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AquaLoop
AquaLoop at Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast
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 .
History
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]
Ride
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]
Installations
2 AquaLoop slides aboard
Norwegian Breakaway .
Name
Water park
Location
Number of slides
Opened
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]
Similar water slides
The first known existence of a looping water slide was at
Action Park in
Vernon , USA, in the mid-1980s.
Their water slide featured a
vertical loop but was repeatedly closed due to safety concerns.
[45]
[46]
[47]
More recently,
ProSlide developed the SuperLOOP which features a fast, downward spiralling helix after a trapdoor release.
[48] The first installation was The Wedgie at nearby
WhiteWater World .
[49] It was marketed as a looping water slide despite riders never actually experiencing an inversion.
[50]
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