Wet 'n Wild Orlando
George Millay opened the first big water park, with the first lazy river. In its first year it lost money, then everyone came!George Millay opens the first major purpose-built water park on 13 March 1977, and Alpamare in Switzerland opens as an early indoor park. Millay trademarks "Lazy River" and follows with the Kamikaze (1979) and Der Stuka (1984).