{"generated":"2026-09-20T18:25:16.207Z","license":"CC BY 4.0","count":51,"items":[{"slug":"vertigo-fractionator","name":"Vertigo & The Fractionator","park":"meryal-waterpark","parkName":"Meryal Waterpark","country":"Qatar","city":"Qetaifan Island North, Lusail","lat":25.438,"lng":51.533,"type":"speed-slide","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2023,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":76.3,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Tallest water slide (Guinness, 76.3 m)"],"summary":"Body slides from the 85 m Icon Tower, which has six launch levels. Guinness verified the slide height at 76.309 m (250 ft 4 in) on 6 October 2024, ending Kilimanjaro's 22-year run. Built by WhiteWater West; the park opened in late 2023 with 52 slides.","url":"/slides/vertigo-fractionator/"},{"slug":"kilimanjaro","name":"Kilimanjaro","park":"aldeia-das-aguas","parkName":"Aldeia das Águas Park Resort","country":"Brazil","city":"Barra do Piraí","lat":-22.47,"lng":-43.83,"type":"speed-slide","manufacturer":"blue-wave","opened":1999,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":49.9,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":100,"records":["Tallest body slide (Guinness)","Tallest water slide 2002-2014, 2016-2024"],"summary":"A 49.9 m free-fall body slide by Brazilian maker Blue Wave, at up to 60°. Guinness tallest water slide 2002-14 and again 2016-24; it still holds the \"tallest body slide\" title.","url":"/slides/kilimanjaro/"},{"slug":"verruckt","name":"Verrückt","park":null,"parkName":"Schlitterbahn Kansas City","country":"United States","city":"Kansas City, Kansas","lat":39.134,"lng":-94.825,"type":"water-coaster-jets","manufacturer":null,"opened":2014,"closed":2016,"status":"gone","height_m":51.4,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":113,"records":["Tallest water slide 2014-2016"],"summary":"A three-rider raft slide with a 168 ft 7 in (51.38 m) drop at about 70 mph followed by a 55 ft uphill. Guinness tallest in April 2014; opened 10 July 2014 after test rafts flew off during trials. Closed after the death of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab on 7 August 2016; dismantled in 2018. See Safety.","url":"/slides/verruckt/"},{"slug":"insano","name":"Insano","park":"beach-park","parkName":"Beach Park","country":"Brazil","city":"Aquiraz, Ceará","lat":-3.8276,"lng":-38.4015,"type":"speed-slide","manufacturer":null,"opened":1989,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":41,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":105,"records":["Tallest water slide before Kilimanjaro"],"summary":"A 41 m free-fall body slide at about 70°, reaching roughly 105 km/h in a four-to-five-second ride. Guinness tallest before Kilimanjaro. Rules: minimum 1.40 m, maximum 120 kg.","url":"/slides/insano/"},{"slug":"rise-of-icarus","name":"The Fall (Rise of Icarus)","park":"mt-olympus","parkName":"Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park","country":"United States","city":"Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin","lat":43.612,"lng":-89.783,"type":"speed-slide","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2024,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":44,"length_m":238,"speed_kmh":48,"records":["Tallest water slide in the Americas","Golden Ticket Best New Water Park Ride 2024"],"summary":"A WhiteWater high-speed AquaTube: 145 ft slide from a 160 ft tower, 780 ft long, about 30 mph. Opened May 2024 and won the 2024 Golden Ticket for Best New Water Park Ride.","url":"/slides/rise-of-icarus/"},{"slug":"thrillagascar-jungle-jammer","name":"Thrillagascar & Jungle Jammer","park":"dreamworks-water-park","parkName":"DreamWorks Water Park","country":"United States","city":"East Rutherford, New Jersey","lat":40.8093,"lng":-74.0698,"type":"trapdoor-slide","manufacturer":"proslide-technology","opened":2020,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":43.3,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Tallest indoor water slides"],"summary":"ProSlide SkyBOX trapdoor launches into 142 ft (43.3 m) FreeFALL slides, inside North America's largest indoor water park (opened 1 October 2020).","url":"/slides/thrillagascar-jungle-jammer/"},{"slug":"dragonfly-tower","name":"Dragonfly Tower (Emerald Blur & Golden Wing Spiral)","park":"land-of-legends","parkName":"The Land of