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Wet'n'Wild Water World
Image:WetnWildLogo.jpg Logo
Slogan	Biggest 'n' Best
Location	Oxenford, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	27.9151076°S 153.3176744°E / -27.9151076; 153.3176744
Owner	Warner Village Theme Parks
Opened	October 1984
Previous names	Cade's County, Cade's County Wet'n'Wild
Operating season	All year, heated in winter
Pools	4 pools
Water slides	13 attractions water slides
Website	Official Website

Wet'n'Wild Water World is a large water park situated in Oxenford, Gold Coast, owned by Warner Village Theme Parks. The park is Australia's largest waterpark and the third largest waterpark in the world. Wet'n'Wild Water World, or just Wet'n'Wild is located adjacent to Warner Bros. Movie World, a movie-related park also owned by Warner Village Theme Parks. While the park remains open all year, all pools and slides are heated during winter.

History

Entrance

Park history

The park opened in October 1984 as Cade's County. The Herringe group of companies developed the park at a cost of $20M, Colin Herringe subsequently named the theme park after his son Cade. The name was later changed to Cade's County Wet'n'Wild, then simply Wet'n'Wild in 1987 after a licensing agreement was reached with the Six Flags chain of water parks in the USA.

Attraction history

In 2005, the Double Screamer waterslide was knocked down and removed. In its place now stands an extended Buccaneer Bay, a large pirate-themed play area. The Mammoth Plunge slide was also removed, but not demolished. Instead, it was moved to Sea World, where it now operates as part of the Resort's water park.

In 2006, the Extreme H₂O Zone opened at the park. The new section of the park featured one new and two second-hand rides. The Blackhole and Mach 5 were bought from a Brazilian water park during its demolition. The Tornado was built at the park.

In 2007, the park introduced the SurfRider, an Intamin built half-pipe rollercoaster. 2007 also saw the demolition of the WhiteWater Flumes slide complex, during a massive expansion to WhiteWater Mountain. The River Rapids replaced the Flumes.

In 2008, a half-pipe waterslide underwent construction at the park. The ride, titled Kamikaze, opened on 1 October, 2008. It is a Sidewinder which was built by Waterfun Products. The ride is located in the Extreme H₂O Zone.

Although no new attractions were built in 2009, the park announced the addition of four looping water slides in 2010. These slides are replacing the Speedcoaster and Twister slides which have been moved to Canberra. After a naming competition, the park announced that the rides name will be AquaLoop and will open in September 2010. In addition, it is expected that Wet'n'Wild will also open the Endless Wave a flowboarding attraction.

Attractions

Extreme H₂O Zone

The Extreme H₂O Zone first opened at the back of the park for during 2006 with three rides with staggered openings. It features the latest cutting-edge attractions including a funnel slide, enclosed and open tube slides and a large body slide complex.

• Kamikaze is a unique wet and dry attraction and the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. The Kamikaze is two U-shaped half pipe slides which are wet through a water channel to reduce friction. Riders are seated in two-person, inwards facing tubes and are launched down a steep slope before coming back up the other side, and so continue in a boomerang-like fashion until they run out of speed and momentum. The Kamikaze opened in late September, 2008.
• Tornado is a four person clover-leaf funnel slide. The Tornado dips down and then goes into a turn before speeding down a steep drop into the funnel below, reaching speeds of up to 40km/h. The Tornado was designed and built by a Canadian waterslide manufacturer, ProSlide and opened at the park as the third attraction in the Extreme H₂O Zone in 2006.
• Black Hole is two enclosed tube slides twisting and turning around each other. Riders are immersed in complete darkness as they traverse down the slide reaching high speeds. The Black Hole was acquired second hand from a defunct waterpark in Brazil and opened at the park as the second attraction in the Extreme H₂O Zone in 2006.
• Mach 5 is a large water slide complex. As the name suggests, the attraction is divided up amongst five different slides. The Sidewinders are two open flume slides which twist down to the bottom around the outside of the complex. The Jetstreams are three high speed body slides. The central slide is a freefall to the splashdown area below, similar to the Summit Plummet at Disney's Blizzard Beach. The outer two are similar, but traverse down the slope in a snake-like fashion. The Mach 5 was acquired second hand from a defunct waterpark in Brazil and opened at the park the first attraction in the Extreme H₂O Zone in 2006.

