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AquaLoop

An AquaLoop is a type of body water slide where single riders are dropped down a near vertical slide and into an inclined loop. They are usually located in water parks.

AquaLoop
AquaLoop at Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast
General statistics
TypeWater slide
DesignerWhiteWater West, AQUARENA
Height17 m (56 ft)
Drop16 m (52 ft)
Length88.4 m (290 ft)
Speed60 km/h (37 mph)
Duration7 seconds
G-force2.5
Installations20+
RestrictionsRiders must be at least 120 cm (3 ft 11 in) in height and weigh between 45 kg (99 lb) and 130 kg (290 lb) to ride.[1]

History edit

Austrian manufacturer Aquarena[2] developed the world's first mass-produced fully inverted looping water slide, known as the AquaLoop.[3] The slide is currently licensed and distributed by Canadian water slide manufacturer WhiteWater West.[4] There are nearly 20 AquaLoop installations around the world.[5] The first installation was at Terme 3000 water park, Slovenia in 2008.[6] Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast was the first to install more than one AquaLoop at a single location.[7][8][9] The AquaLoop uses a trap-door to release riders down a 17-metre (56 ft) near-vertical descent at a speed of up to 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). Riders experience 2.5 Gs in less than 2 seconds.[10] The whole ride is over within 7 seconds.[11]

Ride edit

An AquaLoop is launched from a 17-metre (56 ft) platform. A single rider is loaded into a launch chamber where they stand with their hands across their chest. After a countdown, a trapdoor opens and the rider immediately drops 16 metres (52 ft) inside a near vertical slide. The rider accelerates to 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph) in just 2 seconds before entering the loop element. This element is a variation of the traditional vertical loop because it lies on an angle of approximately 45°. This variation of a loop is called an inclined loop. The 165-metre (541 ft) slide is over within 7 seconds.[11][12]

Installations edit

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
 
2 AquaLoop slides aboard Norwegian Breakaway.
Name Water park Location Number of slides Opened
360Rush Wet'n'Wild Sydney   Prospect, Australia 4 slides 12 December 2013 [13]
Climax Waterbom Park   Bali, Indonesia 1 slide 2010 [citation needed]
AquaLoop Paradise Island Water Park   Chengdu, China 1 slide 28 June 2013 [citation needed]
Loopy whoopy Aqua magica   Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 1 slide
AquaLoop Beijing Watercube Water Park   Beijing, China 1 slide 8 August 2010 [14][15]
Mambo Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin'   Baton Rouge, United States 4 slides 2012 [16]
Aqualoop Calypso Park   Ottawa, Canada 2 slides 24 June 2011 [17]
AquaLoop Caribbean Bay   Yongin, South Korea 4 slides 17 June 2011 [18]
AquaLoop El Rollo   Tlaquiltenango, Mexico 1 slide 2014 [19]
El abismo Parque Acuático Ixtapan   Ixtapan de la Sal, Mexico 1 slide 2010 [20]
La Chute Jay Peak Resort   Jay, United States 1 slide 25 November 2011 [5]
Aqualoop Jolly Roger Amusement Park   Ocean City, United States 1 slide 2012 [21]
Aqualoop Terme 3000   Moravske Toplice, Slovenia 1 slide May 2008 [22]
AquaLoop Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast   Gold Coast, Australia 4 slides 18 September 2010 [23]
AquaLoop Camping Le Pommier   Villeneuve-de-Berg, France 1 slide June 2013 [24]
AquaLooping Aqua Magis   Plettenberg, Germany 1 slide 19 September 2008 [25]
Climax Waterbom Park   Kuta, Bali, Indonesia 1 slide 2011 [citation needed]
Cyclone World Waterpark   Edmonton, Canada 1 slide 12 August 2011 [citation needed]
Goop Loop Cartoon Network Amazone Waterpark   Pattaya, Thailand 1 slide 3 October 2014 [26]
L2 Wave   Wörgl, Austria 1 slide with double loop March 2010 [27][28]
Liwa Loop Yas Waterworld   Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1 slide 2014 [citation needed]
Looping-Rutsche Aqualand   Köln, Germany 1 slide 11 April 2009 [29]
Lunar Loop Wilderness Territory   Wisconsin Dells, United States 1 slide June 2012 [citation needed]
Scorpion's Tail Noah's Ark Water Park   Wisconsin Dells, United States 1 slide 29 May 2010 [5]
Booster Loop Aquaparc   Le Bouveret, Switzerland 1 slide 8 May 2010 [30]
Unknown Therme Amadé   Altenmarkt, Austria 1 slide August 2011 [31]
Pegasus II Kristall Palm Beach   Stein, Germany 1 slide with double loop 12 December 2012 [32]
Hurricane Loop Miramar   Weinheim, Germany 1 slide with double loop July 2012 [33]
Skyron Rocket Odissea 2000   Corigliano-Rossano, Italy 1 slide June 2014 [34]
AquaLoop RamaYana Water Park   Pattaya, Thailand 1 slide May 2016 [35]
AquaLoop Wild River Country   Little Rock, United States 1 slide May 2015 [36]
The Bullchute Typhoon Texas   Katy, United States 1 slide May 2016 [37]
Lassoloop Epic Waters   Grand Prairie, United States 1 slide January 2018
AquaLoop Water Park Tychy   Tychy, Poland 1 slide 30 April 2018
Posseidons Revenge Atlantis Aquaventure   Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2 slides May 2013
Free Fall Norwegian Breakaway (Cruise Ship)   Nassau, Bahamas 2 slides 30 April 2013 [38]
Free Fall Norwegian Getaway (Cruise Ship)   Nassau, Bahamas 2 slides 2 November 2013 [39]
Free Fall Norwegian Escape (Cruise Ship)   Nassau, Bahamas 2 slides 15 August 2015 [40]
Ocean Loops Norwegian Bliss (Cruise Ship)   Nassau, Bahamas 1 slide with double loop 15 March 2018 [41]
Ocean Loops Norwegian Joy (Cruise Ship)   Nassau, Bahamas 1 slide with double loop 4 March 2017 [42]
Ocean Loops Norwegian Encore (Cruise Ship)   Nassau, Bahamas 1 slide with double loop 30 October 2019 [43]
Wipeout Hurricane Harbor Rockford   Cherry Valley, United States 1 slide 2017 [44]

Similar water slides edit

The first known existence of a looping water slide was at Action Park in Vernon, USA, in the mid-1980s. Their water slide featured a vertical loop but was repeatedly closed due to safety concerns.[45][46][47]

More recently, ProSlide developed the SuperLOOP which features a fast, downward spiralling helix after a trapdoor release.[48] The first installation was The Wedgie at nearby WhiteWater World.[49] It was marketed as a looping water slide despite riders never actually experiencing an inversion.[50]

References edit

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  30. ^ "L'Aquaparc du Bouveret inaugure le Booster Loop le 8 mai 2010". Archived from the original on 15 May 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  31. ^ "THERME AMADÉ – Water Slides". Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  32. ^ "Kristall Palm Beach in Stein – Doppel-Looping Rutsche". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
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  43. ^ "Look inside Norwegian Encore, cruising to New England in 2020 | Boston.com". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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  50. ^ WhiteWater World (7 April 2010). "THE WEDGIE WATER SLIDE". Commercial. Retrieved 30 December 2010 – via YouTube.

External links edit

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