Legends","country":"Türkiye","city":"Belek, Antalya","lat":36.866,"lng":31.053,"type":"body-slide","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2026,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":50,"length_m":306,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Europe's tallest water slides"],"summary":"WhiteWater AquaTube body slides from the roughly 50-52 m Dragonfly Tower, opened 1 May 2026 as part of the 14-slide Waterfly expansion. Golden Wing Spiral runs 306 m. Overtook Aqualandia Jesolo's 42 m Captain Spacemaker as Europe's tallest.","url":"/slides/dragonfly-tower/"},{"slug":"daredevils-peak","name":"Daredevil's Peak","park":"perfect-day-at-cococay","parkName":"Thrill Waterpark, Perfect Day at CocoCay","country":"Bahamas","city":"CocoCay, Berry Islands","lat":25.817,"lng":-77.94,"type":"speed-slide","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2019,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":41,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Tallest slide in North America at opening (2019)"],"summary":"A 135 ft (41 m) enclosed speed slide on Royal Caribbean's private island, the tallest in North America when it opened in 2019.","url":"/slides/daredevils-peak/"},{"slug":"junoon-drop","name":"Junoon Drop","park":"aquarabia","parkName":"Aquarabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","city":"Qiddiya City","lat":24.498,"lng":46.348,"type":"water-coaster-jets","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2026,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":42,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Claimed tallest water coaster (unverified)"],"summary":"A WhiteWater \"Family Mega Drop\" water coaster billed at 12 storeys (~138 ft), which would top Massiv's 81.5 ft. Opened 23 April 2026.","url":"/slides/junoon-drop/"},{"slug":"massiv","name":"Massiv","park":"schlitterbahn-galveston","parkName":"Schlitterbahn Galveston Island","country":"United States","city":"Galveston, Texas","lat":29.271,"lng":-94.848,"type":"water-coaster-jets","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2016,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":24.9,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Tallest water coaster (Guinness, 24.86 m)"],"summary":"A WhiteWater Master Blaster with three uphill blasts and a triple drop; Guinness measured 81 ft 6.72 in (24.86 m) in 2016.","url":"/slides/massiv/"},{"slug":"escape-tube-slide","name":"ESCAPE Tube Slide","park":"escape-penang","parkName":"ESCAPE Penang","country":"Malaysia","city":"Teluk Bahang, Penang","lat":5.437,"lng":100.215,"type":"tube-slide","manufacturer":null,"opened":2019,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":1111,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Longest water slide (Guinness, 1,111 m)"],"summary":"1,111 m of tube slide down a rainforest hillside, reached by chairlift; a ride takes about three minutes over 70 m of descent. Guinness longest inner-tube slide, September 2019. The park says no trees were cut.","url":"/slides/escape-tube-slide/"},{"slug":"mammoth","name":"Mammoth","park":"holiday-world-splashin-safari","parkName":"Holiday World & Splashin' Safari","country":"United States","city":"Santa Claus, Indiana","lat":38.121,"lng":-86.917,"type":"water-coaster-magnets","manufacturer":"proslide-technology","opened":2012,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":21,"length_m":537,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Longest water coaster (Guinness, 537 m)","Golden Ticket Best Water Park Ride 2023, 2025"],"summary":"ProSlide HydroMAGNETIC Mammoth: 1,763 ft (537 m), 69 ft tall, seven drops (largest 32 ft at 45°), six-person spinning boats, a three-minute ride and a US$9 m budget. Opened 11 May 2012; Guinness certified 2016. Golden Ticket Best Water Park Ride 2023 and 2025.","url":"/slides/mammoth/"},{"slug":"wildebeest","name":"Wildebeest","park":"holiday-world-splashin-safari","parkName":"Holiday World & Splashin' Safari","country":"United States","city":"Santa Claus, Indiana","lat":38.121,"lng":-86.917,"type":"water-coaster-magnets","manufacturer":"proslide-technology","opened":2010,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":19.5,"length_m":520,"speed_kmh":39,"records":["Longest water coaster 2010-2012","Best Water Park Ride 11 times"],"summary":"The longest water coaster from 2010 to 2012 at 1,710 ft (520 m), 64 ft tall and 24.5 mph. Named Best Water Park Ride eleven times, most recently 2024.","url":"/slides/wildebeest/"},{"slug":"shockwave","name":"Shockwave","park":"aquaventure-world","parkName":"Aquaventure