|
Water World is a water park that is part of the Hyland Hills Park and Recreation District and located in Federal Heights, Colorado, roughly north of downtown Denver, Colorado. The park first opened in 1979 with the first two waterslides in the state of Colorado (The Bonzai Pipeline). Water World is generally open from Memorial Day through Labor Day, but may be closed some school days. The park occupies , making it one of America's largest water theme parks. , the park has 49 attractions including a multitude of water slides, a "lazy river" (a circular artificial river with a slow moving current), inflatable tube rides, multi-guest inflatable raft rides, and a water-themed fun house which offers gondola access from the top of the park. The park has two wave pools: the older and tamer Captain Jack's Wave Pool, as well as the newer Thunder Bay wave pool. ==Water attractions== The park has several unique water attractions. One of the most notable is the "Screamin' Mimi," a ride where guests ride board-type vehicles down a roller coaster like track, reaching speeds of before landing in a pool and bouncing across the water. The "Space Bowl" sends riders down an enclosed body slide before entering an enclosed circular bowl and dropping out into a pool of water. A similar attraction, "Revolution," uses four-person swim rings instead. Also notable is a pitch black swim ring slide, "Storm," which includes lighting and sound effects. "Turbo Racer" opened in 2007 and is a racing slide attraction which features eight side by side lanes and a timed open air finish. Water World's most famous attraction is a raft water slide that takes place completely inside. It is called "Voyage to the Center of the Earth," in which riders ride in small circular multi-passenger inflatable rafts and travel through an artificial cavern. It is themed to a newly discovered cave that reportedly has creatures from the prehistoric era still inhabiting it. It includes steep downward spirals, sudden drop offs, and various dinosaurs, including an animatronic ''T. rex'' encounter at the end of the ride. The ride is unusual for a water park attraction in its thematic emphasis, and in that it can take in excess of 5 minutes to complete, making it one of the longest rides at any water park. Since then, the ride has had two cosmetic upgrades, the most recent in the 2011 season. The Ride has a throughput capacity of over 1,000 guests per hour. Water World has two wave pools. The first one is Captain Jacks, which is located at the upper end of the park. Being the smaller of the two wave pools, Captain Jacks holds roughly 500,000 gallons of water. It uses a repeating engine to create multiple waves on 10 minute cycles. The other is Thunder Bay, the larger pool at the center of the park holding 1.1 million gallons of water. Thunder Bay sports a new engine that generates multiple wave types. The only wave cycle available for guests simulates medium ocean waves creating crashing waves and strong currents in certain areas of the pool. Both wave pools have a maximum depth of 8ft and have multiple points of emergency shut-offs or, "E-Stops" used to immediately cut engine power from the wave rooms for added guest safety. The newest area of the park is the Big Top, located adjacent to Turbo Racer. Big Top is family oriented and features attractions for younger children as well as thrill seekers. In 2012, Water World announced the Mile High Flier which is the park's first hydro-magnetic water coaster which launches riders up and down 5 unique hills taking only 45 seconds to complete. The park was included on a 2008 Travel Channel list of the top 10 water parks in the United States. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Water World, Colorado」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|