world. This water ride used linear induction motor that can support four people toboggan style rafts. It has a common technology that implies with steel roller coasters. This will allow the rider to move down and up for approximately 36 feet each second.
4
Bazooka Bowls
Taking the 4th spot is the Bazooka Bowls located in Wild Rivers Water Park, Irvine, California. The engineers of this ride make it more unique than other water park rides. The usual water rides contains tunnel, drops, twist and funnel that send off its rider down to the pool at a maximum speed. In this case, the riders are sent down in a bowl. The riders will be asked to climb as high as four-story building and launched at the top part. The centrifugal forces allow the rider to experience the fun in the wall of the bowl and wait until the gravity pulls them down into the pool. The spinning mechanism is very powerful and last for less than a minute.
3
Cliffhanger
The 3rd place is splashed by Cliffhanger in Schlitterbahn, Galveston, Texas. This water ride is the same as usual with other water park rides that allows its rider to be pushed off and then drop down in a firm and speedy manner. But among the four water rides in Schlitterbahn, the cliffhanger is the highest, sharpest and the quickest water ride. It can slide a rider from a maximum speed of 35 miles an hour in just few seconds.
2
Leap of Faith
The runner up for the best water park rides is the Leap of Faith in Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas. One of its finest features is the embedded aquarium. This water ride is intended as portion of the entire waterscape. What makes it best is the experience of sliding in translucent tubes. It separates the riders from the thrilling sea predators known as sharks.
1
Jumeirah Sceirah
The top spot for the most craziest water park ride goes to the Emirates. The Jumeirah Sceirah is located at Wild Wadi Waterpark, Dubai City, United Arab Emirates. The highest and quickest vertical drop located outside the Northern America. However, this water park ride can’t compete with the Summit Plummet in Disney Land. The designers and planners of this marvelous water ride make it unique for people who are selecting this kind of adventure. It is inspired by the folklore of Saudi Arabia all throughout the waterpark of Wild Wadi that leads to the recognition of the Association Industry and Innovation Award for Outstanding Accomplishments Design and Theme for water parks. People who try this slide will give them the entire scenic view of the Dubai’s best tourist attractions. To name some few, it includes the 7-star hotel (burj al arab), the Arabian sea and many more.
