AquaLoop | |
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General statistics | |
Type | Water slide |
Designer | WhiteWater West, AQUARENA |
Height | 17 m (56 ft) |
Drop | 16 m (52 ft) |
Length | 88.4 m (290 ft) |
Speed | 60 km/h (37 mph) |
Duration | 7 seconds |
G-force | 2.5 |
Installations | 20+ |
Restrictions | Riders 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] |
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.
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]
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]
Name | Water park | Location | Number of slides | Opened | |
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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] |
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