ATTRACTIONS MANAGEMENT
WATERPARK NEWS
Aleatha Ezra The park is set to become one of the largest indoor parks in the world
Indoor waterpark for Ukraine
The city of Donetsk in the Ukraine is to be home to what is claimed to be the largest aluminium-domed waterpark in the world. Scheduled to open in August 2011, the
dome over the Royal Marine Aquapark – a joint venture between the city of Donetsk and a consortium of private sector inves- tors – is being built by Oakville, Ontario, Canada-based OpenAire, a specialist in retractable roofi ng systems. At 26m (86ft) high and 85m (278ft) in diameter, the dome
Expansion for Darien Lake Resort
Darien Lake Resort in Western New York, US, has announced plans for a multi-million dollar expansion. For the 2010 season, the resort will
transform into two parks – the Darien Lake Theme Park and SplashTown at Darien Lake. The former will open on 8 May,
while the latter, which will boast sev- eral new attractions over fi ve acres of new park space, is scheduled to open on Memorial Day Weekend (31 May). Specifi c additions to SplashTown include the Swirl City Slide Complex, with four rides built by ProSlide (Mister Twister, Cannon Ball Run and the Turbo Twins); a 1,024ft (312m) lazy river (built by the Aquatic Development Group) and the Lazy Days Lagoon, a 44,500-gallon wave pool (also built by Aquatic Development).
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The waterpark will be Legoland’s fi rst
Legoland California to add waterpark
The world’s fi rst Legoland-themed water- park is scheduled to open in June this year at Legoland California, with construction work currently taking place on the site’s six- person family raft slide. The 11ft-wide (3m), 300ft-long (91m) slide is one of seven at the 5.5 acre water- park, which will also include enclosed one-person tube slides and slides specially designed for toddlers. Elsewhere will be a DUPLO zoo-themed water play area for tod- dlers and an interactive water play zone.
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replaces the park’s designers original plan to have a steel/polycarbonate structure. OpenAire president, Mark Albertine,
said: “The developers loved the idea of a retractable roof. To them, it opened the park up to a whole new world of possibility. “People don’t want to be inside on a beautiful day; opening the roof instantly transforms it into an outdoor facility.” The Royal Marine is OpenAire’s second Ukrainian project.
Going green is now a priority
waterpark industry professionals – it’s become part of the regular decision- making process for the consumer too. Green operators are able to reduc- ing utility costs and therefore minimise unnecessary overheads. Meanwhile, consumers worldwide are becoming more aware of product energy label- ling on items such as light bulbs, air conditioners, domestic appliances and even cars. They are becoming better at interpreting the labelling and using this information to make spend- ing decisions. In Europe, energy labelling has now
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been extended to buildings. It’s now a requirement to display the building energy performance, even on aquatic buildings. After a waterpark is built, there is limited scope for minimising consumption. The most infl uential decisions are made during the design process and choices of solutions and equipment. While energy labelling might not reach down to water attrac- tions, perhaps progressive operators may already be thinking about electric- ity consumption per hour, as well as guest throughput per hour, when mak- ing investment decisions. We could now be approaching the moment where the only aspect of your waterpark that should not be green is the colour of the water!
Aleatha Ezra is the membership manager of the World Waterpark Association
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reen building and operations practices have become a top priority to more than just
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