Cover Story: Whitewater West


W


ith increased


expectations that family entertainment centres


are able to offer a whole array of experiences in one place as part of a long day-out, has come demand for more compact solutions that bring big value in a small space. Responding to this demand, Whitewater West is among the many attractions providers that has developed a play solution called No Boundaries which creates an eye- catching feature with a small footprint.


Jacky Chui, Whitewater’s content


market specialist explains: “The inspiration for No Boundaries was our desire to bring the fun and excitement


The Chinese way


Everfashion Theme Park in Fushun, China added No Boundaries offering more than ten different activities including an activity course of uphill climbs, downward descents, and a winding aerial zip coaster. “We’ve really packed this attraction with features,” says


Mark Weston, designer and product manager. “I’m extremely proud that we’ve created, for the first time, parallel play in one structure where siblings of different ages can race across the attraction in tandem; the older enjoying the high thrill harnessed play while the younger test their limits with unharnessed challenges. It is a mini-family adventure park all on its own.” WhiteWater’s automated and patented safety technology


allows guests to explore the structure with limited supervision making this an efficiently-operating attraction. Their continuous harness clip allows guests to zip from one platform to another without ever having to unhook. The technology is designed to shorten queues and allow for a higher capacity throughput.


The second installation of No Boundaries will be open to the public later this summer at Gui’an Wonderland Happy World Park in Fuzhou, China. In 2018, the NB100 model can be seen in Malaysia, as well as Abu Dhabi.


May/June 2017


of adventure experiences to a broader range of guests and in particular to kids and families. Appreciating the needs, both architectural and operational, of the theme and water park resort operator is what influenced us to design No Boundaries as a tall and iconic structure but with a compact high capacity footprint.” The firm currently offers No Boundaries in two options - the larger NB200 and the NB100 - and may also develop additional options. It allows for a capacity of between 350-800 guests per hour and has a maximum


footprint of 860 square metres. “We are in the midst of four project installations, two of the larger No Boundaries NB200 and two of the No Boundaries NB100 (one of which is in an indoor theme park space). The interest in No Boundaries has been fantastic; we can see additional models, configurations and activity compositions in the future. “No Boundaries offers three of the best and broadest appeal adventure experiences: zipping, ropes challenge courses, and climbing walls and free- form structures. However, our Zip


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