Summer, heat, so you want to relax, soak up the warm gentle water, enjoy summer vacation and just relax. Residents of cities, and especially megacities, rarely go to the sea or the river on their day off, so there is one more simple and affordable way out - a water park. A cozy pool, special slides, relaxation for the little ones and extreme entertainment for adults - who would refuse such a cool pleasure in the sweltering heat?
Modern water parks create more and more dangerous entertainment for those who like to tickle their nerves, but even among this exciting and frightening variety, there are separate options. Few people will be able to overcome their fear when descending on these slides, because this is really for those who want to get a sea of emotions, an ocean of pleasure and treat themselves to a tsunami of adrenaline. But, by right, they are called the most terrible water parks in the world, and now you will find out why. You might want to visit one of these exciting places and enjoy a list of all the services offered.
Fifth place "Jump up"
The Atlantis water park is located in the Bahamas and is famous for one interesting water slide. It can be compared to jumping without a parachute right into the jaws of sharks. And the most amazing thing is that this is practically the case. The descent does not initially portend trouble, but at the moment you enter the water, you fall into a glass pipe that goes straight into the pool with sharks. Not only is there more than five meters of water above your head, but these beautiful and dangerous predators are circling around the glass pipe. The level of adrenaline after such entertainment should just jump to the skies. However, the queue for the hill is not decreasing, but rather becoming even more popular.
Fourth place "Scorpion Tail"
Noah's Ark Water Park offers an equally exciting and interesting entertainment for those who want to tickle their nerves a little. This wonderful place is located in America, it is notable for its sharp vertical cliff, and it’s simply not possible to predict it and mentally prepare. You, along with the frantic pressure of water, will simply rush down at a staggering speed, and then the dizzy current will simply take you in a circle, taking your breath away with delight and fear. Well, for a snack, you fly out of this pipe at great speed in a dizzying turn, and the pool takes your mortal body into its hospitable embrace.
Third place "Wildebeest"
This wonderful water park is one of the top scariest water parks in the world, thanks to the dizzying roller coaster. Surprised? Engineering thought came up with such a miracle when waterslides became American. And they can also be ridden by whole companies, and when the flow of seething water carries you through dizzying turns, descents and ascents, it is quite difficult to maintain composure and keep your emotions inside. Such entertainment will tickle your nerves no worse than a real roller coaster, and perhaps even more of them.
Second place "King Cobra"
Surprised by the unusual name? So the view of the slide is quite unusual, a ride on it is the same as kissing a king cobra. The entire slide is made in the form of a snake, and you can ride it on small inflatable rafts. Just a couple of dizzying turns of the pipe and you fly straight to the cobra's hood, where it is not so easy to stay. If you push harder at the start, then you might even be able to pull the cobra's fangs, because it's so exciting.
First Place Madness
And crowns the top of our list with the scariest water park in the world, or rather the most scary slide in the world - "Beach Park", and it is considered the highest slide in the world, descends almost vertically and ride on it is a real Brazilian madness. Only the most courageous brave men can afford to slide down, and the descent will take only about 5 seconds. You will fly this slide at a speed of more than a hundred kilometers per hour. Just imagine this figure and realize that this is more than the speed limit for a car in a city. The sensations are truly breathtaking, adding vibrant colors and a lifetime of experience. The main thing is not to go crazy from such an adrenaline rush! Joke, of course. But to visit this place and enjoy the proposed madness is really worth it.
There are different water parks with their own features, their extreme slides, incredible offers and other tricks to lure more visitors. Today you have learned about the most famous and outstanding slides and water parks, where you can both relax and gain a stock of new experiences for the whole year ahead.
The main thing is to relax and always enjoy life, whether you are sliding down the biggest slide in the world or just reading this article. Discover new world and new opportunities.
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Its height was 41 meters.
Schlitterbahn Water Park was opened last year. The steepest slide, Verrückt, reaches 52 meters in height, which is half a meter higher than the Statue of Liberty. The spiral climb takes professional risk-takers to the very top, where they break into teams of 4, sit on rubber rafts and rush down at a speed of 120 km / h.
Let's take a closer look at it...
"Verrückt" in German means "crazy" - in fact, only a crazy extreme and thrill-seeker will dare to ride the highest and fastest water slide.
