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🛝 Looping slide (AquaLoop)🏝️ Noah's Ark Waterpark🏭 WhiteWater West

Scorpion's Tail

The first looping slide in America. It drops you through a trapdoor and then upside down!The first looping water slide in the United States: a 400 ft WhiteWater AquaLoop with a near-vertical trapdoor drop. Opened 29 May 2010.

↕17 mtall
↔122 mlong
📅2010opened
📍🇺🇸Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, United States
🚦Operatingstatus

🏆Records & awards

  • First looping water slide in the USA

📏How tall is 17 m?

🧒1.2 mYou🦒5.5 mGiraffe🏠8.0 mA house🛝17 mScorpion's Ta…

🧵How long is 122 m?

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2.4 swimming poolsOlympic pools laid end to end (50 m each)
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1.2 football pitchesLong ones, 105 m each
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244 stepsIf you walked it instead of sliding

🔧How a looping slide (aqualoop) works

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1. TrapdoorStand in the capsule and wait for the drop.
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2. 17 m plungeFall almost straight down.
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3. The loopZoom around the tilted loop.
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4. SplashSlow down in the run-out.

Everything about looping slide (aqualoop)s →

🗺️Where is it?

Noah's Ark Waterpark, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, 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?