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Ricochet Rapids Raft ride for Silverwood
Idaho’s Silverwood Theme Park is investing more than $2.3 million this year in three new attractions, headlined by Ricochet Rapids, the first ever Constrictor raft ride from WhiteWater West.
The new attraction will appear at Silverwood’s Boulder Beach waterpark, where it will cascade down a 40ft hill into a 30ft valley. Measuring a total of 737ft in length,
the slide will use 20ft diameter enclosed MegaTube sections. Up to six riders per raft will “ricochet” up and down the sides before continuing down the sharp turns and drops of the mountain. As well as Ricochet Rapids, Silverwood is adding two “dry” rides from S&S
Worldwide, Butterflyer (a swing ride) and Froghopper (kiddie tower ride), as well as a new shooting gallery. Founded in 1988, Silverwood is the largest theme and waterpark in the northwest United States, entertaining over 600,000 annual guests.
Torpedo Rush
The world’s tallest duelling trap door enclosed waterslides will launch this summer at Clementon Park and Splash World, New Jersey.
Supplied by ProSlide, Torpedo
Rush will feature two slides standing 60ft-tall with simultaneously-launched freefall drops.
After climbing the slide tower, waterpark guests will climb into a launch capsule. As the countdown approaches zero, riders will
witness the floor rip out from under them beginning a six-story plunge through the partially transparent tube and into an explosive splashdown below. Other improvements planned for Clementon in 2011 include new shading structures throughout the waterpark, multiple pool renovations and a new “dry” attraction called Kidzland Castle from EZ Inflatables. Torpedo Rush is the fourth new attraction added to the park in just four seasons under ownership of Adrenaline Family Entertainment.
WhiteWater opens office in China
Leading waterpark supplier WhiteWater West has opened a new office in Shanghai, allowing the company to meet the growing demand for its products in China. "It's a great step for us," says David Bogdonov vice-president of business development for Asia. “This office will greatly increase the level of support for clients in the Chinese market, and marks a considerable milestone in our company's development.” The Shanghai operation will be WhiteWater's 15th office worldwide. Additional staff will include project manager Phil Zhong and Dawn Tong, responsible for business development.
16 David Jones
www.sallycorp.com Duncan’s doing all right!
Since leaving the family business, Gulliver’s theme parks in the UK, three years ago Duncan Phillips has been working on a variety of leisure projects under the banner of DP Associates (DPA).
His clients range from the Dreamland amusement park to a brand new FEC in Abu Dhabi, and now Duncan has a founded a new division supporting the health and fitness sector. “With over 20 years at the sharp end of theme park development and operations our clients respect the fact that the advice we offer comes from first- hand experience of being an operator,” says the founder and managing director of DP Associates. “We can see from the inquiries we are receiving that things are moving forward again in pretty much all sectors of the attractions industry, Venues are getting busier, more investment is being made and more projects are on the go.”
Duncan also keeps his hand in as an operator with the 360 Play children's play centre in the city of Milton Keynes, which his company conceptualised, designed and built.
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Duncan Phillips ay 360 Play APRIL 2011
Casey joins Lo-Q
Tara Casey is the new director of marketing for Lo-Q, a provider of virtual queuing systems for amusement parks. Formerley with ProSlide, Tara will manage all of the company's internal and external marketing along with implementing and managing all client in-park marketing efforts. With queuing products at amusement parks across the USA, Canada, Australia, and all over Europe, Lo-Q's head office is in the UK with its US office in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tara Casey
Sally Corp promotes Jones and appoints Italian rep
Sally Corporation has promoted David Jones to the position of customer service manager. Jones, who joined the Florida-based dark ride and animatronics company in 1980 as an electro-mechanical technician, has participated in numerous projects worldwide. As customer service manager, he will now provide customised manuals for all Sally products and the fast turnaround of any repair or replacement work.
Meanwhile Sally Corporation has signed Ermes Technologies Themed Entertainment Division in Rome
as its first ever representative in Italy. According to Sally CEO John Wood, the company boasts a strong background in high tech products and projects, has an established client base and excellent reputation both within the Italian themed entertainment industry and other markets.
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