RPARKS ks European parks add Water Wars
PARKS in the UK, Germany, Denmark and Finland are set to offer guests some additional family fun in 2012 with the installation of the popular Water Wars water balloon game from UK-based interactive family attractions specialist Innovative Leisure. Frankisches Wunderland in Plech, Germany, Jesperhus in
Nykobing Mors, Denmark, and FunPark in Finland have all recently purchased Mini Water Wars games, the first two of which opened for the start of the summer season. And in the UK, Cornwall’s Crealy Great Adventure Park has added the Water Wars game previously operated at sister venue, Devon’s Crealy. Water Wars continues to be a highly successful and popular
game for all the family at theme parks and other leisure venues around the world, as well as with mobile operators. The wet
play/cool down attraction sees participants launch water balloons at each other from within opposing battle stations using a water balloon catapult, correctly aimed balloons bursting on impact on the roof of the opposing players’ station, emptying the contents on those below. Even more fun can be had on the attraction with the addition of the optional Depth Charge feature.
Players fire the water filled balloons at their opponents in the usual way, but if a balloon lands on a target on the roof of the opposite play station, the Depth Charge positioned in front of that station is detonated, firing a huge spray of water at the participants. Several different models of
the Water Wars game are available, including outdoor and indoor
versions, along with a junior version, which features a reduced length between the player stations and a reduced height compared to the standard models.
Industry sets new world record
THE World’s Largest Swimming Lesson (WLSL) event took place on June 14, with waterparks, pools and aquatic facilities around the globe joining forces to create a new world record and raise awareness about
of swimming lessons for children. Endorsed by the World Waterpark
Association, the Association of Aquatic Professionals and several other organisations, the WLSL was held simultaneously at more than 500 official host locations across 24 countries. Venues taught the same curriculum at the same time for the duration of 30 minutes in an attempt
to break the Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous swimming lesson. More than 23,000 people took part in the event, smashing the previous record of 3,971 participants.
Ribbon cut on Legoland Water Park
SUMMER officially kicked off in June, as Legoland Florida opened its all-new Water Park zone. General manager Adrian Jones cut the ribbon on the wet play attraction and received a surprise
soaking from a 300-gallon water bucket. Legoland dubbed the new attraction playground as a ‘park within a park,’ featuring a Build-A-Raft
River spanning 1,000ft, the Joker Soaker water playground, the Duplo Splash Safari for toddlers, five water slides and a 583,000-gallon wavepool. “This is an important day for us as we continue to grow our presence in central Florida,” Jones said
at the opening of the new zone. The park also added the Beach-n-Brick Grille, an outdoor patio featuring a menu of jerk chicken,
mahi mahi, pulled pork sandwiches, chicken fingers, hamburgers and hotdogs, all priced below US$10, before tax, including combos that come with fries, salad or slaw and a 22-ounce drink.
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