waterpark News
Rise up to the challenging times AleAthA ezRA
US got a wake-up call with the release of a survey looking at parents’ attitudes on showering before swimming. Conducted by the CS Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan, the poll found that of the 865 parents surveyed, only 26 percent felt it was very important to take a shower before swimming. In contrast, 64 percent said it was very important for children to avoid swallowing the water they swam in. With the Center for Disease Control
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reporting increases in recreation water ill- ness within the US, this is an area where increased education for both waterpark staff and guests needs to be stepped up. Tis issue really has no geographic bor-
ders either. Te World Health Organization made the following recommendations in its Guidelines for safe recreational water environments: swimming pools, spas and similar recreational-water environments volume 2, released in 2000: Pool operators can help prevent fecal
contamination of pools by encouraging pre-swim showering and toilet use and confining young children to pools small enough to drain in the event of such an incident. Te education of parents of small children with regard to good hygienic behaviour at swimming pools is another approach that may prove to be useful for improving health safety at swimming pools and the reduction of AFRs. Operators throughout Europe have been
preaching this message through park pol- icies and pool signage for years. Yet, it’s important that the worldwide water lei- sure industry remain vigilant on this issue and not allow lackadaisical attitudes among parents and patrons to prevail. The solution must be a collaborative
effort between park and pool operators and parents that focuses on simple preventive measures. Tese include showering thor- oughly before swimming, taking children on bathroom breaks, reminding children not to not swallow the water and not swim- ming if ill with diarrhea.
Aleatha Ezra, membership manager, World Waterpark Association
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Six Flags park opens Riptide Bay pete hayman
Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, US, has announced the launch of its new 4-acre (1.6-hectare) water park expansion – Riptide Bay at Hurricane Harbor. Hurricane Harbor, which
first opened in 2005, has now expanded to cover 20 acres (8.1 hectares) with the addi- tion of Riptide Bay. New slides installed as part
of the extension include Mega Wedgie and Dive Bomber, which both feature a Skybox launching capsule that sees the floor open underneath riders. Dive Bomber features a five-storey free-
Riptide Bay comprises the doubled-sided Surf Rider surfing simulator
fall into a looping slide ahead of a further five-storey journey at speeds of up to 40mph (64.4kmph). Mega Wedgie includes a five-sto- rey, 80-degree experience at similar speeds to Dive Bomber. Wipeout enables groups of two
to four people to speed through 400ſt (122m) of tubes and ends with a 35ſt (10.7m) drop. Surf Rider offers a double-sided surf simu-
lator that allows two surfers at a time. Tere’s also a new 14,000sq ſt (1,301sq m) family activ- ity pool – Monsoon Lagoon. (See interview with Six Flag’
s CEO on p22) Turkey waterpark launches new ride tom walker
Aqua Fantasy Waterpark – part of Aqua Fantasy Hotel and Spa near Izmir, Turkey – has unveiled its latest ride, which has been designed especially for the attraction. Istanbul-based Polin has
designed, manufactured and installed the 14.7m (48.2ſt)- high experience, which comprises a double-tube slide with twin uphill sections. Te addition of the new ride
comes a year aſter two other experiences were installed at the park by Polin. Aqua Fantasy Waterpark manager
Te new 14.7m-high, double-tube slide has twin uphill sections Polin senior architect Zeynep Canbaz added:
Muharrem Atilla said: “Due to the high amount of excitement that the two slides we added last year brought, we were interested in adding another slide from Polin.”
“Te great thing about this design is that it uses the same tower as the previous slides and it works without water jets. Tis lowers the oper- ating costs of the waterpark.”
Expansion for two South Korea waterparks pete hayman
South Korea’s Samsung Everland Caribbean Bay and DaeMyung Vivaldi Ocean World are to benefit from expanded facilities. WhiteWater West has supported both schemes and Family Python – part of the
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Megatube Series (see p48) – has been added to the offer at DaeMyung Vivaldi Ocean World. Samsung Everland Caribbean Bay, South
Korea has undergone its third project since its 1995 launch and has added four AquaLoops built with SilkTek fibreglass bodies.
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