Question: Who Made These Slides?

This'll be a fairly short blog post, but I'm attempting to look up the manufacturer for certain water slides I've seen built at many water parks around the world.

 

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I have seen in-person, and in photographs and video, this wide-body design in many water slides around the world. Water slides like Edmonton Mall's Nessie's Revenge, Six Flags White Water's Dragon's Tail (pictured below) and Three Slide Body Flume, The Beach water park's The Cliff (pictured above) and Bonzai Blast, and even Beach Park Brazil's Insano all have the same flume design on them; all of which have been operating for the past decade or so. These slides have offered water parks many years of thrills, but I have yet to find information on what or which company manufactured them.

 

If anyone has any possible leads, feel free to email me as I am very curious upon who made them:

waterslidedb@aol.com

-Marcus Dorsey

(Any photographs or images used belong to their respective owners, and were borrowed from the source(s) linked.)

Trip Report: Holiday World Splashin Safari (August 31, Hyena Falls Review)

Having not been able to visit Holiday World earlier in the year, I was able to find an opportune time to make a drive up on Labor Day weekend. This would be a particularly short visit since I wanted to be out of the park and driving before sundown, so I made sure to hit the essentials immediately.

Upon arriving and getting in to the park, I made my way to the lockers where I would place my belongings (including camera), then made a bee-line straight to Hyena Falls. If you're not familiar with the layout of Holiday World, then you should probably know that the walk to there can be, admittedly, quite lengthy. On your way there, you pass a wave pool, two water play structures, a world class wooden roller coaster (Voyage), and an Intamin shoot-the-chutes (Giraffica, previously called Pilgrim's Plunge).

Eventually you make it to a more quiet corner of the amusement park where the new ProSlide complex was placed, along with a small splash and fountain area for smaller children, a new large restroom stall, an extra Dippin' Dots stand and a roofed area containing free Pepsi drink stalls and a pretzel stand. The area was fairly quiet upon arrival considering it was far from most of the other water slides in the park, but as the day went on, people began to migrate more towards it and that's when the lines really filled up.

So how about the new slides?

Norwegian Breakaway Aqua Park Water Slides Review

Part of Norwegian Cruise's newest fleets, the Norwegian Breakaway is one of the latest and most unique cruise ships ever built. Having first set sail in May of 2013, the Norwegian Breakaway has been making many voyages in and out of New York City to destinations such as Bermuda, Orlando, Nassau, and multiple private islands. The ship itself is decked out to give the appeal and atmosphere of New York City itself, with many shows, restaurants, bars, clubs, and other areas of the ship themed to the big apple.