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New park
Wet ‘n’ Wild Phoenix
Operated by the Australian Village
Roadshow chain, Wet 'n' Wild Phoenix
opened this June and is Arizona's largest
waterpark, located on a 35-acre site at the
Maximum
Adobe Dam Regional Park. Velocity
, Utah
Previously known as Waterworld Safari, the
park is packed full of new attractions, many
by WhiteWater West, which assisted with the
venue’s redesign.
Cowabunga Bay
Included are Maximum Velocity, a pair of
duelling Master Blaster waterside coasters,
and Mammoth Falls, North America’s first
They
’
ll stay and
Family Boomerango. Riders on the latter sit in
six-person rafts as they are shot up a wall,
play all day!
pause for a moment and then fall back
The Serpentine complex, meanwhile,
down, experiencing a moment of
features two coiling slides and a ProSlide Exciting hands-on adventures for the entire family.
weightlessness as they pass over a transition
Bowl, in which the centrifugal forces of the
hump and into a splashdown pool below.
bowl pull riders around and around before
From ProSlide comes the Tornado, in which
abruptly releasing them into the exit chute
riders spin around a giant funnel in two or
below!
four-person clover-leaf tubes, splashing back
Also keeping the energy levels high is
and forth through the swirling water before
Desert Racers, an eight-lane WhiteWater
being released into the calm shallows below.
Whizzard slide, sending riders through
enclosed tubes and then out into a multi-lane
race configuration, challenging them to
determine who is fastest.
The waterpark boasts a large waterplay
structure, Boogie Board Beach (pictured
below), a Hawaiian- themed version of
WhiteWater’s popular AquaPlay RainFortress.
Hersheypark, Pennsylvania
The attraction features multi-level platforms
and a variety of interactive water features,
giving young guests many possibilities to
explore and play.
Other attractions at Wet 'n' Wild Phoenix
include a family raft ride and various other
waterslides, plus the Cactus Cooler lazy river
and Monsoon Bay wave pool.
The waterpark remains open weekends until
November 1.
Family Boomerango
http://phoenix.mywetnwild.com
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