World","country":"United Arab Emirates","city":"Dubai","lat":25.1325,"lng":55.1176,"type":"water-coaster-jets","manufacturer":"proslide-technology","opened":2021,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":449,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Longest family rafting water coaster (manufacturer claim)"],"summary":"The first ProSlide MammothBLAST, 449 m long, opened 1 March 2021 on the Trident Tower and marketed as the world's longest family rafting water coaster.","url":"/slides/shockwave/"},{"slug":"speedy-jamezales","name":"Speedy Jamezales","park":"aquarabia","parkName":"Aquarabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","city":"Qiddiya City","lat":24.498,"lng":46.348,"type":"looping-slide-aqualoop","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2026,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":27,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Tallest AquaLoop (claim)"],"summary":"About 27 m, versus the standard 17 m AquaLoop. One of four records Aquarabia claimed at its April 2026 opening, with Slithereel (longest SlideWheel) and Jamal Joom (longest six-lane mat blaster).","url":"/slides/speedy-jamezales/"},{"slug":"high-tower","name":"High Tower","park":null,"parkName":"Tianmu Future Valley Water World","country":"China","city":"Zhejiang","lat":30.4,"lng":119.4,"type":"speed-slide","manufacturer":"guangzhou-haisan","opened":null,"closed":null,"status":"build","height_m":80,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Planned 80 m, would be tallest"],"summary":"Guangzhou Haisan is building an 80 m slide tower that would set a new world record if it opens as planned.","url":"/slides/high-tower/"},{"slug":"master-blaster","name":"Master Blaster","park":"schlitterbahn","parkName":"Schlitterbahn","country":"United States","city":"New Braunfels, Texas","lat":29.7106,"lng":-98.1316,"type":"water-coaster-jets","manufacturer":"nbgs","opened":1996,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":20,"length_m":335,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["First uphill water coaster (technology 1994)","Golden Ticket Best Water Ride 1998-2002, 2004-09"],"summary":"The world's first uphill water coaster: 65 ft tall, 1,100 ft long. Jeff Henry's NBGS technology swept IAAPA's three new-product awards in 1993; the ride itself won Golden Ticket Best Water Ride 1998-2002 and 2004-09. WhiteWater licensed the design in 2003 and bought it outright in 2006; Disney's AquaDuck cruise-ship coaster is a Master Blaster.","url":"/slides/master-blaster/"},{"slug":"deluge","name":"Deluge","park":"kentucky-kingdom","parkName":"Kentucky Kingdom & Hurricane Bay","country":"United States","city":"Louisville, Kentucky","lat":38.199,"lng":-85.744,"type":"water-coaster-magnets","manufacturer":"proslide-technology","opened":2007,"closed":2021,"status":"gone","height_m":17,"length_m":271,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["First hydromagnetic water coaster"],"summary":"The first magnetic-launch water coaster (ProSlide HydroMAGNETIC Rocket): 57 ft tall, 890 ft long, four-person tubes. Closed in 2021 and stands unused.","url":"/slides/deluge/"},{"slug":"krakatau-aqua-coaster","name":"Krakatau Aqua Coaster & Ko'okiri Body Plunge","park":"universal-volcano-bay","parkName":"Universal Volcano Bay","country":"United States","city":"Orlando, Florida","lat":28.4626,"lng":-81.4726,"type":"water-coaster-magnets","manufacturer":"proslide-technology","opened":2017,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":61,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":[],"summary":"Volcano Bay replaced Wet 'n Wild Orlando on 25 May 2017. Krakatau is a ProSlide hydromagnetic coaster in four-seat canoes through the 200 ft volcano; Ko'okiri is a 125 ft, 70° drop-capsule body slide that passes through a pool. The park won Golden Ticket Best Water Park in 2025, ending Schlitterbahn's streak.","url":"/slides/krakatau-aqua-coaster/"},{"slug":"leap-of-faith","name":"Leap of Faith","park":"atlantis-paradise-island","parkName":"Aquaventure, Atlantis Paradise Island","country":"Bahamas","city":"Paradise Island, Nassau","lat":25.084,"lng":-77.322,"type":"speed-slide","manufacturer":null,"opened":1998,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":18,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["The original shark-lagoon slide"],"summary":"A 60 ft near-vertical body slide ending in a clear tunnel through