The water slide "Verrückt" is officially recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the highest in the world: its height is 51.38 m
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The Verrückt Meg-a-Blaster is a design triumph of insane proportions by Jeff Henry, co-owner and "evil genius" of Schlitterbahn Waterparks. Henry decided he wanted to build a record-breaking slide, which resulted in the creation of "Verrückt".
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The Verrückt has 4 people descending in parallel and, as Henry remarked, "It's a lot more fun to have someone yelling next to your ear." It all starts with a frightening fall from a 17-story height and continues with a small rise. And this is more than 180 meters of wet extreme. After the initial fall, which is steeper than any ski slope, You get to the second lift five floors high, with new water supply technology.
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The massive tower around which you will ascend to dizzying heights is made from railroad tank cars cut and welded together. The builders reuse the material to build the "Verrückt". The attraction differs from the Kilimanjaro in that it will be a raft ride and the body will not touch the surface. Although, of course, a raft is not a very comfortable transport when you fly 50 sheer meters down.
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"Verrückt" is higher than Niagara Falls, the Statue of Liberty (from sandals to a torch) and the Tower of London. It will not only be the highest slide in the world, but also the steepest and fastest. Henry says that “Verrückt will change the industry. The biggest challenge will be to find extreme people who will dare to go down.” If you're brave enough, visit Kansas City and challenge yourself!
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And how do you like this roller coaster.
The ideal vacation is a concept that everyone understands in their own way. For some, an imposing pastime on the beach is optimal, while others get real pleasure from an active or even extreme vacation.
The heart beats faster, every second a huge portion of adrenaline is released into the blood, and in the meantime the brain seems to turn off, but the colorfulness of sensations does not decrease from this! Believe me, you will have enough impressions for many years if you dare to conquer the largest water slide in the world!
Summit Plummet
In a water park called Disney Blizzard Beach, which is located in Florida, there is one of the most extreme water slides - about 37 m in height. Despite the fact that the summer here is always sunny and quite hot, those who want to go down the Summit Plummet will find snowdrifts on the top and along the entire route, because of which this attraction looks rather unusual and looks more like a ski jump. But since the snow is artificial, the probability of freezing something for yourself is reduced to zero.
To climb the Summit Plummet you do not have to make any special efforts - for this there are cable car. And if the climb is easy, then it is at the top of the water slide that you will have a very hard time. Why? Because you need to have nerves of steel to sit in a narrow gutter, let go of your hands and ... experience an incredible feeling when you are rapidly falling down at a speed of 100 km / h. Ready? Then Summit Plummet is waiting for you!
For more than 15 years, this slide has held the proud title of the highest water slide in the world. Its height is 41 m and it is located in the water park, which bears the name of Fortaleza Beach Park. And if you have planned your vacation in the Brazilian resort of Fortaleza, then you simply do not have the right to pass by its luxurious attraction, which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
Insano is a water slide that not everyone dares to slide down. Its descent is almost vertical, and in height it is equivalent to a 14-storey building. Anyone who dares to climb to the top of this Brazilian attraction will be able to find out what a bird's eye view is and fully enjoy the surrounding landscape.
But the view of the coast and the port city is not the main thing! You are at the top and now you should gather all your will into a fist and make a real flight down. Its duration does not exceed 7 seconds, but because of the huge speed, which is about 105 km / h, the sensations are incredible! During this short time you will experience amazing, incomparable feelings!
Verruckt
But the biggest dose of adrenaline awaits you in Kansas City, where the Verrückt water slide awaits all the madmen in a park called Schlitterbahn. Only real daredevils are able to agree to this adventure, since this slide is not only the highest in the world, but also one of the most extreme. By agreeing to this flight, you get several pleasures at once:
- fast travel on a water slide;
- an incredible track design that wags like rails on an American roller coaster;
- amazing turns that make you fall down and immediately soar up.
And all this happens at an incredible speed, which reaches 120 km / h. The highest section of the Verrückt water slide is 52 m. And when compared with well-known buildings, then, for example, the Statue of Liberty will be half a meter lower than this attraction. The same can be said about some other world attractions, such as the Tower and Niagara Falls - they are also inferior in height to this amazing water slide.
