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Master Blaster

The very first water coaster in the world. Water jets shoot your tube UP the hills.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.

↕20 mtall
↔335 mlong
📅1996opened
📍🇺🇸New Braunfels, Texas, United States
🚦Operatingstatus

🏆Records & awards

  • First uphill water coaster (technology 1994)
  • Golden Ticket Best Water Ride 1998-2002, 2004-09

📖Tell me more

Jeff Henry, whose family owned the park, invented the uphill trick in the early 1990s. The Master Blaster won "best water ride" in the world for eleven years. Disney even put one on a cruise ship, called the AquaDuck.

📏How tall is 20 m?

🧒1.2 mYou🦒5.5 mGiraffe🏠8.0 mA house🛝20 mMaster Blaster🐋30 mBlue whale

🧵How long is 335 m?

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6.7 swimming poolsOlympic pools laid end to end (50 m each)
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3.2 football pitchesLong ones, 105 m each
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670 stepsIf you walked it instead of sliding

🔧How a water coaster (jets) works

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1. DropStart with a big downhill.
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2. JetsWater jets fire and push you UP the hill.
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3. Again!Down, up, down, up, like a roller coaster.
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4. SplashFinish in the pool.

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🗺️Where is it?

Schlitterbahn, New Braunfels, Texas, United States. Show on the World Slide Map →

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Sources: Guinness World Records, manufacturer and park announcements, Coasterpedia, Wikipedia, Blooloop and news reports; last reviewed September 2026. Spot an error?