a shark lagoon; the original \"shark slide\". Cloned at Atlantis Dubai (2008, nine storeys, WhiteWater) and Atlantis Sanya (2018).","url":"/slides/leap-of-faith/"},{"slug":"aquaconda","name":"Aquaconda","park":"aquaventure-world","parkName":"Aquaventure World","country":"United Arab Emirates","city":"Dubai","lat":25.1325,"lng":55.1176,"type":"family-raft-ride","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2013,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Largest-diameter tube slide (claim)"],"summary":"Poseidon Tower opened 17 September 2013 with Aquaconda, a six-person WhiteWater Anaconda raft slide marketed as the largest-diameter tube slide in the world, plus Poseidon's Revenge, a pair of AquaLoops, and the Zoomerango.","url":"/slides/aquaconda/"},{"slug":"trident-tower","name":"Trident Tower (Odyssey of Terror & Blackout)","park":"aquaventure-world","parkName":"Aquaventure World","country":"United Arab Emirates","city":"Dubai","lat":25.1325,"lng":55.1176,"type":"funnel-slide-tornado","manufacturer":"proslide-technology","opened":2021,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":48,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Tallest Double TornadoWAVE 60"],"summary":"The 48 m Trident Tower opened 1 March 2021 with 12 ProSlide rides, including the world's tallest Double TornadoWAVE 60 (Odyssey of Terror) and the tallest FreeFALL in EMEA (Blackout).","url":"/slides/trident-tower/"},{"slug":"scorpions-tail","name":"Scorpion's Tail","park":"noahs-ark","parkName":"Noah's Ark Waterpark","country":"United States","city":"Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin","lat":43.621,"lng":-89.794,"type":"looping-slide-aqualoop","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2010,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":17,"length_m":122,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["First looping water slide in the USA"],"summary":"The first looping water slide in the United States: a 400 ft WhiteWater AquaLoop with a near-vertical trapdoor drop. Opened 29 May 2010.","url":"/slides/scorpions-tail/"},{"slug":"cannonball-loop","name":"Cannonball Loop","park":"action-park","parkName":"Action Park","country":"United States","city":"Vernon, New Jersey","lat":41.1867,"lng":-74.509,"type":"looping-slide-aqualoop","manufacturer":null,"opened":1985,"closed":1996,"status":"gone","height_m":null,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["First (and only) vertical looping slide"],"summary":"An enclosed body slide ending in a full vertical loop, built in 1983 and open for about a month in 1985 before state regulators shut it. Test dummies reportedly came out dismembered; riders lost teeth, which were later found embedded in the flume; a hatch was cut to extract stuck riders; a former Navy physician estimated ~9 G. Ran sporadically in 1995-96 and was dismantled after the park closed in September 1996.","url":"/slides/cannonball-loop/"},{"slug":"black-hole-der-stuka","name":"The Black Hole & Der Stuka","park":"wet-n-wild-orlando","parkName":"Wet 'n Wild Orlando","country":"United States","city":"Orlando, Florida","lat":28.4626,"lng":-81.4726,"type":"dark-slide","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":1990,"closed":2016,"status":"gone","height_m":null,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":[],"summary":"Der Stuka was the archetypal 1980s speed slide; The Black Hole (1990, WhiteWater enclosed tubes) set the template for dark slides. Both went with the park when it closed on 31 December 2016.","url":"/slides/black-hole-der-stuka/"},{"slug":"zinga","name":"Zinga","park":"holiday-world-splashin-safari","parkName":"Holiday World & Splashin' Safari","country":"United States","city":"Santa Claus, Indiana","lat":38.121,"lng":-86.917,"type":"funnel-slide-tornado","manufacturer":"proslide-technology","opened":2003,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["One of the first three funnel slides","Best Water Park Ride 2003"],"summary":"One of the three inaugural ProSlide Tornados, with a 60 ft funnel reached by a 270° helix. Best Water Park Ride, 2003.","url":"/slides/zinga/"},{"slug":"dawwama","name":"Dawwama","park":"yas-waterworld","parkName":"Yas Waterworld","country":"United Arab Emirates","city":"Abu Dhabi","lat":24.4878,"lng":54.5985,"type":"funnel-slide-tornado","manufacturer":"proslide-technology","opened":2013,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Largest six-person tornado water