In order to reach the top of the Verrückt you will need to overcome 264 steps. At the top, risk-takers are already waiting for rubber rafts, each of which can accommodate 3 people. And then only a dizzying flight from the height of a 17-storey building and another 180 m of incredible extreme! At the same time, the first fall is not the only one - immediately after it, you will be lifted to a height of about 5 floors and carried further along a narrow and, as it seems to many, an endless chute.
Do you want to tickle your nerves? Then you are on the highest water slide in the world!
It is difficult for adventure seekers to stay at home within four walls - they are always looking for something new and interesting for themselves. For this, rides in amusement parks are great, which can give you a real adrenaline rush. But today there are many more ways than crazy rollercoaster rides.
And if you want to up the ante, then the world exists theme parks, which are some of the highest water slides! And here are some of them:
1. Waterslide "Verrückt" (Kansas City, Missouri, USA)
Since 2014, Kansas has been home to the tallest waterslide in the world. Standing 168 feet (51.21 m), its starting point is even higher than Niagara Falls, and a three-person boat can travel nearly 45 miles per hour (72 km/h).
Unfortunately (or fortunately), adrenaline junkies won't be able to experience the thrill soon, as the waterslide is scheduled to close for the foreseeable future after an accident occurred on it in 2016.
2. Waterslide "Kilimanjaro" (Mato Grosso, Brazil)
Located within the Águas Quentes State Park, the Kilimanjaro is only a few feet lower than the aquatic Verrückt at 164 feet (50 m).
They say that this slide is so steep that the body practically does not touch its surface until you are at the very bottom.
3. Waterslide "Insano" (Fortaleza, Brazil)
Located in the park "Beach Park" (Beach Park) on tourist resort in Brazil, "Insano" is a waterslide that will take you down at 65 miles per hour (104.61 km/h).
That means it's not going down by boat: it's just you and the slide, which is 135 feet (41.15 m) high. The ride ends with a four-second splash fall into the pool.
4. Scorpion’s Tail Waterslide (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA)
The Scorpion Tail Waterslide is located at Noah's Ark Waterpark, considered the largest amusement park in the United States.
The uniqueness of this water slide is that you do not even have to make an effort to go down - a special mechanism will do it for you. All you have to do is stand on the platform inside the pod and it will open up underneath you, forcing you to quickly descend the 400-foot (121.92 m) covered slide.
5. Jumeirah Sceirah Waterslide (Dubai, UAE)
Another super-extreme waterslide for real adrenaline addicts is located in Dubai, in the Wild Wadi water park ( wild wadi water park). It's like the Scorpion's Tail waterslide, where the floor you step on drops out from under your feet and you begin your fast-paced 102-foot (31.09 m) adventure at 80 miles per hour (128.75 km/h).
6. Waterslide "Free Fall Kamikaze" (Free Fall Kamikaze) (Algarve, Portugal)
Kamikaze Free Fall is a 104-foot (31.7 m) waterslide built in 2015 at Aquashow Water Park. You will get pleasure comparable to a ride on a winding roller coaster. A journey at a speed of 70 km/h with a length of almost 129 meters!
7. Waterslide "Leap of Faith" (Leap of Faith) ( resort complex paradise island Atlantis Resort, Bahamas)
If descending an extraordinarily high waterslide is a piece of cake for you, Leap of Faith might test your strength.
Located at the Atlantis Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas and surrounded by a real paradise, this waterslide will give you a colorful adventure on a 60-foot (18.29 m) slide.
An additional challenge is to slide into a pond with sharks swimming in it. Yes, that's right - sharks. But don't worry! You will stay safe because you will "dive" into this body of water on a covered slide.
8. Waterslides "Cliffhanger" and "Screaming Serpents" ("Cliffhanger" and "Screaming Serpents") (Galveston, Texas, USA)
Schlitterbahn Water Parks has two attractions for adrenaline junkies. Either you go to the Cliffhanger and enjoy the 81-foot (24.69 m) drop, or choose the Screaming Serpents for another spectacular immersive ride. In general, if the adrenaline rush is your thing, then it is better to ride both slides!
