A water slide is a type of slide designed for warm-weather or indoor recreational use at swimming pools or water parks. Water slides differ in their riding method and therefore size. Some slides require riders to sit directly on the slide, or on a raft or tube designed to be used with the slide.
A water park is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, water playgrounds, and lazy rivers, as well as areas for floating, bathing, swimming, and other barefoot environments. Modern water parks may also be equipped with some type of artificial surfing or bodyboarding environment, such as a wave pool or flowrider.
Raging Waters is a chain of two water theme parks in San Dimas, California, and Sydney, Australia. The parks are operated by Palace Entertainment and owned by its parent company Parques Reunidos, but they each contain different attractions. The parks are generally closed during the winter months.
Alton Towers Waterpark, previously known as Cariba Creek, is a water park at Alton Towers Resort, in Staffordshire, England. It is themed to a tropical lagoon, adjoining the Splash Landings Hotel with indoor and outdoor water features.
Blue Harbor Resort and Spa is a resort, water park and conference center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The resort opened in June 2004 after being built by Great Wolf Resorts.
An indoor water park is a type of water park that is located inside a building. An indoor water park has the ability to stay open year-round, as it is not affected by weather conditions.
Aquapark Tatralandia Holiday Resort is the biggest aqua-park in Slovakia and one of the biggest in Central Europe. It is located 4 km north-west from town Liptovský Mikuláš in Ráztoky, on the north bank of dam Liptovská Mara. The source of the thermal water is a mineral spring coming from a 2500m deep bore with temperature of 60.7 °C. There are 9 thermal pools, 6 of them are open all year-round; while 2 of them are covered, with water temperature around 38 °C. Located in the close proximity of the Tatra Mountains, the waterpark resort is open daily from 10am-10pm, and is open most of the year.
Beach Park is a Brazilian water park and resort, located at the beach of Porto das Dunas in Aquiraz, Fortaleza. Spread out across an area of 170,000 m2, its aquatic park consists of 35,000 m2 (376,700 ft2). Beach Park receives over 1.7 million visitors annually and was elected the second best water park in the world in 2014.
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.
Polin Waterparks is a Turkish manufacturer of water slides and water parks. They are known for their design, engineering, manufacturing, and installation of water slides, water play attractions, and water parks. The company was founded in Istanbul, Turkey in 1976.
Aqua Paradise Water Park is an aquapark in the historic Nesebar city in Bulgaria, Sunny Beach resort.
Therme Manchester is a spa and water park resort under construction in Greater Manchester, England. As of 2024, it is scheduled to open in 2027, and is being built on the former site of the EventCity exhibition centre, adjacent to the Trafford Centre.
Thermas dos Laranjais is a water park located in the municipality of Olímpia, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the most visited water park on the Americas and the second in the world (2023), behind Chimelong Water Park, Guangzhou, with more than two million annual visitors.