coaster"],"summary":"Dawwama is a six-person hydromagnetic ProSlide Tornado with a 20 m funnel, the largest of its kind. Bandit Bomber, a 515 m Vekoma suspended coaster with onboard water cannons, was the first roller coaster with interactive water effects.","url":"/slides/dawwama/"},{"slug":"tower-of-power","name":"Tower of Power","park":"siam-park","parkName":"Siam Park","country":"Spain","city":"Costa Adeje, Tenerife","lat":28.0716,"lng":-16.7263,"type":"speed-slide","manufacturer":"proslide-technology","opened":2008,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":28,"length_m":76,"speed_kmh":null,"records":[],"summary":"Tower of Power is a 28 m ProSlide FreeFALL that finishes in a glass tunnel through a shark and ray aquarium. Singha (2015) was the world's first ProSlide RocketBLAST water-jet coaster.","url":"/slides/tower-of-power/"},{"slug":"ihus-breakaway-falls","name":"Ihu's Breakaway Falls","park":"aquatica-orlando","parkName":"Aquatica Orlando","country":"United States","city":"Orlando, Florida","lat":28.413,"lng":-81.456,"type":"trapdoor-slide","manufacturer":null,"opened":2014,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":24,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Tallest multi-drop tower in Orlando"],"summary":"Three breakaway drop boxes and one open slide from an 80 ft tower with 126 steps, drops up to 40 ft and 420 ft of flume. Opened 9 May 2014.","url":"/slides/ihus-breakaway-falls/"},{"slug":"rocket-blast","name":"Rocket Blast","park":"waldameer","parkName":"Waldameer & Water World","country":"United States","city":"Erie, Pennsylvania","lat":42.154,"lng":-80.15,"type":"water-coaster-jets","manufacturer":"proslide-technology","opened":2023,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":20.6,"length_m":253,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Golden Ticket Best New Water Park Ride 2023"],"summary":"An 831 ft, 67.6 ft-tall ProSlide RocketBLAST that won the 2023 Golden Ticket for Best New Water Park Ride.","url":"/slides/rocket-blast/"},{"slug":"slidewheel-chimelong","name":"SlideWheel (Chimelong)","park":"chimelong-water-park","parkName":"Chimelong Water Park","country":"China","city":"Guangzhou","lat":22.9973,"lng":113.3249,"type":"slidewheel","manufacturer":"wiegand-waterrides","opened":2018,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":24,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["First rotating water slide"],"summary":"The world's first rotating water slide, opened 1 April 2018 by wiegand.maelzer. Later units: Aquapark Reda, Poland (2020); Mt. Olympus (2022); Meryal (2023); Aquarabia (2026).","url":"/slides/slidewheel-chimelong/"},{"slug":"summit-plummet","name":"Summit Plummet","park":"disney-s-typhoon-lagoon-and-blizzard-beach","parkName":"Disney's Typhoon Lagoon & Blizzard Beach","country":"United States","city":"Lake Buena Vista, Florida","lat":28.3652,"lng":-81.5277,"type":"speed-slide","manufacturer":"proslide-technology","opened":1995,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":36.6,"length_m":110,"speed_kmh":90,"records":[],"summary":"A steep, near-straight body slide, typically a 60-80° drop into a long flat run-out that stops the rider without a deep pool. Ridden lying back with arms and legs crossed. ProSlide FreeFALL, WhiteWater Freefall, Wiegand Kamikaze.","url":"/slides/summit-plummet/"},{"slug":"summit-canyon","name":"Summit Canyon (Aspen Falls & Columbine Cascade)","park":"water-world-colorado","parkName":"Water World Colorado","country":"United States","city":"Federal Heights, Colorado","lat":39.8779,"lng":-105.0103,"type":"trapdoor-slide","manufacturer":"proslide-technology","opened":2026,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":[],"summary":"The largest renovation since the 1980s at one of the oldest operating parks (1979, publicly owned): a ProSlide drop capsule with a 425 ft-plus run (Aspen Falls) and the 520 ft Columbine Cascade, opened 16 July 2026.","url":"/slides/summit-canyon/"},{"slug":"cannonball-area-47","name":"Cannonball","park":"area-47","parkName":"Area 47","country":"Austria","city":"Ötztal-Bahnhof, Tyrol","lat":47.218,"lng":10.866,"type":"speed-slide","manufacturer":"wiegand-waterrides","opened":2010,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":[],"summary":"A wiegand launched body slide at Austria's extreme-sports park.","url":"/slides/cannonball-area-47/"},{"slug":"tsunami-surge","name":"Tsunami