Water parks are a great family entertainment, which you can arrange for yourself and your relatives at any time of the year. In some of them can be pampered and thrill-seekers. We have prepared a selection in which the highest water slides in the world have gathered - the descent from them guarantees a fair amount of adrenaline.
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Summit Tower Height 27 m
Opens the list of the highest water slides Summit Tower , located in Calypso Park, Ontario, Canada. It has the form of a tower, consisting of 10 slides. Four of them are designed for families with children and start at a height of 9 meters, the other two slides are intertwined with each other and the descent from them is located at an altitude of 16 meters. The other four slides are designed for extreme descent from a height of 27 meters.
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Stukas Height 30 m
Ninth place in the list of the highest water slides in the world is the attraction Stukas , located in the water park Caneva( Italy, Verona, amusement park Movieland studios).30-meter water slide allows you to reach speeds of up to 100 km / h. In height it is equal to a ten-story building. Stukas is considered the most terrifying water attraction in Italy - some visitors categorically refuse to descend on it, having appeared on the top platform of an extreme attraction.
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King Khajuna Height 31 m
On the 8th place among the highest water slides in the world is the King Khajuna - a stunning attraction of the Spanish water park Port Aventura's Aquatic Park. Those wishing to roll off her brave souls are waiting for a practically free fall from a height of 31 meters along a chute located at an angle of 55 degrees. The speed of descent on this hill is 6 meters per second. Extreme attraction is named after one of the famous characters of the ancient Hawaiian epos.
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VertiGO Height 33 m
Attraction VertiGO , opened in the summer of 2013 in the Spanish park Aqualandia in Benidorm, takes 7th place in the list of high water slides. The extreme attraction consists of two descents: the first one is 33 meters high, and the second one, the lower one - 28 meters. Those wishing to descend are delivered upstairs in a transparent sealed capsule. Under the feet of the daredevil, pressing the button opens the hatch and begins the descent, during which the person develops a speed of up to 100 km / h.
VertiGO gained fame as the highest water capsule hill in Europe.
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Jumeirah Sceirah Height 33 m
Jumeirah Sceirah in Wild Wadi Waterpark takes 6th place in the list of the highest water slides in the world. This is one of the best and most extreme attractions in Dubai. Located park at the foot of the symbol of the modern city - the famous hotel in the form of a sail Burj Al Arab. The pride of the amusement park is Jumeirah Sceirah, one of the highest and fastest water slides in the world. Their height is 33 meters. Extreme descent begins with a fall into the chute through the hatch. By the middle of the road, when the tourist seems that all the worst is left behind, he is waiting for another rapid descent down at a speed of 80 km / h.
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Summit Plummet Height 36 m
The world's highest water slides on the 5th place is the 36.6-meter Summit Plummet , located in Florida, at the Walt Disney World Resort. The hill, called the "Rapid Fall", is at the very top of the green artificial hill Gushmore. The angle of the first section is almost 90 degrees, and the descent rate is 97 km / h. For a long time Summit Plummet was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the highest water slide in the world. The park, in addition to its stunning water activities, is famous for its artificial snow everywhere.
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Captain Spacemaker Height 40 m
Venice attracts tourists not only with its famous canals and eventful history of the city, but also Aqualandia water park, which houses one of the highest water slides in the world - Captain Spacemaker .Its height is 40.2 meters. Most of the route is at an angle of 60 degrees, which allows fans of extreme descent to reach speeds of up to 100 km / h.
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Insano Height 41 m
The third place in the list of the highest water slides in the world belongs to the 41-meter Insano .It is located in the Brazilian Aquapark Beach Park. To descend from the height of the 14-storey building, only the madman will venture, so the hill in translation from the Portuguese is named "Mad."Descent from the almost vertical hill takes about 5 seconds. The speed of a person moving down it reaches 105 km / h.
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Kilimanjaro Altitude 49 m
On the 2nd place among the highest water slides in the world is the attraction Kilimanjaro , located in the Brazilian aqua park Aquas Quentes Country Club. Hill "Kilimanjaro", whose height is equal to 17-storey house, was once included in the Guinness Book of Records. A hulk in height of 49.9 meters was able to bypass only the hill Verruckt built several years ago in the USA.
The angle of inclination of Kilimanjaro is 60 degrees, and this allows the descending to develop a huge speed of up to 100 km / h.
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Verruckt Height 51 m
The first place in the list of the highest water slides in the world is occupied by Verruckt - an extreme attraction located in the water park Schlitterbahn Water Park, Kansas City, USA, opened several years ago.
To make an extreme descent from the top of the hill Verruckt, lovers of thrill will have to overcome the spiral rise, consisting of almost 300 steps. The height of the hill - 51 meters 40 centimeters, which roughly corresponds to the height of the 17-story building. To better understand the grandeur of the structure, it can be compared with the Statue of Liberty - the height of the statue itself without a pedestal is 46 meters.
The average speed of descent from the hill is 105 km / h. The extreme attraction is made in the form of a wave - being below, the raft with visitors to the water park due to acceleration begins to quickly rise to the height of the five-story house.
Unfortunately, with the highest water slide associated with an accident - a 10-year-old boy was killed, descending from the main attraction of the water park of the hill Verruckt. From the beginning of the opening of the attraction, children were allowed to enter it only at the age of 14 and at least 137 cm tall. Probably later the rules were relaxed. The police did not disclose the details of the tragedy.
