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An AquaLoop is a type of body water slide where single riders are dropped down a near vertical slide and into an
inclined loop
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. They are usually located in water park
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s.
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manufacturer Aquarena developed the world's first mass-produced fully inverted looping water slide, known as the AquaLoop. The slide is currently licensed and distributed by Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
water slide manufacturer WhiteWater West
WhiteWater West is a manufacturing company based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. It was established in 1980 and manufactures a variety of products for water parks including water slides and water play areas. The company also owns FlowRide ...
. There are nearly 20 AquaLoop installations around the world. The first installation was at Terme 3000 water park, Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
in 2008. Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast
Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast is a water park situated in Oxenford, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, owned and operated by Village Roadshow Theme Parks. In 2019, the park received 1,120,000 visitors making it the most visited water park in Australi ...
was the first to install more than one AquaLoop at a single location. The AquaLoop uses a trap-door to release riders down a near-vertical descent at a speed of up to . Riders experience 2.5 Gs in less than 2 seconds. The whole ride is over within 7 seconds.
Ride
An AquaLoop is launched from a 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 inside a near vertical slide. The rider accelerates to in just 2 seconds before entering the loop element. This element is a variation of the traditionalvertical loop
The generic roller coaster vertical loop, where a section of track causes the riders to complete a 360 degree turn, is the most basic of roller coaster inversions. At the top of the loop, riders are completely inverted.
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because it lies on an angle of approximately 45°. This variation of a loop is called an inclined loop
This list of roller coaster elements contains the individual parts of roller coaster design and operation.
Introduction
Roller coaster elements are the individual parts of roller coaster design and operation, such as a track, hill, loop, or turn. ...
. The slide is over within 7 seconds.
Installations
Similar water slides
The first known existence of a looping water slide was atAction Park
Action Park was an amusement and water park located in Vernon Township, New Jersey, United States, on the grounds of the Vernon Valley/Great Gorge ski resort. The park consisted primarily of water-based attractions and originally opened to the p ...
in Vernon, USA, in the mid-1980s. Their water slide featured a vertical loop
The generic roller coaster vertical loop, where a section of track causes the riders to complete a 360 degree turn, is the most basic of roller coaster inversions. At the top of the loop, riders are completely inverted.
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The vertical ...
but was repeatedly closed due to safety concerns.Austin, ''op. cit.'', 21.Fergus, Tom; May 2006; "Another Action Park Employee Spills His Guts", in "The Reaction to Traction at Action Park"; ''Weird NJ'', 29.Braybrook, Steve; May 2006; "A Survivor from Action Park Writes In", in "The Reaction to Traction at Action Park"; ''Weird NJ'', 29.
More recently, ProSlide
ProSlide Technology, Inc. is a Canadian designer and manufacturer of water rides and water park resorts. They design and manufacture both traditional slides and innovative rides such as water coasters, funnel-shaped Tornado slides, and Bowl slid ...
developed the SuperLOOP
The SuperLoop was a bus rapid transit system in San Diego, California, United States, in the University City area. It connected the University of California San Diego to Westfield UTC.
The first phase of station construction began in late 2007. ...
which features a fast, downward spiralling helix after a trapdoor release. The first installation was The Wedgie at nearby WhiteWater World
WhiteWater World is a seasonal water park situated in the suburb of Coomera on the Gold Coast, Australia. It is owned and operated by Ardent Leisure and is the sister park to Dreamworld.
After years of planning and a year of construction, Wh ...
. It was marketed as a looping water slide despite riders never actually experiencing an inversion.
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.whitewaterwest.com/aqualoop.html Water rides manufactured by WhiteWater West