Surge","park":"six-flags-hurricane-harbor-chicago","parkName":"Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Chicago","country":"United States","city":"Gurnee, Illinois","lat":42.37,"lng":-87.936,"type":"water-coaster-jets","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2021,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":26,"length_m":290,"speed_kmh":45,"records":["Tallest water coaster 2021-2025"],"summary":"Tsunami Surge is a WhiteWater Master Blaster: 86 ft (26 m) tall, 950 ft long, 28 mph, opened 29 May 2021. It was the world's tallest water coaster until Surreal (Brazil) opened in 2025.","url":"/slides/tsunami-surge/"},{"slug":"aqualoop-terme-3000","name":"AquaLoop (Terme 3000)","park":"terme-3000","parkName":"Terme 3000","country":"Slovenia","city":"Moravske Toplice","lat":46.683,"lng":16.222,"type":"looping-slide-aqualoop","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2008,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":17,"length_m":88,"speed_kmh":60,"records":["First AquaLoop in the world"],"summary":"Co-developed by Aquarena and WhiteWater West, the first AquaLoop opened at Terme 3000, Moravske Toplice, in May 2008: a 17 m trapdoor drop into a 45° inclined loop, 88.4 m long, 2.5 G.","url":"/slides/aqualoop-terme-3000/"},{"slug":"zip-coaster","name":"Zip Coaster","park":"kalahari-sandusky","parkName":"Kalahari Resort Sandusky","country":"United States","city":"Sandusky, Ohio","lat":41.401,"lng":-82.691,"type":"water-coaster-conveyor","manufacturer":null,"opened":2005,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":[],"summary":"Zip Coaster at Kalahari Sandusky is the standard example of a conveyor-lift water coaster, lifting rafts with rubber belts rather than jets or magnets.","url":"/slides/zip-coaster/"},{"slug":"magic-eye","name":"Magic Eye","park":"therme-erding-and-galaxy","parkName":"Therme Erding & Galaxy","country":"Germany","city":"Erding","lat":48.2981,"lng":11.9283,"type":"dark-slide","manufacturer":"wiegand-waterrides","opened":2007,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":360,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Claimed longest enclosed tube slide"],"summary":"Galaxy Erding's 360 m Magic Eye is billed by the park as the world's longest enclosed tube slide; the claim is not Guinness-verified.","url":"/slides/magic-eye/"},{"slug":"space-glider-vr","name":"Space Glider (VR slide)","park":"therme-erding-and-galaxy","parkName":"Therme Erding & Galaxy","country":"Germany","city":"Erding","lat":48.2981,"lng":11.9283,"type":"vr-slide","manufacturer":"wiegand-waterrides","opened":2018,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":160,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["First VR water slide"],"summary":"Ballast VR's VRSlide launched on the 160 m Space Glider at Galaxy Erding in July 2018, with waterproof headsets synced by ultrasound and accelerometers.","url":"/slides/space-glider-vr/"},{"slug":"boogie-bahn","name":"Boogie Bahn","park":"schlitterbahn","parkName":"Schlitterbahn","country":"United States","city":"New Braunfels, Texas","lat":29.7106,"lng":-98.1316,"type":"surf-simulator-flowrider","manufacturer":"flowrider","opened":1991,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["First FlowRider"],"summary":"Tom Lochtefeld's first FlowRider sheet wave opened at Schlitterbahn New Braunfels in 1991 and still operates.","url":"/slides/boogie-bahn/"},{"slug":"the-falls","name":"The Falls","park":"schlitterbahn","parkName":"Schlitterbahn","country":"United States","city":"New Braunfels, Texas","lat":29.7106,"lng":-98.1316,"type":"crazy-river","manufacturer":null,"opened":2011,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":1100,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["World's longest tubing river (claim)"],"summary":"The Falls (2011) is a ~0.7 mile adventure river at Schlitterbahn New Braunfels, billed as the world's longest tubing river.","url":"/slides/the-falls/"},{"slug":"vuvuzela","name":"Vuvuzela","park":"sunway-lagoon","parkName":"Sunway Lagoon","country":"Malaysia","city":"Subang Jaya","lat":3.0709,"lng":101.6073,"type":"funnel-slide-tornado","manufacturer":"proslide-technology","opened":2013,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["World's largest vortex slide at opening"],"summary":"Sunway Lagoon's Vuvuzela (2013) is a ProSlide Tornado marketed as the world's largest vortex water slide when it opened.","url":"/slides/vuvuzela/"},{"slug":"medusas-slidewheel","name":"Medusa's Slidewheel","park":"mt-olympus","parkName":"Mt. 