Each vacationer in his own way represents water entertainment. For some, it is enough just to splash in the pool with clean water. Well, there are also extreme people who, for complete happiness, definitely need the highest water slide in the world. Every year there are more and more such entertainments in the world and the slides are getting higher. The main part of such entertainment is located overseas, but in Europe there are several attractions that can be safely attributed to the highest water slides.
Spain, VertiGo ride
In 2013, the world's tallest capsule coaster opened in Benidorm, Spain. The height of this slide is 33 meters, but there is also a lower one nearby - for those who are afraid to immediately climb to such a height. The first daredevils who dared to try such entertainment simply took their breath away from the sensations. Some shouted, others crossed themselves, others simply closed their eyes so as not to see everything that was happening. This is not surprising, because the speed with which a person rushes down a special capsule is about 100 km / h.
On the opening day of the slide in the pool gathered a large number of people who wanted to see faces, those who dared such an adventure. Inside the capsule, under the feet of a person, there is a special hatch that opens at the signal of the attraction worker. A moment - and the extreme is already flying down, and the speed of the fall is constantly increasing. Before letting tourists on the slide, it was tested by lifeguards working in this water park.
United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Jumeirah Sceirah
The Middle East also did not want to lag behind, and a capsule water slide was built in the Emirates, which is in no way inferior to the Spanish attraction. After the vacationer climbs to a height of 33 meters, he will face a rapid descent along the plastic chute at great speed. After the initial acceleration, it seems to the tourist that everything will go smoothly, but somewhere in the middle of the way, he suddenly falls down, almost in free fall. It is this section of the slide that is the most attractive for thrill-seekers.
For the entire period of operation of this attraction, no accidents were recorded on this slide (except, of course, the loss of some bathing accessories on the way down).
Brazil, Fortaleza, Insano waterslide
This attraction is not only the highest water slide in the world, but also the record holder of the Guinness Book of Records. It is located in the Beach Park water park, not far from the Brazilian city of Fortaleza. Her name Insano means insane in translation, and one cannot but agree with this. The height of this slide is equal to the height of a 14-story building (41 meters). Not only is it very high, the descent along it is almost vertical, which further adds to the extreme for tourists. For those 5 seconds that the descent lasts, a person develops a speed of up to 105 km / h, and this is the speed of a rushing car.
After a successful descent, the vacationer has the opportunity to watch a video that captures his adventure, and even take the recording with him as a keepsake. These scenes can be viewed over and over again. True, access to such entertainment is not available to everyone. Entrance to the attraction is strictly prohibited for pregnant women, children whose height has not reached 140 cm and people with disorders of the cardiovascular system.
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Mount Kilimanjaro
This water slide fully justifies its name (Kilimanjaro is the most high mountain Africa). Those who wish to ride from such a mountain are invited to overcome 50 meters in 5 seconds. The maximum speed that is reached during the descent is about 90 km / h. The attraction staff keep their statistics, and claim that one in twenty visitors does not dare to overcome this path and descends back. Not everyone has the courage to dare such a risky act.
United States, Kansas City, Verruckt
The tallest waterslide in the world has recently opened in the US at the Schlitterbahn water park. The height of this attraction is almost 52 meters. She surpassed both the Niagara Falls and the Statue of Liberty in height, although there are not so many desperate daredevils who are ready to descend from such a height.
A spiral climb, consisting of 264 steps, leads to the very top of the hill, where those who want to ride are seated in four-seater rubber rafts and tied tightly to them. On the first tests of this attraction, the engineers could not make sure that the sandbags (they were tested) did not come off the slide and did not rise into the air. For greater safety, the chute itself, along which the descent takes place, is fenced with a net. This is really necessary, because the speed with which the daredevil descends is approximately 120 km / h.
On this moment the highest waterslide in the world is closed. Unfortunately, a child recently died on this attraction. All the details of this incident are not yet fully known, but there are rumors that he flew out of the front seat and broke his neck on the top rail of the gutter. Official version not yet, but the mere fact that a 10-year-old was allowed to enter this attraction is already a matter of jurisdiction. The fact is that the entrance to this hill is allowed only from the age of 14.
Whether this water slide will open again or not is still unknown, but some hotheads of individual extreme sportsmen will cool this incident a little. After all, for a good rest it is not at all necessary to climb to such a height and risk your life.
