Wahooo! installs
Fishpipe ride BAHRAIN-based Wahooo! waterpark, the first temperature controlled, indoor/outdoor waterpark in the Middle East, has launched the world’s first Fishpipe ride ever to be installed in a waterpark. Visitors to the park can now experience a rotating barrel
ride – a new and unique type of water ride where riders slide for a longer duration than on the longest waterslide currently available. The ride consists of an inflatable Fishpipe barrel, to which
is added 75 litres of water before it is spun at up to 45 revolutions per minute, while the water makes it so slippery inside that riders don’t get spun around, but stay sliding in the water at the bottom of the barrel. Damien Latham, general manager of Wahooo!
commented: “The new Fishpipe ride provides guests with an exhilarating experience that can be enjoyed while their family and friends look on. “Solo guests can try to run inside, slide or even try surfing.
By bringing the Fishpipe to the Middle East, Wahooo! is continuing to innovate and offer Bahrain’s thrill-seekers the latest water-based adventures from around the world.”
Schlitterbahn opens
Two new for South
Carolina TWO new waterparks in Travelers Rest and Piedmont, South Carolina, US, were set to open for their debut summer as InterPark went to press, while a third waterpark in Simpsonville was due to open for a sixth season. All featuring a variety of slides and pools, the new parks
are Otter Creek, featuring body, speed, tube and children’s slides as well as a 2,400sq ft splash pad and leisure pool, and Inning Splash, which will have a traditional pool and a 5,000sq ft splash pad resembling Fenway Park. The main attraction will be a slide that “swishes” swimmers around in a large bowl before dropping them into a pool.
Mashpee tribe
waterpark plans THE Mashpee Wampanoag tribe in the US has abandoned plans to build a casino in Middleboro and instead wants to construct a US$500m mega-complex in Fall River, Massachusetts, that would feature a casino and conference centre, three hotels and a mall incorporating an indoor waterpark. The tribe has agreed to purchase a 300 acre wooded site
for 2010 season SCHLITTERBAHN Vacation Village waterpark, based in Kansas, US, re-opened for the 2010 season recently, with new attractions still yet to open. Thanks to the current economic climate the park’s
expansion plans are about half completed and construction is set to begin on a retail and dining area along the park’s “river” – which should be complete in the next two years. Schlitterbahn’s Chris Ozimek commented: “Being that it
was the eighth coldest summer (last year) in recorded Kansas City history, it was a tough year to open a waterpark. But when it was hot, people loved it and flocked out to the park.”
off Route 24 - originally planned to be a biotechnology park - and to build the largest gambling and retail complex in the north east US.
20 new for ProSlide CANADIAN manufacturer ProSlide has over 20 new projects
debuting this summer at some of the most well-known waterparks around the world. Included in the list of parks with debuting products are
Adventure Island, Aplensia Indoor Waterpark Resort, Beijing Water Cube, Dollywood’s Splash Country and Leisurelink Aquatic Centre, to name but a few. Some of the products and systems installed include the
ProSlide Mach4, Bullet Bowl, Tantrum Twist, ProRacer and Pipeline.
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