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SlideWheel (Chimelong)

The first spinning-wheel slide ever, opened on 1 April 2018. It was not an April Fool's joke!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).

↕24 mtall
📅2018opened
📍🇨🇳Guangzhou, China
🚦Operatingstatus

🏆Records & awards

  • First rotating water slide

📖Tell me more

More SlideWheels have opened since in Poland, the USA, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

📏How tall is 24 m?

🧒1.2 mYou🦒5.5 mGiraffe🏠8.0 mA house🛝24 mSlideWheel (C…🐋30 mBlue whale

🔧How a slidewheel works

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1. BoardFour riders sit in a round raft.
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2. RollThe wheel turns and the raft rolls forward.
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3. Back againRoll backwards as the wheel keeps turning.
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4. OutSlide out of the bottom of the wheel.

Everything about slidewheels →

🗺️Where is it?

Chimelong Water Park, Guangzhou, China. Show on the World Slide Map →

🧭Explore next

Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park

Medusa's Slidewheel

A spinning-wheel slide in Wisconsin Dells, the first in America.Medusa's Slidewheel (2022) at Mt.
Meryal Waterpark

Rapid Refinery

Meryal's SlideWheel, themed like an oil refinery.Rapid Refinery is the SlideWheel at Meryal Waterpark, Qatar (2023).
Aquarabia

Slithereel

Aquarabia's SlideWheel, which the park says is the longest ever built.Slithereel (April 2026) is billed by Aquarabia as the world's longest SlideWheel; no length has been published.

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