Water Rides Archive
Blitz Falls opens at Shlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark
The Blitz Falls tube chute opened Thursday before noon. It is an Aqua Veyer ride that that elevates riders to a slow moving tube chute that connects Kristal River to Torrent Beach. This tube chute ride finishes the parks Transportainment circuit that allows you... [More]
Six Flags America's Skull Mountain to close
June 11 through July 10, 2011 will be your last chance to water ride Skull Mountain as it will be closing after this season. A new attraction will be taking it's place the the 2012 season. Guests can say goodbye during a Fare-thee-Well Weekend... [More]
Orlando's Wet 'n Wild's Summer BBQ Beach Bash to begin
Starting next Friday and Saturday the water park will have unlimited barbeque that will be offered during the day and a beachside grill will be available after 5 p.m. The tickets for the food are each sold seperately. Live entertainment will include DJs, acoustic... [More]
Riptide Bay at Six Flags Great America opens
Six Flags Great America has just opened Riptide Bay, a huge 4-acre water park expansion located in Hurricane Harbor. Six Flags Great America is located in Chicago's metropolitan area. Some of the new additions include four new slides that the floor drops out of... [More]
Wild Rivers Waterpark to close at end of season
After 25 years of operation, Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, CA will be closing for good October 2nd due to its lease not being extended. The Irvine Company, which owns the property, declined to renew it's lease when it ended in 2007. The land... [More]
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SeaWorld San Antonio to open an Aquatica
Announced yesterday by SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment a second Aquatica will be coming to SeaWorld San Antonio and will be replacing the Lost Lagoon. As stated on SeaWorld's site, Aquatica is an aquatic park with up-close animal experiences, high-speed thrills and relaxing, sandy beaches.... [More]
SeaWorld San Diego's new additions
SeaWorld San Diego will be adding a new Huss Airboat ride, Riptide Rescue, in 2011. The ride will have 12 gondolas that can carry 2 passenegers each. Normally Huss Airboat rides are used for alligator encounters, but this ride has more of a Coastguard-type... [More]
It’s a Small World - WDW
"The happiest cruise that ever sailed 'round the world," a child's first ride on this classic has become a seminal moment in American youth. Originally created for the 1964 New York World's Fair, the ride was an immediate success, after which the original was... [More]
Pirates of the Caribbean - WDW
This Disney classic, inspired by the original ride at Disneyland, remains one of the park's most popular rides. In recent years the ride underwent an extensive rehab to add characters from the popular movie series inspired by the ride, and to update effects and... [More]
Splash Mountain - WDW
Based on animated sequences from Disney's 1946 film "Song of the South," Splash Mountain follows Brer Rabbit and friends on an aquatic adventure that climaxes with a splashdown on what was once the world's tallest flume ride drop. Filled with "teaser" drops, animatronic animals,... [More]
White Water Canyon
A typical white water rapids ride, White Water Canyon takes riders back through the forest areas of Kings Island while threatening them with the proposition of getting absolutely soaked. Multiple viewing areas provide the curious a place to see the ride before they board,... [More]
The Wild Thornberrys River Adventure
This newly re-themed ride was originally part of Coney Island, then spent 1972-1999 as the Kings Island Mills Log Flume. It was closed for the duration of 2000, and when it reopened, it had been named after the Nickelodeon characters to match the newly... [More]
Congo Falls
Congo Falls is Kings Island's largest flume ride, holding twenty passengers per boat. If you've ever experienced having an entire bucket of water dumped over you, you have an idea of how drenched you get on this ride. Tucked away in the far bottom-left... [More]
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