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Olympus was the first SlideWheel in the Americas.","url":"/slides/medusas-slidewheel/"},{"slug":"rapid-refinery","name":"Rapid Refinery","park":"meryal-waterpark","parkName":"Meryal Waterpark","country":"Qatar","city":"Qetaifan Island North, Lusail","lat":25.438,"lng":51.533,"type":"slidewheel","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2023,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":24,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":[],"summary":"Rapid Refinery is the SlideWheel at Meryal Waterpark, Qatar (2023).","url":"/slides/rapid-refinery/"},{"slug":"slithereel","name":"Slithereel","park":"aquarabia","parkName":"Aquarabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","city":"Qiddiya City","lat":24.498,"lng":46.348,"type":"slidewheel","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2026,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Longest SlideWheel (claim)"],"summary":"Slithereel (April 2026) is billed by Aquarabia as the world's longest SlideWheel; no length has been published.","url":"/slides/slithereel/"},{"slug":"jamal-joom","name":"Jamal Joom","park":"aquarabia","parkName":"Aquarabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","city":"Qiddiya City","lat":24.498,"lng":46.348,"type":"mat-racer","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2026,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Longest six-lane mat blaster (claim)"],"summary":"Jamal Joom is a six-lane WhiteWater Mat Blaster at Aquarabia, claimed as the world's longest and tallest.","url":"/slides/jamal-joom/"},{"slug":"bandit-bomber","name":"Bandit Bomber","park":"yas-waterworld","parkName":"Yas Waterworld","country":"United Arab Emirates","city":"Abu Dhabi","lat":24.4878,"lng":54.5985,"type":"water-coaster-jets","manufacturer":"vekoma","opened":2013,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":23,"length_m":515,"speed_kmh":50,"records":["First suspended coaster with interactive water effects"],"summary":"Bandit Bomber (20 Jan 2013) is a 515 m, 23 m Vekoma suspended coaster with onboard water cannons, the first roller coaster with interactive water effects.","url":"/slides/bandit-bomber/"},{"slug":"blue-bullet","name":"Blue Bullet","park":"world-waterpark-edmonton","parkName":"World Waterpark, West Edmonton Mall","country":"Canada","city":"Edmonton, Alberta","lat":53.5225,"lng":-113.6242,"type":"dark-slide","manufacturer":null,"opened":1986,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":null,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":[],"summary":"Blue Bullet at World Waterpark, West Edmonton Mall, mixes translucent and dark sections.","url":"/slides/blue-bullet/"},{"slug":"tidal-tower","name":"Tidal Tower","park":"great-tides-waterpark","parkName":"Great Tides Waterpark, Great Stirrup Cay","country":"Bahamas","city":"Great Stirrup Cay, Berry Islands","lat":25.823,"lng":-77.905,"type":"speed-slide","manufacturer":"whitewater-west","opened":2026,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":52,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Tallest slide tower in the Caribbean (claim)"],"summary":"Great Tides' Tidal Tower is 170 ft (52 m) tall with eight slides; the height is the tower, not the slide drop. Opened 4 September 2026.","url":"/slides/tidal-tower/"},{"slug":"hurricane-tower","name":"Hurricane","park":null,"parkName":"88°C Spring Water World","country":"China","city":"Xianyang, Shaanxi","lat":34.33,"lng":108.71,"type":"speed-slide","manufacturer":"tailong-dalang","opened":2016,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":45,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Tallest slide in Asia until 2023"],"summary":"Tailong's 45 m Hurricane free-fall towers (Merry Pi Beach Park 2015; 88°C Spring Water World 2016) were Asia's tallest until Meryal.","url":"/slides/hurricane-tower/"},{"slug":"captain-spacemaker","name":"Captain Spacemaker","park":null,"parkName":"Aqualandia","country":"Italy","city":"Jesolo","lat":45.5,"lng":12.648,"type":"speed-slide","manufacturer":null,"opened":2008,"closed":null,"status":"open","height_m":42,"length_m":null,"speed_kmh":null,"records":["Europe's tallest slide until 2026"],"summary":"Captain Spacemaker at Aqualandia, Jesolo, is a 42 m inline raft speed slide, long billed as Europe's tallest until the Land of Legends tower (2026).","url":"/slides/captain-spacemaker/"}]}