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Slogan | Biggest 'n' Best |
Location | Oxenford, Queensland, Australia |
Coordinates | 27°54′54″S153°19′04″E / 27.9151076°S 153.3176744°E |
Owner | Village Roadshow Theme Parks |
Opened | 30 September 1984 |
Previous names | Cade's County Waterpark (1984–1985) Cade's County Wet'n'Wild (1985–1986) Wet'n'Wild (1986–1997) Wet'n'Wild Water World (1997–2013) |
Operating season | All year, heated in winter [1] |
Pools | 4 pools |
Water slides | 17 water slides |
Children's areas | 2 children's areas |
Website | www |
Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast is a water park situated in Oxenford, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, owned and operated by Village Roadshow Theme Parks. [2] In 2019, the park received 1,120,000 visitors making it the most visited water park in Australia and the 19th most visited water park in the world. [3] Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast is located adjacent to Warner Bros. Movie World, a movie-related park also owned by Village Roadshow Theme Parks. [2] The park remains open all year with some seasonal ride closures and maintenance periods in winter. [4] It is one of several water parks operating under the Wet'n'Wild brand globally.
The original park, called Cade's County was the brainchild of Colin Herringe. The concept of Cade's County WaterPark was conceived after years of researching hundreds of other waterparks around the world. Many of the original pools and slides were improvements on similar popular rides found in parks such as Wet'n'Wild Orlando, White Waters Garland TX, and NaraWorld Japan. Construction began in 1982 and at time of construction was the largest WaterPark in the Southern Hemisphere. The original name Cade's County Waterpark was named after Herringe's son Cade.[ citation needed ]
Under ownership of Village Roadshow Theme Parks, the park changed its name to Wet'n'Wild Water World to match the related Sea World and Warner Bros. Movie World theme parks. In 2013, to distinguish the park from Wet'n'Wild Sydney, the park's name was changed to Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast.[ citation needed ]
Scenes set at a water park (fictionally called "Splash Planet") in The Inbetweeners 2 , a 2014 British comedy film, were filmed at the park. [5]
Year | Attraction(s) | Notes |
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1984 | White Water Mountain | Opened. |
1984 | Giant Wave Pool | Opened. |
1984 | Double flume speed slide | Opened. |
1984 | Rampage Toboggan twin racers | Demolished for children's pool area. |
1984 | Childrens Activity Pool | Opened. |
1997 | Calypso Beach & Super 8 Aqua Racer | Both opened. [6] [7] |
1999 | Terror Canyon II | Opened. [8] |
2000 | Mammoth Falls | Opened featuring Mammoth Plunge and Mammoth River. [9] [10] |
2002 | Whirlpool | Opened. [11] |
2005 | Double Screamer | Closed. Demolished for the Buccaneer Bay revamp. [12] |
Mammoth Falls | Mammoth Plunge was closed and moved to Sea World with a replacement Mammoth River opening. [9] [13] | |
Buccaneer Bay | Revamp completed, opened in September. [14] | |
2006 | Extreme H2O Zone | Opened in stages. Mach 5 opened first featuring the Jet Streams [15] and Sidewinders. [16] This was followed shortly by Blackhole [17] and then finally Tornado in September. [18] |
2007 | White Water Mountain | Retired, replaced with 4 new body slides now known as River Rapids. [19] [20] |
Surfrider & River Rapids | Both opened. [21] [22] [20] | |
2008 | Kamikaze | Opened on 1 October. [23] [24] |
2009 | Terror Canyon & Terror Canyon II | Both closed on 1 December. [8] Demolished to make way for a new attraction. |
2010 | Speed Coaster & Twister | Both closed. Demolished to make way for a new attraction. [25] [26] |
AquaLoop & FlowRider | Both opened in September. AquaLoop was built where Speed Coaster & Twister used to stand. [27] [28] [29] | |
2011 | SkyCoaster | Opened in March. [30] [31] [32] |
Zip Line | Opened in April. [33] | |
2012 | Constrictor | Opened on 28 September. Built where Terror Canyon & Terror Canyon II used to stand. [34] [35] |
Dive in Movies | Closed late 2012 along with all references to Dive in Movies removed from the old projection booth. [36] | |
2014 | Wet'n'Wild Junior | Area behind Buccaneer Bay under construction for a new area called Wet'n'Wild Junior. [37] [38] |
Opened on 22 September. [37] | ||
2017 | Wet'n'Wild Buggy | Opened on 4 January. [39] |
2018 | Mach 5 | Closed late 2018. [15] [16] |
2021 | Kaboom!, Double Barrel, Super Ripper and H2Oasis | Opened on 10 December 2021. [40] |
2023 | Surfrider | Closed April 2023. [15] [16] |
In selected peak seasons (such as the 2012–2013 summer season) Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast offers Fast Track, a system where guests could get to the front of a ride's line in exchange for a set fee. A similar system is in operation at Warner Bros. Movie World.
The Extreme H2O Zone first opened at the back of the park for during 2006 with three rides with staggered openings. It features attractions including a funnel slide, enclosed and open tube slides and a large body slide complex.
There are several food outlets placed throughout the park, each one specialising in different styles of fast food: [62]
There are two merchandise stores placed towards the front of the park. [65]
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