Waterpark at Wild Island | |
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Slogan | Be a Kid. Go to Wild Island. |
Location | Sparks, Nevada, United States |
Coordinates | 39°31′51″N119°42′49″W / 39.530799°N 119.713683°W |
General manager | Scott Carothers |
Opened | 1989 |
Previous names | Wild Waters 1989-1992, Wild Island Waterpark 1992-2023 |
Pools | 4 pools |
Water slides | 11 water slides |
Website | Official Website |
Wild Island is a water park located off I-80 in the city of Sparks, Nevada. The park is the only one in the vicinity of the double city.[ citation needed ]
Wild Island opened in June 1989 and has grown and expanded throughout its history. The park originally opened with only five attractions and two pools and has since added numerous other attractions. The park is usually open from the third weekend in May to the Fourth weekend in September giving its guests one of the longest water park seasons on the west coast. During the summer of 2013, the park hosted over 200,000 guests.[ citation needed ]
Wild Island includes ten different water slide attractions scattered over four slide towers. All of the park's slide towers are located on the perimeter of the park with no more than three slides per tower. Each tower has its own theme. All slides are accessible by stairs and each attraction includes its proper riding instrument.[ citation needed ]
Family Slide Tower
These slides are the tamest in the park.
Speed Slide Tower
All slides are themed to a venomous animal.
Dragon Slide Tower
All slides are themed to medieval creatures.
Racing Tower
The newest slide tower opened in 2012
Wild Island has four pools which are all filtered by UV light. These pools require little chlorine to maintain cleanliness. Wild Island was the first outdoor water park in North America to have a UV filtration system on all of its pools.[ citation needed ]
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