Other Rides

The Surfrider

Mammoth Falls and the Giant Wave Pool

• Surfrider - is an Intamin designed "Half-Pipe" rollercoaster. The car is in the shape of a surfboard and is launched to either side of the half-pipe using an LIM-powered mechanism. Several water features are included to simulate riding a wave. The ride opened in September 2007.
• Buccaneer Bay is a pirate themed children's play area. The area is divided into two sections. One section is an Aqua Play structure featuring water sides and activities while the other is a series of shallow pools. The original Buccaneer Bay featured shallow pools, small climbing structures and water guns. It closed mid Autumn 2005. During construction a smaller, temporary children's area opened instead of Whirlpool Hot Springs for the Winter season. The current Buccaneer Bay opened in September 2005.
• Mammoth Falls opened in 2000 and are two six person raft slides built by Australian Waterslides and Leisure. The tower featured two different slides - one featured a series of inline drops to the finish (known as Mammoth Plunge) while the other featured several corners (known as Mammoth River). In 2005 the Mammoth Plunge slide was moved to Sea World and changed its name to The Plunge. After the Mammoth Plunge slide was moved, the Mammoth River attraction was mirrored. Mammoth Falls now two slides with identical layouts.
• Super 8 Aqua Racer, as the name suggests, is an eight lane timed mat racer slide. Riders reach speeds of up to 40 km/h as they race headfirst down an 86-metre long track. With the help of sensors at the finish line, each slider receives their placing to an accuracy of 1/1000th of a second.
• River Rapids are four high speed body slides which opened in 2007 and are located on Whitewater Mountain. Whitewater Mountain originally housed the Whitewater Flumes which slowly deteriorated since 1984 when the park opened. The River Rapids are two fully enclosed water slides and two open air flumes.
• Giant Wave Pool is a three million litre wavepool attraction with a consistent one-metre swell. The Giant Wave Pool is one of Wet'n'Wild Water World's first attractions and opened in 1984 along with the rest of the park. The Giant Wave Pool also features 'Dive-in Movies' which every Saturday night during the summer season, where guests can view movies from a tube dinghy in the water or deck chair on the shore.
• Calypso Beach is a large lazy river attraction. Riders sit in one person tubes as the gentle current pulls them along the course. Calypso Beach was installed at the park in 1999.
• Whirlpool Hot Springs. During the winter months the upper level of the original Whirlpool attraction has the water drained and covers removed to expose 10 x 20 person hot spas heated at 36 degrees Celsius. In the 2009/2010 summer season, it appears the attraction remained as the Whirlpool Hot Springs. It is unknown whether the original summer attraction, Whirlpool, will return.
• AquaLoop is opening September 2010. It has four looping slides, a terrifying trap door release with 2.5G acceleration, going into a massive vertical freefall drop, and then up into a looping slide going at 60km/h. The AquaLoop is the first ride of its type in Australia.
• Endless Wave is opening late 2010. It will be a Wave Loch FlowRider or FlowBarrel.

Previous rides

• Double Screamer was originally named Rampage, the Double Screamer was the first all fibreglass slide in the world. It was closed and removed in 2005 due to safety concerns on similar rides overseas where riders suffered serious injuries. It was also removed to make way for an expanded Buccaneer Bay which now stands in its place.
• Mammoth Plunge was built in 2000, the Mammoth Plunge Slide was donated to Sea World in 2005 where it now operates. It was replaced with a mirror of the adjacent Mammoth River slide.
• Speedcoaster saw guests plummet down an enclosed snake-like drop before a steep freefall to the splashdown zone. Originally named 'Speed Slide' when the park first opened, the attraction has since been refurbished and modified. This ride was closed to make way for the addition of four aqua loops in 2010. This ride was moved to Big Splash in Canberra, Australia.
• Terror Canyon 1 & 2 was closed down in 2008 pending demolition, extended maintenance or re-development. In 2009, the park confirmed that the Terror Canyon location could be used for future attractions.
• Twister was an attraction featuring two body slides. These slides wrap around each other forming a twisted pattern from the outside. This ride was closed to make way for the addition of four aqua loops in 2010. This ride was moved to Big Splash in Canberra, Australia.
• Whirlpool was located at the same location of Whirlpool Hot Springs. The attraction was only open in the summer months as a gentle one person per tube ride revolving in a circular pattern. In the 2009/2010 summer season, it appears the attraction remained as the Whirlpool Hot Springs. It is unknown whether Whirlpool will return.
• WhiteWater Flumes were 4 body flume slides opened with the park in 1984, refurbished in the 1990s, and removed in 2007. It featured Cascade, Bombora, Riptide and Pipeline slides.

Food

There are several food outlets placed throughout the park, each one specialising in different styles of fast food.

• Bombora Burger Bar
• Snack Shack
• Oasis Ice Cream Parlour
• "Go Frozen" Frozen Coke Bar
• Wraps 'n' Rolls
• Natural Selections
• Clocktower Coffee
• Calypso Bar
• Dominos 2 Go (Opened as a franchise on 12th of September, 2009)

External links

• Official website